英语脑筋急转弯 Part Ⅲ Miscellaneous

Questions：

1．Why do people wish for something they haven’t got¹？

人们为什么总是想得到没有得到的东西呢？

2．Why do people always find what they are looking for in
the last place they look？

人们找东西时为什么总是在最后一个寻找的地方才找到？

3．What does everybody² know about the emperors³ of China？

关于中国的皇帝每个人都知道的是什么？

Keys：

1．What else is there to wish for？ You cease⁴ to wish for it once
you get it．

除此以外你还想要得到什么？一旦得到，你就用不着想得到了。
2．No one would⁵ keep looking once they find what they are looking
for．..

一旦人们找到他们寻找的东西后，没有人还会找下去。
3．They’re all dead⁶．..
他们都作古了。

Notes：

1．cease to do something 停止做某事，与cease doing something 意
思相同。