Q
What’s the difference between a sailor and six broken clocks?
一个水手和6只破钟的区别是什么?
A
The sailor goes to sea while the clocks cease to go.
水手出海,时钟出故障。
点睛一笔
sail是动词,意思是“航行,起航”,加上后缀-or之后,变成“航行的人”,也就是“水手”。水手和坏掉的钟表有什么区别呢?原来sea(大海)与cease(停止)音似,短语go to sea与cease to go正好是语序相反的,这就是它们的区别喽!可不要被six迷惑了!
