趣味英语：这些问题你想过吗

        Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

　　为什么太阳能把头发晒浅，却能把皮肤晒黑？

　　Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?

　　为裁磁?吮兆抛炀筒荒苌辖廾?啵?/P>

　　Why don't you ever see the headline! "Psychic¹ Wins Lottery"?

　　为什么你从来没见过头版头条写！“算命师中大奖”？

　　Why is "abbreviated²" such a long word?

　　为什么“缩写”是这么长的一个单词？

　　Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

　　为什么医生们管他们所做的事情叫做“实习, 实践”？

　　Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on "Start"?

　　为什么在要关掉视窗时，你必须先点击“开始”键？

　　Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

　　为什么柠檬汁是用人造香味调料做的，而洗碗液是用真正的柠檬做的？

　　Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker³?

　　为什么帮你管理你的所有投资的人叫做“不名一文的人”？（“broke”在英文中有“不名一文”，“穷到家了”的意思）

　　Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

　　为什么一天中交通最慢的时刻叫“速行”时刻？

　　Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

　　为什么没有老鼠味儿的猫食？

　　When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

　　当狗食被宣扬是新的和改进了的口味的时候，是谁作的口味鉴定？

　　Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

　　为什么诺亚没有把那两支蚊子打死？（诺亚方舟上带有每种动物的雌雄各一只）

　　Why do they sterilize⁵ the needle for lethal⁶ injections?

　　在用注射毒剂的方式执行死刑时，为什么还要消毒针头？

　　You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

　　你知道那个用在飞机上的“不会被摧毁”的黑匣子吧？为什么他们不把整架飞机都造成那种材料的？

　　Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

　　为什么下雨时绵羊不缩水？

　　Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

　　为什么公寓都紧紧靠在一起？（apart是分开的意思）

　　If con⁷ is the opposite of pro⁴, is Congress the opposite of progress?

　　如果“坏处”是“好处”的对立面，那么“众议院”是不是“进展”的对立面？

　　If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

　　如果飞行是这么的安全，为什么他们管飞机场叫“终端”？

1 psychic   

n.对超自然力敏感的人；adj.有超自然力的

参考例句：

• Some people are said to have psychic powers.据说有些人有通灵的能力。
• She claims to be psychic and to be able to foretell the future.她自称有特异功能，能预知未来。

2 abbreviated   

adj. 简短的，省略的 动词abbreviate的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He abbreviated so much that it was hard to understand his article. 他的文章缩写词使用太多，令人费解。
• The United States of America is commonly abbreviated to U.S.A.. 美利坚合众国常被缩略为U.S.A.。

3 broker   

n.中间人，经纪人；v.作为中间人来安排

参考例句：

• He baited the broker by promises of higher commissions.他答应给更高的佣金来引诱那位经纪人。
• I'm a real estate broker.我是不动产经纪人。

4 pro   

n.赞成，赞成的意见，赞成者

参考例句：

• The two debating teams argued the question pro and con.辩论的两组从赞成与反对两方面辩这一问题。
• Are you pro or con nuclear disarmament?你是赞成还是反对核裁军？

5 sterilize   

vt.使不结果实；使绝育；使无效；杀菌，消毒

参考例句：

• Antiseptic is used to sterilize the skin before giving an injection.杀菌剂被用于在注射前给皮肤消毒。
• He pricks the blister on his heel with a sterilize needle.他用一根消过毒的针扎破他脚后跟上的水泡。

6 lethal   

adj.致死的；毁灭性的

参考例句：

• A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
• She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。

7 con   

n.反对的观点，反对者，反对票，肺病；vt.精读，学习，默记；adv.反对地，从反面；adj.欺诈的

参考例句：

• We must be fair and consider the reason pro and con.我们必须公平考虑赞成和反对的理由。
• The motion is adopted non con.因无人投反对票，协议被通过。