英语谜语和谜底

I.字谜：
　　1) There is a thing that is the first to pity and the last to help.
　　2) I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness.
　　　 You cannot express happiness without me;
　　　 yet I am in the midst of crosses.
　　　 I am always in risk, yet never in danger.
　　　 You may find me in the sun,
　　　 but I am never out of darkness.
　　3) My first is nothing but a name;
　　　 My second still more small;
　　　 My whole of so much smaller fame,
　　　 It has no name at all.
　　4) If the English alphabet goes from A to Z, what goes from Z to A?
　　II.事物谜：
　　1) At night they come
　　　 Without being fetched,
　　　 And by day they are lost
　　　 Without being stolen.
　　2) As round as an apple,
　　　 As deep as a pail;
　　　 It never cries out,
　　　 Till it's caught by the tail.
　　3) My sides are firmly laced about,
　　　 Yet nothing is within;
　　　 You'll think my head is strange indeed,
　　　 Being nothing else but skin.
　　4) Over the water,
　　　 And under the water,
　　　 And never touch the water.
　　5) I never was, am always to be,
　　　 No one ever saw me, nor ever will
　　　 And yet I am the confidence of all
　　　 To live and breathe on this terrestrial ball.
　　III.智力谜:
　　1) Why are Saturdays and Sundays so strong?
　　2)swheresdo smart dogs refuse to shop?
　　3) Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla?
　　4) When do elephants have sixteen feet？
　　5) Which is faster, heat or cold?
　　6) What's every baby's motto?-
　
答案：
　　I.字谜：1) The letter P 2)The letter S 3)Nameless 4) Zebra
　　II.事物谜：1)Stars 2)A bell 3)A drum 4)A girl crossing a bridge with a pail of water on her head. 5)Tomorrow
　　III.智力谜：
　　1)Because the rest are weekdays.提示：weekdays的意思是“工作日”，而week(星期)和weak(弱的)是一对同音异义词。
　　2)At flea markets.提示：flea market的意思是“跳蚤市场”(经营廉价古物、旧货等的露天市场)。谜底把flea market曲解为“跳蚤的市场”，聪明的狗可不愿长跳蚤，自然不愿去有跳蚤的市场。
　　3)I'd rather he kill the gorilla.提示：谜面可以有两种解释。第一种是“你希望大象杀死你，还是大猩猩杀死你？”第二种解释是“你希望大象杀死你，还是杀死大猩猩？”
　　4)When there are four of them.提示：因为四只大象(four elephants)有十六条腿。
　　5)Heat. You can catch cold.提示：catch cold的意思是“患感冒”，字面意思是“抓住冷”，但是从来没人说catch heat。
　　6) If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.提示：孩子的格言If at first you don't succeed, cry, cry again.(一次哭闹不成功，哭闹再哭闹)是模仿谚语If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.(一次不成功，努力再努力)杜撰而来。