forteacher.blogg.se - Harry potter 4

Shì zuì zhōng zhī zhōng háishì zuì zhōng zhī zhōng? Qícì, gàosu wǒ zuì hòu cái néng gǎishàn de shìwù wéi hé, Tā mǎimài jīmì, shuō de huà méi yǒu bàn-jù shì zhēn. Shǒuxiān shèxiǎng yīmíng wěizhuāng shēnfen de rén, The sphinx ( 人面獅身獸 rénmiàn-shīshēn-shòu = 'man's face lion's body creature') asks the following riddle: 首先設想一名偽裝身分的人， The answer that Harry gives in the Chinese version is: The answer to the riddle is hinted at in the third sentence because a spider looks like it's 'mending' when it is weaving its web. Add 'er' to get the answer to the riddle. The middle letter in 'middle' and the last letter in 'end' is 'd'. 'Spi' has the same pronunciation as 'spy'. Er - English for 呃 ( è, an interjection in Chinese, similar to 'uh' in English).ĥ. Middle - English for 中间 ( zhōngjiān 'middle').Ĥ. Imposter - English for 骗子 ( piànzi 'swindler').Ģ. Of the word play as Harry fields his guesses. The Chinese translator has a five-part footnote explaining the mechanics The verse is largely arranged into rhyming couplets.

What is the animal you do not want to kiss? The middle of the middle, the tail of the tail?įinally, tell me when cannot think of a word Then tell me what thing is always darning and mending, Shénme shì nǐ bú yuànyi qīnwén de dòngwù?įirst think which person always wears a mask, Zuìhòu gàosu wǒ xiǎng-bu-chū cí de shíhou Zài gàosu wǒ shénme dōngxi zǒngshì féng féng bǔ bǔ, Xiān xiǎng xiǎng shénme rén zǒng dài-zhe jiǎmiàn,

First guess 'imposter', changed to 'spy'ĭespite the missing 'd' (the last thing to men d, middle of mi ddle, end of en d), Harry manages to move from 'spy.er' to 'spider', an animal he wouldn't want to kiss.

In the English, Harry ponders the three clues as follows: Which creature would you be unwilling to kiss? Now string them together, and answer me this, The middle of the middle and the end of the end?Īnd finally give me the sound often heard,ĭuring the search for a hard-to-find word. Next, tell me what's always the last thing to mend, Who deals in secrets and tells naught but lies. English First think of the person who lives in disguise,