Fun English~Introduction

f-father

a-and

m-mother

i-I

l-love

l-love

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y-you

Together it is Father and mother I love you

Part I Homonyms & Puns

Part 1 Homonyms and Puns

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Questions:

1. Who is closer to you, your mom or your dad?

Who is closer to you, dad or mom?

2． Can you go to the Cinema with your watch broken?

Your watch is broken, can you go to the movies?

3. Why is the comet like Mickey Mouse?

Why do comets look like Mickey Mouse?

Keys:

1. Mom is closer, because dad is farther．

Mom is closer because dad is further away.

2． Of course not, for I don’t have the time．

Of course not, because I don’t have time.

3. It’s a star with a tail．

Because it is a star with a tail.

Notes:

1. father father, sounds like further/’fa: J/further

2. There are two understandings of I don’t have the time: ① I don’t have time

; ② I don’t wear a watch or my watch is broken and I don’t know the time.

3. comet/’kamp; mit/ n． Comet

Mickey Mouse/ 'miki maus/Mickey Mouse

tail/teil/ n. (animal) tail; comet (star) tail

Questions:

1. What’s the largest room in the world?

What is the largest room in the world?

2． What’s the poorest bank in the world?

What is the bank with the least money?

3. When is coffee like the surface of the earth?

When did coffee look like the surface of the earth?

4. What month do soldiers hate?

What months do soldiers not like?

Keys:

1. The room for improvement．

Room for improvement.

2． The river bank．

River embankment.

3. When it’s ground．

When ground into powder.

4. March.

March.

Notes:

1. room·room; space, room

2. bank n. bank; embankment

3. ground n. Ground, it is also grind/grind/v. Grind

The past participle form of grinding.

4. march n． Marching

Questions:

1. When is a person not a person?

When is a person not a person?

2． When is a door not a door?

When is a door not a door?

3. When are boys not boys?

When is a boy not a boy?

4. When is a clock dangerous?

When is a clock dangerous?

Keys:

1. When he is a little cross．

When he gets a little annoyed.

2． When it’s ajar.

When it is hidden.

3. When they’re bare-footed．

When they are barefoot.

4. When it runs down the stairs and strikes one.

As it rolls down the stairs to strike one o'clock.

Notes:

1. cross adj． trouble, irritation; n. Cross

2． ajar/ ’DNα：/adj． (The door) is ajar and a crack is exposed.

The sound is like a jar (a pot).

3. bare-footed, sounds like bear-footed, and has the same feet as a bear

4. Another meaning of strikes one is: to hit a person

Questions:

1. Why is tennis so noisy?

Why is playing tennis so noisy?

2． If a cabbage and a carrot raced, which one

would win?

If cabbage and carrots race, who will win?

3. How many feet are there in a yard?

How many feet are there in a yard?

Keys:

1. Each player raises a racket.

Because every player has a racket.

2． The cabbage, because it’s always ahead．

Cabbage, because it always comes first.

3. It depends on how many people stand in the

yard.

It depends on how many people are standing in the yard.

Notes:

1. racket/’r$kit/n. (Tennis, etc.) racket; noisy, noisy

raise a racket to make a lot of noise

2. cabbage/’k$biDN/n． Cabbage

carrot/’k# r t/n． carrot

a head of cabbage

3. feet n． Feet; feet (pl.)

yard n. Yard; yard

Questions:

1. When are people like glasses?

When do you wear portrait glasses?

2． What beam is lighter than all the other beams?

What beam is the lightest?

3. What animal eats with its tail?

What animal eats with its tail?

Keys:

1. When they make spectacles of themselves．

When they make a fool of themselves.

2． lightbeam.

Light.

3. All animals do． No one takes off its tail while

eating．

All animals, none of them have to remove their tails when eating.

Notes:

1. spectacle/’spekt kl/ n. Glasses

make a spectacle of oneself

make a fool of oneself

2. beam/bi：m/n． Beam; light

3. with prep． To do something with...; to carry, to have...

Questions:

1. How can you make a slow horse fast?

How to make a slow horse run fast?

2． What is heavier in summer than in winter?

What is heavier in summer than in winter?

3. What clothing is always sad?

What clothes are always sad?

Keys:

1. Don’t give it anything to eat for a while.

Don’t feed it yet.

2． Traffic to the beach.

People going to the beach.

3. Blue Jeans.

Blue jeans.

Notes:

1. fast adj. Fast; v. Hunger strike

2. heavy adj. Heavy; heavy traffic, busy

3. jeans/DNi：nz/ n. Denim, jeans

blue adj. Blue; sad

Questions:

1. How many legs do horses have?

How many legs does a horse have?

2． When are people smartest?

When are people the smartest?

3. I have a tree in my hand. What kind of tree is

it?

There is a tree on my hand. What kind of tree is it?

Keys:

1. six legs---- forelegs in front and two in back．

It has six legs, with front legs in front and two legs in back.

2． When it’s sunny, because everything’s brighter

then．

When the weather is clear, because then everything is brighter.

3. It’s a palm.

It’s the palm of your hand.

Notes:

1. forelegs/’famp;::legz/ n． Front legs, sounds like four legs (four

legs)

2. bright adj. bright; smart

smart/sma: t/adj． Smart

3. palm/pa：m/ n． Palm tree; palm

Questions:

1. Can you explain what is free speech?

Can you explain what is free speech?

Can you explain what is free speech?

2． If the green house is on the right side of the

road, and the red house is on the left side of the

road, where is the white house?

Assume the green house is on the right side of the road and the red house is on the left side. Please

ask where the white house is?

3. What fruit is never found singly?

What fruit is never single?

Keys:

1. Your talking on someone else’s phone．

Use someone else’s phone to make a call.

2． In Washington,D. C.

In Washington.

3. A pear．

It’s a pear.

Notes:

1. free adj． Free; free

2. The White House

3. pear/p# / n. Pear, sounds like pair/p# / n. A pair

Questions:

1. Why is the bride unhappy on her wedding day?

Why is the bride unhappy after her wedding?

2． What time must it be when the escaped hungry

wolf ate the paymaster?

When did the escaped hungry wolf eat the cashier?

3. What will you break once you say it?

What breaks when you say it?

Keys:

1. Because she didn’t marry the best man.

Because she didn’t marry the best man.

2.8p. m.

8pm.

3. Silence．

Silence.

Notes:

1. bride/braid/n. bride

bridegroom/’braidgrum/n． groom

best man best man; best man

bridesmaid/’braidsmeid/ n． Bridesmaid

2.8 P. m. Sounds like ate P. m. , and P. m. It is the abbreviation of paymaster.

paymaster n. Cashier (who pays salaries)

3. break the silence break the silence

Questions:

1. What kind of clothes lasts the longest?

What clothes last the longest?

2． Why are farmers cruel?

Why are farmers cruel?

3. Why are babies like hinges?

Why are babies said to be like door hinges?

Keys:

1. Underwear, because it’s never worn out．

It is underwear because it is never worn outside.

2． They pull corns by the ears.

Because they break the corn by its ears.

3. Because they are things to adore．

Because they are favored.

Notes:

1. worn out worn out, worn out; worn out

2. ear ear; an ear (corn)

Pull corns by the ears. Another understanding is "one ear, one ear".

3. adore/α’damp;::/ v. Like, pamper, sound like a door.

hinge /hinDN/ n． Door hinge

things to a door

Questions:

1. If a driver drives too fast he’ll get a ticket.

What will happen to a Poet if he writes too

fast?

A driver will be fined if he drives too fast, but what will happen if a poet

writes a poem too fast?

2． Why is an empty purse always the same?

Why do empty wallets always look the same?

3. Why do little birds in the nest agree with each

other?

Why do the birds in the nest always agree?

Keys:

1. His poetic license will be taken away．

His poetry license will be confiscated.

2． There’s no change in it.

Because there is no change in it.

3. Because they would fall out if they didn’t．

Because if they disagree, they will fall out of the nest.

Notes:

1. poetic license: irregularities in poetry (such as not following grammatical rules, etc.)

2. change n. Change; change

3. fall out; quarrel

Questions:

1. Why is an argument like a pen?

Why is it said that an argument is like a pen?

2． When will the wind improve its image?

When can Feng improve his image?

3. Why is learning English like a light gentle wind

to a smart student?

Why is learning English like a breeze

for smart students?

Keys:

1. No good Without a point.

It is useless without a nib.

2． When it turns over a new leaf．

When it blows over a newly fallen leaf.

3. It’s a breeze to them．

Because it is easy for them to learn English.

Notes:

1. argument/’：gjum nt/ n. Argument, reasoning

point n. Point, top; argument, main point

2. The true meaning of turn over a new leaf is: to turn over a new leaf

3. breeze/bri: z/ n. Breeze, gentle breeze; a breeze

Questions:

1. What has four wheels and flies?

What has four wheels and can fly?

2． What’s even harder to catch if you run faster?

What is the harder it is to catch up the faster you run?

3. What time is it when a man is chased by ten dogs?

When do ten dogs chase one person?

4． How can you tell a clock is shy?

How do you know the clock is shy?

Keys:

1. A garbage truck.

Garbage truck.

2． Your breath．

Your breath.

3. It’s ten after one.

It’s one point to ten points.

4． It has its hands over its face.

Because it covers its face with its hands.

Notes:

1. what has four wheels and flies?

Another understanding is: What has four wheels and many flies?

Flies?

2． catch one’s breath and return to normal breathing (especially after strenuous exercise

)

Questions:

1. Why does time fly?

Why time flies.

2． Why does an invisible man tend to go crazy?

Why do invisible people go crazy easily?

3. Where can a dog get another tail?

Where can a dog get another tail?

4． What bow can never be tied?

What knots cannot be tied?

Keys:

1. To get away from all those who are trying to

kill it．

In order to get rid of all those who want to murder it.

2． Out of sight, out of mind.

It makes you crazy if you can’t see it.

3. At a retail store．

In retail stores.

4． A rainbow.

Rainbow.

Notes:

1. kill time kill time

2. Out of sight, out of mind

3． The prefix re- means "again", "again".

Questions:

1. Why do carpenters think there’s no such thing

as gold in this world?

Why doesn’t the carpenter believe that there is such a thing as gold?

2． Why do you think doctors are mean?

Why do you think doctors are stingy?

3. What do you think of the Grand Canyon?

What do you think of the Grand Canyon?

Keys:

1. They never saw it.

Because they have never sawed gold.

2． Every time they treat me they make me pay for

it．

Because every time they treat me to dinner, they ask me to pay the bill.

3. Just gorges.

Just gorges.

Notes:

1. saw n. Saw is also the past tense of see. In English

seeing is believing． (Seeing is believing)"

2. treat/tri: t/ v. Treat; treat, handle

mean/mi: n/ adj. Stingy, stingy

3. Gorges is the plural form of gorge, which sounds like gorgeous/'gamp;: pleasant, good, beautiful

Just gorgeous!

Questions:

1. How do you punctuate the following sentence?

I saw a $ 100 bill on the ground

How do you punctuate the following sentence?

I saw a giant dollar bill on the ground

2. How do you know a photographer is always progressive? >

How do you know that photographers are always improving?

What roof never keeps out the wet?

Keys:

1. Make a dash after it.

2. They are always developing. >They are always developing (film)

3. The roof of the mouth.

The roof of the mouth.

Notes:

1. make a dash after it Another interpretation is: rush to get it

punctuate v. /’p)RkCMueit/Punctuation point

2. develop v. Develop; develop (film)

3. roof n. Roof; palate

Questions:

1. Does any child like going to school?

Do you have any children who like going to school?

2． Why is a peacock the best story-teller?

Why is it said that peacocks are the best at telling stories?

3. Why is a crazy person equal to two ordinary people?

Why is it said that one madman is worth two normal people?

Keys:

1. Every child likes going to school． Most of them

Just hate staying there before going home．

Every child likes to go to school, most children just don't

like to stay there before going home.

2． Because it always has a beautiful tale．

Because it always has a beautiful story.

3. Because he is a man beside himself．

Because there is another person beside him.

Notes:

1. There are two understandings of go to School:

①Study in school, go to school;

②Go to school, go to school

2. tale/teil/ n． Story sounds like tail.

3. The real meaning of beside oneself is: to go crazy, to get carried away.

Questions:

1. What coat is always Wet When it’s put on?

What clothes always feel wet when you put them on?

2． Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

Why did the band have a smash hit in the performance?

3. Why is Sunday the strongest day in a week?

Why is Sunday the strongest day of the week?

Keys:

1. A coat of paint.

One coat of paint.

2． They had the audience glued to their seats．

They had people glue the audience to their chairs.

3. The rest of the days are weak days．

Because the rest of the day is weak.

Notes:

1. coat n． Clothes; coating, one layer (paint)

2. Smash hit is a very successful new drama, movie, etc.

The real meaning of having someone glued to one's seat

is: to make someone like it so much that they can't bear to leave their seat until they finish watching (performance) To

stop.

3. weak adj． Weak, sounds like week

Weekdays refers to days excluding Sunday

However, the current popular view is: weekdays refers to Monday to Friday.

Weekends include Saturday and Sunday.

Questions:

1. Why are giraffes the cheapest to feed?

Why is it the cheapest to raise a giraffe?

2． Why are dogs afraid to sunbathe?

Why are dogs afraid of sunbathing;

3. Why are mules helpless in dancing?

Why is the mule so bad at dancing?

4. Why is the pig always eating?

Why do pigs eat endlessly?

Keys:

1. They make a little food go a long wag.

Because of their long necks, a little bit of food has to travel a long way to

swallow it.

2． They don’t want to be hot-dogs.

Because they don’t want to be hot-dogs.

3. They have two left legs．

Because they have two left legs.

4. He’s making a hog of himself.

It wants to be a pig.

Notes:

1. go a long way for a long time

3. have two left legs (dancing, etc.) clumsy

4. make a pig of oneself eat a lot like a pig (derogatory)

hog /hamp; g/n. Fatty pigs for meat

Questions:

1. What kind of shoes are made of banana skins?

What shoes are made of banana peels?

2． How do you like your school?

What do you think of your school?

3. Why are politicians no longer concerned with

snowball fights?

Why don’t politicians pay attention to snowball fights anymore?

Keys:

1. Slippers．

Slippers.

2． Closed．

Close.

3. The cold war is over．

The Cold War is over.

Notes:

1. slipper/’slip / n. Slippers

Slip/Slip/ v. Slip, fall

2. How do you like your school? There are two understandings:

①What do you think of your school?

②What do you want your school to be like?

3. cold war

Questions:

1. Why are watches fragile?

Why do watches break easily?

2． What’s put on the table, cut, but never eaten?

What is placed on the table but cannot be eaten after being cut?

3. Why don’t women get bald as soon as men?

Why do men always go bald before women?

Keys:

1. Because their hours are numbered．

Because they have numbers indicating the time.

2． A deck of cards．

A deck of playing cards.

3. Because women wear hair longer．

Because women keep their hair long.

Notes:

1. fragile/’fr$ail/ adj． Fragile, perishable

"Their hours are numbered" comes from "One's days

are numbered" meaning "someone's days are numbered,

Life is not long.”

2． cut the cards shuffle

3． Wear hair longer has two meanings:

①Keep your hair longer;

②Keep your hair longer

Questions:

1． How can you make the door last?

How to make doors durable?

2． Why shouldn’t you lose your temper?

Why shouldn’t you lose your temper?

3. What makes the Tower of Pisa lean?

Why is the Tower of Pisa tilted?

4． What book has the most stirring chapters?

What book has the most touching chapters?

Keys:

1. Make other things first．

Do other things first.

2． No one else wants it．

No one wants it.

3. It never eats.

Because it never eats the fireworks of the world.

4． A cook book.

Cookbook.

Notes:

1. Another understanding of make the door last is: make the door last

3. lean v. tilt; adj. Thin

4. stirring adj. Moving

Stir v. Stir, stir

Questions:

1. What’s the most difficult train to catch?

What train is the hardest to catch?

2． What trees do fortune tellers like to look at?

What kind of tree does the fortune teller like to look at?

3. How do people feel after taking a ferryboat?

How do people feel after taking the ferry?

Keys:

1. The 12:50 train, because it’s ten to one if you

catch it．

It is the 12:50 train, because the probability of catching it is only 10 to 1

2． Palms.

Palm trees.

3. They feel vexed, for the ferryboat made them

cross．

They were troubled because of the ferry.

Notes:

1. ten to one 1 point difference 10 points; 10 to 1

2. palm n． Palm tree; palm

Fortune teller, a person who predicts the future

palmist n. Palmist

3. cross v. past, through, through

adj. irritable, irritable

Questions:

1. What can pierce one’s ears without a hole?

What can be used to pierce ears without piercing them?

2． If you had 5 dollars and gave away one quarter,

and another quarter, and then still mother

quarter, how much Would you have left?

Suppose you have 5 dollars, take away a quarter, then take away a quarter

One, and then take away a quarter, how much money do you have left?

3. What bird lifts heavy things?

What kind of bird can lift heavy objects?

Keys:

1. Noise.

Noise.

2． $4.25．

And 4 dollars and 25 cents.

3. A crane.

Crane.

Notes:

1. pierce/p! s/v. piercing, piercing

piercing/’p! siR/adj. piercing

2. quarter/’kwamp;:t/n. One quarter; twenty-five cents

3. crane/krein/n． Crane; Crane

Questions:

1. What’s the difference between the North Pole

and the South Pole?

What is the difference between the North Pole and the Antarctic?

2． What makes naughty boys long to work in a

clock factory?

Why do naughty boys want to work in a watch factory?

3. What can I do to avoid falling hair?

How to prevent hair loss?

Keys:

1. The whole world．

The whole world.

2． People make faces there.

Because people make faces there.

3. Get out of the way where the hair’s falling．

Just don’t stand where your hair falls.

Notes:

1. A world of difference

2. make faces make faces; make clock faces

3. There are two understandings of avoid falling hair:

①Prevent hair from falling off;

②Avoid falling hair (from above)

Questions:

1． What do girls find the easiest to part with?

What do girls find most willing to give up?

2． What king of running means walking?

What running means walking?

3. What do elephants use to communicate with

each other?

What do elephants use to talk?

4． What makes fish the smartest animal in the

world?

Why are fish the smartest animals in the world?

Keys:

1. A comb.

Comb.

2． Running out of gas．

Running out of gas.

3. Big Words．

Big words.

4． No one can pull its leg．

It has no legs for people to pull.

Notes:

1. part with give up (especially involuntarily); use... to part ways or

hair seam

2. The real meaning of big words is: more formal big words

4. The real meaning of pull one’s leg is: to deceive...

Questions:

1. What made the little strawberry worried?

What worries Little Strawberry?

2． Something went Wrong with the second hand of

my watch. Where can I have it replaced?

The second hand on my watch is broken. Where can I get a replacement?

3. Why are Writers like postmen?

Why are writers similar to postmen?

Keys:

1. It’s afraid to be in a jam.

It is afraid of being made into jam.

2． In a second-hand store．

In a thrift store.

3. They are all men of letters.

They are all men of letters.

Notes:

1. jam/DN$m/ n. Jam; traffic jam

2. second hand adj． Second hand, old

second hand n. Second hand

3. men of letters

letter n. Letters; letters

Questions:

1. Why are chickens kept away from children?

Why can’t children stay with chickens?

2． Why do people go to bed?

Why do people sleep?

3. Why shouldn’t we have tte-鑑te e in the country?

Why can’t we have secret conversations in the countryside?

Keys:

1. Chickens use fowl language.

Because chickens use bird language.

2． Because the bed won’t come to us.

Because the bed doesn’t come towards us.

3. Because the corn has ears．

Because corn has ears.

Notes:

1. fowl language sounds like foul language (dirty words)

2. Another understanding of go to bed is: go to the bed, walk to the bed

3. tte---tte/'teit: 'teit/n. Private conversation

corns have ears comes from walls have ears partition walls have ears

ear n. ear; an ear (corn)

Questions:

1. What’s the best thing to take when you run-

down?

What is the best thing to eat when you are feeling unwell?

2． What stays hot even if put in a refrigerator?

What can stay hot even if it is placed in the refrigerator?

3. What is the best year for a kangaroo?

What is a lucky year for a kangaroo?