Q
How many bricks can you put into an empty box 3 feet square and 3 feet high?
一个3英尺见方3英尺高的空盒子可以装多少块砖?
A
Only one brick, because after that the box won’t be empty anymore.
只能放一块砖,因为之后盒子就不再是空盒子了。
点睛一笔
brick的意思是“砖,砖头”,empty是形容词,意思是“空的”。在放入一块砖到盒子中后,盒子就不是空的了,所以答案是“(空盒子)只能放一块(only one brick)”。
