新概念雙語：腦筋急轉彎: 猜猜10個搞怪旅游謎語

The origin of riddles remains a mystery as they existed even before histories were written. The ‘riddle culture’ or the ‘art of riddling’ was a major part of the street entertainment during the middle ages. The travellers paid to listen to fine riddles from the street artists. In Greek mythology， riddles drew up an essential part of literature. The contemporary riddle culture includes sophisticated puzzles for both children and adults. The human mind doesn’t rest without discovering answers to these enigmas and conundra (two types of riddles).

謎語的起源到現(xiàn)在還是個謎，因為在有歷史記載以前就有謎語了。在中世紀，“謎語文化”或者 “謎語藝術”曾經(jīng)是主要的街頭娛樂。旅行者會給街頭藝術家付錢，讓他們給自己出些巧妙的謎語。在希臘神話中，謎語是文學不可或缺的一部分。現(xiàn)代的謎語文化中也有老少皆宜的精妙謎題。如果沒有找到這些“可解之謎”和“不可解之謎”(這是兩種謎語的類型)的答案，人類的大腦是不會休息的。

Such is the power of riddles; such is the power of metaphors.

這就是謎語的力量，這就是比喻的力量。

Answer

答案

1 A postage stamp

1、郵票

2 He was travelling on a horse called ‘Friday’.

2、他是騎著一匹叫“星期五晚”的馬去的。

3 Railroad tracks

3、火車路軌

4 An electric train doesn’t produce smoke.

4、電動火車不會噴煙。

5 Light

5、光

6 An iceberg

6、冰山

7 75 minutes and an hour and 15 minutes are the same amount of time!

7、75分鐘和一小時15分鐘一樣長!

8 An odometer

8、里程計

9 A thumb!

9、大拇指!

10 They will be the same distance when they meet!

10、相遇的時候兩架飛機到泰國的距離都一樣!