tailieunhanh - 101 American English Riddles

Humorous riddles with comic illustrations help ESL students gain new insights into American language and culture. Each riddle is accompanied by text that helps students grasp and master the underlying linguistic and cultural reasons why the joke is funny. | 101 American English Riddles Understanding Language and Culture Through Humor Why lid the chicken Toás the read Whnt lias iour whODls flics What time is It vken th clock Strikes thirteen Why do ilrnflghtirrn wear red suspenders Harry Collli Illustrated bv Joe Ke hl í 1996 Printing Published by Passport Books a diviu 1996 by NTC Publishing Group 4 Lincolnwood Chicago Illinois 6064 All rights reserved. No part of this bo in a retrieval system or transmitted in electronic mechanical photocopying the prior permission of NTC Publishing Manufactured in the United States of Amen toecd IW iHhtrMM. without 6789 VP 09876543 Acknowledgments I should like to express my appreciation to my colleague Alfredo Jordan for his inspired suggestions in envisioning the art for this book. I am particularly grateful to my editor Lynn M. Stafford for providing the incisive direction and guidance that made possible the realization of this project. it