Just for Fun
Just for Fun （1）
I. Word Building
beauty美丽/beautician美容师/beautiful美丽的/beautifully美丽地/beautify美化/beauty queen选美皇后/beauty spot美丽景点
II. Riddles
1． What has 2 arms, 2 wings, 2 tails, 3 heads, 3 bodies, and 8 legs. （A man on a hor carrying a children.）
2． What 5 letter word has 6 left when you take 2 letters away? (sixty)随时随刻
III. Common Idioms
A good beginning is half done. [谚] 好的开始是成功的一半。
Where there is a will, there is a way. [谚] 有志者事竟成。
Blood is thicker than water. [谚] 血浓于水。
One boy is a boy, two boys half a boy, three boys no boy. [谚] 一个和尚挑水喝，两个和尚抬水喝，三个和尚没水喝。
Just for Fun （2）
I. Word Building
electric电的/electrical有关电的/electrically花的电力地/electrician电工/electricity电/electrify电气化/electrification电器化
II. Riddles
1. What is dark but made by light? (a shasow)
2. What travels around the world but stays in a corner? (a stamp)
III. Common Idioms
A good book is a good friend. [谚] 好书如挚友。
Business is business. [谚] 公事公办。
Everybody’s business is nobody’s business. 人人负责，没人负责。（三个和尚没水吃。）
From small beginning come great things. 成长的历程伟大始于渺小。
Just for Fun （3）
I. Word Building
care用心；注意/care for照顾/take care担心/take care of照顾/carefree无忧无虑法国足球国家队/careful小心的/carefully小心地/carefulness小心/careless粗心的/carelessly粗心地/carelessness粗心
II. Riddles
1．When will a net hold water? (When the water is frozen into ice.)
2．What goes up and never goes down? (your age)
III. Common Idioms
Good advice is beyond all price. 忠告是无价宝。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. [谚] 一鸟在手，胜于双鸟在林。（到手的东西才可靠。）
Kill two birds with one stone. [谚] 一石双鸟。（一箭双雕。）
Every dog has his day. [谚] 宰割是什么意思谁都有得意的时候。
Just for Fun （4）
I. Word Building
consider考虑；把……看作/considerable相当大的/considerably在很大程度上/consid
erate体贴的；关切的/consideration考虑/considering (that) prep.尽管
II. Riddles
1．What kind of hou weighs the least? (a lighthou)
2．What ven letters did the girl say when she looked in the refrigerator and found nothing? (OICURMT(Oh, I e you are empty.))
III. Common Idioms
All things are difficult before they are easy. [谚] 万事开头难。
Better early than late. 宁早勿晚。
Early sow, early mow. 早耕耘者早收获。
Eat to live, but live to eat. 吃饭是为了生存而不是生存为了吃饭。
Just for Fun （5）
I. Word Building
compute计算/computer计算机/computerize使计算机化/computerized计算机化的/computerless没有计算机的/computerlike计算机似的/computerman计算机专家/computernic计算机迷/microcomputer微型计算机/minicomputer袖珍计算机
II. Riddles
1．What has cities with no hous, rivers without water, and forests without trees? (a map)
国防科学技术大学2．What is it that is given to you alone, but ud more by other people? (Your name)
III. Common Idioms
An apple a day may keep the doctor away. 一天一个苹果，医生不来找我。
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An apple a night may keep the dentist flight. 晚上一个苹果，牙医不来找我。
A laugh a day may keep the doctor away. 笑一笑，十年少。
A carrot a day may keep the cancer away. 一天一个胡箩卜，癌症不会来找我。
A bulb of garlic a day may keep everybody away. 一天一头蒜，众人离我远。
Just for Fun （6）
I. Word Building
employ雇用/employable适宜雇用的/employed雇用的/employee雇员/employer雇主/employless失业的/employment雇用
II. Riddles
1． I never speak unless spoken to. When questioned, I always repeat the question. I would not exist if sound could not be reflected. What am I? (an echo)
2． What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? (“Short” becomes “shorter” when you add “-er”.)
III. Common Idioms
1．All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. [谚] 只用功不玩耍，聪明的孩子也变傻。
2．Everything is good when new, but friends when old. [谚] 东西是新的好，朋友是老的亲。
3. Failure is the mother of success. [谚] 失败是成功之母。
4. He that falls today may be up again tomorrow. 今天跌倒的人也许明天就会站起。
Just for Fun （7）
I. Word Building
fire alarm火警/fire-arm枪/fire brigade消防队/fire engine 消防车/fire escape 太平梯/fire-extinguisher 牛跃光灭火器/fire-man 消防员/fireplace 壁炉/fire station 消防站/firework 烟火
II. Riddles
1. What word of three syllables contains twenty-six letters? (alphabet)
2． What 8 letter word has one letter in it? (envelope)
III. Common Idioms
It is easier to get money than to keep it. [谚] 挣钱容易攒钱难。
Easy come, easy go. [谚] （钱）来得容易去得快。
A good beginning makes a good ending. [谚] 善始才能善终。
May all your dreams come true. 祝你心想事成，美梦成真。
Just for Fun （8）
I. Word Building
misfortune不/fortune命运；财富/fortunate幸运的/fortunately幸运地/unfortunately不幸地
II. Riddles
1． What has neither flesh nor bone, but has four fingers and a thumb? (a glove)
2． I have a mouth, but do not eat food. I have two banks, but no money. I run all day but never get tired. What am I? (river)
