—Because it has two banks.

　　【提醒】bank有兩個(gè)意思：一是表示“銀行”，二是表示“河岸”。

　　2. —Why does a man’s hair become grey before his moustaches?

　　—Because a man’s moustaches come up after his hair.

　　【提醒】答語句意為：因?yàn)槿藗兿乳L(zhǎng)頭發(fā)后長(zhǎng)胡須。

　　3. —Why do white sheep eat more than black ones?

　　—Because there are more of them in the world.

　　【提醒】答語句意為：因?yàn)槭澜缟习咨木d羊比黑色的綿羊多。

　　4. —Why is a ship one of the most polite things on earth?

　　—Because it always advances with a bow.

　　【提醒】bow有兩個(gè)意思是：一是表示“鞠躬”，二是表示“船首”。

　　5. —Why can’t it rain for two days continually?

　　—Because there is always a night in between.

　　【提醒】問句意為：為什么連續(xù)下雨two days？答句意為：因?yàn)槠溟g有一個(gè)night。

　　6. —Why is your nose in the middle of your face?

　　—Because it is a scenter.

　　【提醒】動(dòng)詞scent 意為“嗅”，其派生名詞scenter 意為“嗅的東西”，而scenter剛好與 center讀音相同(from www.)。

　　7. —Why should fish be well educated?

　　—Because they are so often found in schools.

　　【提醒】school 有兩個(gè)意思：一是指“學(xué)校”，二是指“魚群”。

　　8. —Why is the letter A like a flower?

　　—Because the B is after it.

　　【提醒】字母B與bee讀音相同。

　　9. —Why does the letter T look like an island?

　　—Because it is in the middle of “water”.

　　【提醒】答句的字母意思是：因?yàn)樽帜窽在單詞water的中間。既然在“水”的中間，當(dāng)然看起來像是“島”。

　　10. —Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?

　　—Because it’s too far to walk there.

　　【提醒】太遠(yuǎn)不能走著去，當(dāng)然要飛著去。

　　11. —Why don’t we need a compass at the North Pole?

　　—Because every direction is south.

　　【提醒】由于身處北極，所以無論往哪個(gè)方向走都是“南”。

　　12. —Why is a room full of married couples empty?

　　—Because there is not a single man in the room.

　　【提醒】there is not a single man 有兩個(gè)意思：一是指“沒有一個(gè)單身未婚男人”，二是表示“沒有一個(gè)人”。

　　13. —Why did the student take a ladder to school?

　　—Because he/she was going to high school!

　　【提醒】由于按傳統(tǒng)思維，人們一般會(huì)將ladder（梯子）與high（高）聯(lián)系在一起。

　　14. —Why did the man throw the butter out the window?

　　—He wanted to see the butterfly. (from www.)

　　【提醒】butterfly 的意思是“蝴蝶”，但若將butterfly分開，則成了butter（黃油）和fly（飛）。