영어 수수께끼 ^^*~ > 유아영어 게시판

요런 영어 수수께기관련 책들은 어떤지요~?

요런류의 책들이 많더라구요~

아래는

아주 예전에 인터넷 서핑중 다운받아 저장해 둔 자료입니다...

출처가 불분명하여 문제가 되믄 삭제 하겠습니다..

영어수수께끼 아이와 함께 풀어보면 좋을 듯 하여 돌꼬지님 글에 답글로 올려봅니다...

아이들과 함께 풀어보세요~^^*~

영어 수수께끼

1. I am a house , but people do not live in me. My shape is like a tunnel.

I am usually transparent. My body is big and long, but not firm.

My framework is made of iron. My roof is made of vinyl. I usually stand in the field.

I always keep the effective temperature indoors in order that plants grow well.

Thanks to me, people can eat fresh vegetables, regardless of the seasons.

What am I ?

2. I am an animal. I have four legs. I can run very fast and I am good at jumping over a wall. I usually prowl at night. Many people pet me. I cry like a baby. My job is to drive mice out of the house. I can see clearly at night, so I catch a mouse very well.

( prowl 사냥감을 찾아 헤매다)

What am I ?

3. I look like a cigarette. My body is round, short and hard. The more I am used the shorter I become. I usually have four color, white, red, yellow and blue. But white color is popular. I am made of soft and powdery limestone. I have much to do with teachers.

You can find me in the classroom. I am also called a blackboard crayon.

(limestone 석회석)

What am I ?

4. I live only one year. I am made of paper, and my page is full of names. I am a little

big as compared with a notebook. In the classroom I lie down on the teacher's desk, and in the teachers' room I stand in the corner. Your teacher carries me with him when he enters the classroom in the morning. My job is to check your attendance.

What am I ?

5. Many people visit me nowadays. I am a good place to divert oneself. I originally came from Japan. I am suitable to enjoy spare time or to kill it. while you stay at my room, you may become a singer. My room is equipped with a sufficient musical system. You can have a good time singing your favorite songs.

What am I ?

6. I am a household appliance. I have a big mouth. I drink a lot of water but I don't eat any food. My favorite meal is dirty clothes, such as suits, pants, shirts, coats etc.

You can find me standing on the veranda in your house. Most housekeepers use me almost every day. What I have to do is to make clothing clean.

(appliance 기구, clothes 의복, 옷. clothing 의류( 몸에 걸친 모든 것)

What am I ?

7. I generally have two doors. I consist of two rooms; one is small, the other is large.

I am not a house. The small room is used as a freezing chamber, but the large one is used as a cooling chamber. My job is to protect fish, vegetable and food from going bad. I am a box in which foods, medications, and chemicals are kept cool by means of mechanical refrigeration. (refrigeration 냉각, chemicals 화학약품, medication 약물)

What am I ?

8. I am in the middle of spring. I last for only one month. I pass away in 30 days without making a noise. A poet called me a cruel month. When I turn up, people plant trees in the garden. As soon as March passes away, I appear. And May follows after me. I am the 4th month of the year.

What am I ?

9. I have sharp and pointed teeth, but I can't bite. My teeth are shaped high and low. I consist of two parts; one is ****llic, the other is woody. I am a tool for cutting, a thin blade of ****l with a series of sharp teeth. If you want to cut a tree or wood you can use me.(pointed 날카로운, a series of 일련의, 연속된)

What am I ?

10. In fact I am not black, but people say I am black. My real skin color is dark green.

When I am clean, I am dark green. On the contrary when I am dirty, I am white. I am made of a sheet of smooth and hard material , especially of slate. My body is rectangular. I am hung on the wall in front of the classroom. Teachers give students lessons by using me. During the lesson you always face me. I am used for writing or drawing with p***es of chalk.

What am I ?

11. I am something to eat . I belong to sandwich. I consist of a frankfurter in a split roll. I am usually eaten with mustard, relish, or the like. In general , children enjoy eating me. I taste good. Don't forget to eat before I get cold. (frankfurter 소시지)

What am I ?

12. When I sit down, I am tall. When I stand up, I am short. I live in a small house made of wood. I give my babies milk. I am weak-sighted. But I am good at smelling.

I usually stand before the gate of a house. If a stranger comes near the gate, I bark at him. I am color-blind. My duty is to watch your house and property.(property 재산)

What am I ?

13. Before I go to work, I am black. While I work, I am red. When I have finished my duty, I am white. my body is cylindric. I have many small holes. While I burn, I let out a poisonous gas. The poor still use me as fuel. My gas is not good for your health. I am a small brick of compressed coal dust.(compressed 압축된)

What am I ?

14. I am dark brown. I am something to drink. Some people like me, and others don't.

Before I get into water, I am powdery. But once I get into water, I dissolve without delay. if you drink me much at night, you will not be able to sleep easily. I contain caffeine. Studies show that more than two cups of me a day can cause unpleasant symptoms such as nervousness, irritability, stomach pain and insomnia. You had better drink less two cups of me a day.(dissolve 녹다, insomnia 불면증)

What am I ?

15. My job is to show how words are spelled and what they mean. I am filled with words, letter, and photographs. In general I am thick as compared with other books.

You often make use of me when you study. I am cleverer than any other books. I have every word of a nation. I am a collection of words of a language, arranged alphabetically, and giving information about their meanings, pronunciations etymologies, etc.(etymologies 어원)

What am I ?

16. I am very tall, taller than any other animals on earth. I have four long legs and a long neck. So to speak, I am the tallest quadruped animal. I am well known for a long neck and a spotted body. You can see me in the zoo.(quadruped 네 발 가진)

What am I ?

17. I am called by the name of a gun in Korean., but I can not kill people. I have a main body and two arms. An elastic string is suspended from my arms. I am made of wood and a rubber string. When you were young, you played with me. I need a small stone as a bullet. People usually use me to catch birds. Exactly which was used for hurling stones, arrows, etc. My body looks like the letter, Y.(hurl 세게 던지다.)

What am I ?

18. People can not see me frequently. My existence is by no means common. By and large I appear in the air after rain. I am a semi-circle of colors formed by the sun's ray through moisture. I show you sign of a fine weather. I wear seven colors, which are red, scarlet, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and light purple.(By and large 대체로)

What am I ?

19. I am a person who has attained to maturity. I am not a child any more. I came to the legal age of a grown up. I am more than 20 years old. I have not only the legal right to choose my life partner by myself but also the right to vote. I can marry my lover without the consent of my parents. I am old enough to join the military service.

What am I ?

20. The more you have me, the older you are. So, I am meant the length of time of your life. As time goes on, I get older. If you take eight of me, you can go to an elementary school. If you have me a lot, you become weak, and are apt to lose your life. I am usually indicated in figures. It is very hard for human beings to have me as more than a hundred.

What am I ?

21. I can fly in the air, but I'm not a bird. I have large wings, which are not able to be folded. My body is very big. I usually travel far. I had batter keep away from a heavy fog . Common people rarely own me. I can carry many people to the big cities all over the world. I keep aloft by the upward force exerted by the passing air on my fixed wings. And I am driven by propellers or jet propulsion. if you want to go to America or somewhere far off, you should use me. (aloft 위로, 공중으로. exert 쓰다, 작용시키다)

propulsion 추진력)

What am I ?

22. I am good for fishing and swimming. Water in the land enters the sea through me.

People sometimes compare me to history, because both history and I flow without stopping. I end journey arriving in the sea. I am a natural stream of water flowing in a definite course, or in a series of diverging and converging channels.

What am I ?

23. You can obtain knowledge, know-how information and attainments from me. I have words, but I can't speak. I am something you can read. I may have pictures on my face. Students are usually on intimate terms with me. You can't help meeting me. I may promise your success. I am a written or printed literary composition on consecutive sheets of paper bound together in a volume. (attainments 학식,consecutive 연속적인)

What am I ?

24. I have a face, but no eye, no nose, and no mouth. I usually work systematically. I have hands indicate the figure meaning the hour or the minute. I have no mouth, but I can make sounds. I can't talk, but I can tell the time. I am one of the various instruments measuring the time by mechanical means.

What am I ?

25. I have a head but no face. I have leaves, but I'm not a tree. My skin color is usually green, but ivory inside. I usually grow in the vegetable farm. You can also grow me in the green house. I have a short stem and lots of leaves formed into a compact, edible head. I am also meant money, especially paper money. I am used as a nickname of a fat man.

What am I ?

26. I have two legs and a long neck. I have wings but I can't fly. Instead I can run very fast. I am one of the largest birds on earth. I am well known as a large two-toed swift-footed, and flightless animal. I am also meant a person who is not willing to do unpleasant things.

What am I ?

27. I am a short of team play. No one is sure where I was originated. Most Koreans like me. Men love me more than women do. I call for ability to control the ball rather than strength. You also need a quick judgement while playing me, because the rules are quite complicated, although the main idea is simple. Only your head and two feet are allowed to be used. but the goalkeeper may use his hands to carry, throw, or stop the ball. Each team consists of 11players. They can't win matches unless they play with team spirit. (team spirit 단체정신)

What am I ?

28. I am a kind of African mammal. I give my baby milk. I have black and white stripes, which are my main feature. I usually hide in the tall grass. I look like a horse. I am nearly 4feet tall, and about 8 feet long including a 1-foot tail.(mammal 포유동물)

What am I ?

29. I have a big body and a long nose. My skin color is gray. My nose works as a hand. I am a large, five-toes mammal. I am an animal with a prehensile nose. I have large, flapping ears and ivory tusks both male and female. I hide behind a rock or a tree which is bigger than my body. (tusk 송곳니, prehensile 붙잡기에 알맞은, flapping

펄럭거리는)

What am I ?

30. I have a mouth, but no tooth. I always eat lots of paper. My favorite food is letters. I am neither an animal nor a plant. I am something that always stands in the street.

I am generally red. I keep all the secrets of others. I am a public box in which mail is placed to be delivered by the postman.(deliver 배달하다.)

What am I ?

31. I have an ear, but I can't hear. My ear is very small. My body is very thin and short. I am one of the plated wares. I can sew many kinds of clothes. I look much like a toothpick. I am a small, slender, rodlike instrument with a sharp point at one end a hole for a thread at the other. ( plated 도금한, rodlike 막대같은)

What am I ?

32. When I am closed, I look like a stick. When I am opened, I look like a house. I am kept in the corner while it is sunny. I work during the rainy season. I am a light, small, protect you form the rain. I am a fabric which is held on a collapsible frame of thin ribs spreading over from the top of the handle. (collapsible 접을 수 있는,

spreading over 사방으로 펼치다. held on 지탱하다.)

What am I ?

33. People write a letter or something with me on paper. The more I am used the shorter I become. I am made of wood and graphite. Almost all students use me when they study. I have a sharp point at one end. I am a slender stick containing a core that may be used for writing or drawing. I am one of appliances used at school.

(graphite 흑연)

What am I ?

34. I am very hard and strong. My skin color is usually black, but sometimes divided into red and blue. I I like iron but I hate paper or plastic. I look like a horse shoe.

I am a p***e of iron able to draw it up to my body. I am also used to alleviate neuralgia pain. (alleviate 경감, 완화하다. neuralgia 신경통)

What am I ?

35. I have a big hump on the back. I have a short tail and a big neck. I live in the desert. I am the only animal that can travel across the desert carrying a heavy load. I can go for three days without drinking, because I have a special kind of stomach in which water can be stored. (hump 혹, desert 사막)

What am I ?

36. I am a plant. I am a kind of grass, but people call me a tree. I am one of the tropical or semitropical plants. I am a little lighter than other trees. When I am young, I am weak. As time goes on, become strong. People can't see my flower frequently. my body is round but hollow inside. I am used as a fishing pole. I am also useful for making furniture. ( tropical 열대의 , fishing pole 낚싯대)

What am I ?

37. I have a big round head. I grow very tall, and my flower is very large. I wear yellow clothes. I bow toward the sun. My face is full of seeds. I have showy, yellow flowers and edible, oil-producing seeds. I am the national flower of Peru.

What am I ?

38. I was born in the 20th century. I have no mouth but I eat words and figures. I can work very fast. I have a square head. I can store much information inside. Sometimes I play games with children. I am one of the necessaries of modern life. I am a mechanical or electronic appliance that can carry out highly complex mathematical operations at high speeds. Today students need to learn how to use me.

What am I ?

39. I am white or brownish. I have a roundish body. I can't move right now but I shall be able to run and fly some day. Some people say that I am the mother of the hen. I am produced by a domestic bird , a hen. I am quite fragile and so you should take care when you handle me. ( brownish 갈색을 띤, domestic 기자의, 길들여진)

What am I ?

40. I live in the sky. I am round and hot. I work during the daytime and hide in the evening. I travel from the east to the west every day. I shine all over the world.

I am the central body of the solar system. Planets revolve around me and receive light and heat from me. The diameter of mine is far wider than that of the earth. I sustain lives on the earth, and keep the universe in order. Human beings can't come close to me by any means. (revolve 회전. diameter 지름. sustain 유지하다)

What am I ?

41. I am very long and can run very fast. I have many iron feet. My feet are round, hard and strong. I carry many people from one city to another. I have many seats, on which people sit to travel. While I am running, I make loud noises. It is safer to travel by me than by any other transportation, because I am not liable to cause traffic accident. I am one of the vehicles. I run on the rail.

What am I ?

42. I am not a living thing, but can talk and sing. I can also show many pictures.

I may give you pleasures and excitements. Most houses have me. I am an electric appliance receiving the broadcasting of a still or moving image via radiowaves.

radiowaves ( 전파. )

What am I ?

43. I have two round feet. I carry my friend on my back. My name means two cycles in English. You can ride me without licence. You can ride me without touching your feet to the ground, except when you start or stop. I am a kind of vehicles. I go slower than cars. My original name is a hobbyhorse. In 1840 a Scottish blacksmith

Kirkpatrick Macmillan invented me. (hobbyhorse. 목마, 죽마, blacksmith 대장장이)

What am I ?

44. I work for only one year. I consist of 7 or 13 pages including the cover, and each page has about 30 numbers. The majority of the numbers on my face are black, but about a seventh of them is red. I am an orderly arrangement of the days, weeks and months of a year. (a seventh 7분의 1, orderly 순차적으로)

What am I ?

45. No one can see me with his eyes open. You can see me only when you sleep.

I make you run, flight or cry while you are sleeping. Once you open your eyes, I disappear at once. My world consists of black and white colors. I am a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind while sleeping.

(succession 연속)

What am I ?

46. I live in space. You can meet me only at night. I have manifold faces. You see the same face of mine only once a mouth. I always revolve around the earth. I am the earth's natural satellite, orbiting the earth at an average distance of 238,857 miles. I have no wings, but I can float slowly up in the sky. Although I am small as compared with other planets, I am one of the most important and beautiful heavenly bodies.

( manifold 다양한, orbiting 궤도를 선회하는 )

What am I ?

47. I have no wing, but I can fly. I have no mouth, but I can sing. I have no face but you can see me by trembling leaves. When I get angry, I make a loud noise and a storm. I am an air moving along the earth's surface. I contain gale, storm and hurricane. I can be produced by a fan or a mouth either. ( gale 강풍, 질풍)

What am I ?

48. I have various faces. I get angry when you are angry. When you smile, I smile.

I am made of glass. I am easy to break, so you should handle me with care. Most people look at me more than once every day. When women make up, they make use of me. I have a reflecting surface like that of calm water.

What am I ?

49. I don't have a mouth, but can talk. I don't have an ear but can hear. You can talk to your friend by way of me. I have ten figures of number from zero to nine on my face. I am a necessity to the moderns. I am an apparatus or a system for sending sound or speech to a distant place by an electric device. ( moderns. 현대인들,

apparatus 기계장치, 기구.)

What am I ?

50. I always stand on the crossroad or the crosswalk. I have three eyes, which are red, green, and yellow. When one eye opens, the other two shut. when open the red eye, all the cars stop at once. When I open he green one, cars pass on through the road. Drivers must obey me, traffic accidents may occur.

(crossroad 교차로, crosswalk 횡단보도, )

What am I ?

♥ 정 답 ♥

1. vinyl house 2. cat 3. chalk 4. rollbook( 출석부) 5. singing room

6. Washing machine ( 세탁기) 7. electric refrigerator (전기냉장고 )

8. April 9. saw (톱) 10.blackboard 11. hot dog 12. dog 13. briquet ( 연탄)

14. coffee 15. dictionary. 16. Giraffe (기린) 17 catapult ( 새총) 18. rainbow

19. adult 20. age 21. airplane 22. river 23. book 24. clock 25. cabbage ( 양배추)

26. ostrich ( 타조 ) 27. soccer 28. zebra 29. elephant 30. mail-box 31. needle

32. umbrella 33. pencil 34. magnet (자석) 35. camel 36. bamboo 37. sunflower

38 computer 39. egg 40. sun 41. train 42. television 43. bicycle 44. calender

45. dream 46. moon 47. wind 48. mirror 49. telephone 50. traffic(signal ) light