Q

A hungry donkey was tied to a rope eight feet long. About thirty feet away there was a basket of fresh carrots. The donkey wanted to eat those carrots. How did he reach them?
一头饥饿的驴子被一条8英尺长的绳子系着，在大概30英尺远的地方有一篮子胡萝卜。这头驴子想要吃到胡萝卜。它该怎么做？

A

The donkey can eat those carrots easily. Because the other end of the rope was not tied to anything.
这头驴子可以轻松地吃到胡萝卜，因为绳子的另一头并没有系在其他的东西上。

点睛一笔

the other表示“另一个”，尤其是两者中的另一个。tie的意思是“系，打结”。绳子只有两头，一头系在驴子上，一头没系。驴子就没有被绑住，于是驴子当然可以很轻松地吃到新鲜的胡萝卜喽！