Упр.B Юнит 2 Рабочая тетрадь ГДЗ Rainbow English 10 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Баранова, Афанасьева, Михеева 10 класс, Дрофа: B. Read the jokes. Find some more English jokes and share them with your classmates. Say Щ what kind of jokes you like.
a) — Which is the longest word in the English language?
— I don’t know. Do you?
— Yes, I do.
— Well, fire away. What is it?
— Smiles.
— That isn’t very long. Only six letters.
— Ah, but there is a mile between the first and the last one.
b) — Which word becomes shorter if you put another syllable on its end?
— There is no answer to this question. You can’t make a word shorter if you add a syllable to it.
— Oh, yes, you can. It’s the word “short”. If you put the syllable -er on the end, it’s shorter.
c) “Johnny, where’s your homework?” Miss Martin said sternly to the little boy holding out her hand. “My dog ate it,” was his solemn response. “Johnny, I’ve been a teacher for eighteen years. Do you really expect me to believe that?” “It’s true, Miss Martin, I swear,” insisted Johnny. “I had to force him, but he ate it!”
d) Teacher: You aren’t paying attention to me. Are you having trouble hearing?
Pupil: No, teacher, I’m having trouble listening.
e) Should you have any questions during the exam, just raise your hand. This should cause enough blood to flow to your brain to answer it yourself.
*Цитирирование части задания со ссылкой на учебник производится исключительно в учебных целях для лучшего понимания разбора решения задания.

Ответ

My favourite jokes are jokes with a play on words, because they are clever and funny.

For example, in joke a the word smiles is the longest word because there is a mile between the first and the last letter.

In joke b the answer is short, because if we add -er, it becomes shorter.

These jokes are funny because they use the double meaning of words.