英语脑筋急转弯 Part Ⅲ Miscellaneous

Questions：

1．What’s better than the presence¹ of mind in case of a

serious accident？..
出现严重事故的时候，比保持理智更好的出路是什么？
2．Why is Fatty sleeping With his mouth open？..

胖子睡觉为什么嘴巴张着？

3．Punctuate：It was and I said not but．

加标点符号：It was and I said not but.

Keys：

1．Absence² of body．

身体不在场。
2．Because his skin is so short that when he shut his eyes his mouth

opens．

因为他的皮肤绷得紧，眼皮一闭，嘴皮就要张开。
3．It was“and”I said，not“but”．..

我说的是“和”，不是“但是”。
Notes：

1．presence of mind：直译是“思想在场，理智在场”。比保持理智更
好的出路是人不在场，即“absence of body”，与“presence of mind”..
逐字相对。