Jack, Tom, Benny and Tony are two pairs of brothers. 杰克、湯姆、本尼、托尼分別是兩對(duì)兄弟。
Jack and Tom are brothers and Benny and Tony are brothers. 杰克和湯姆是兄弟,本尼和托尼是兄弟。
They say the following words. If one pair of brothers tell the truth, the other pair tell the lie. 他們4個(gè)人說(shuō)了如下的話,如果一對(duì)兄弟的話都是真的;另一對(duì)兄弟的話都是假的。
The running boy says 跑步的男孩說(shuō): “The boy with a flute is Benny.” “拿著長(zhǎng)笛的男孩是本尼。”
The boy with a flute says 拿著長(zhǎng)笛的男孩說(shuō): “The skating boy is Benny.” “溜冰的男孩是本尼?!?/p>
The skating boy says 溜冰的男孩說(shuō): “The boy with a book is Jack.” “拿著書的男孩是杰克?!?/p>
The boy with a book says 拿著書的男孩說(shuō): “The boy with a flute is not Tony.” “拿長(zhǎng)笛的男孩不是托尼?!?/p>
Please judge who are the boys? Who are brothers? 根據(jù)以上對(duì)話,說(shuō)出這幾個(gè)男孩分別是誰(shuí),誰(shuí)和誰(shuí)是一家的?
如果拿長(zhǎng)笛的和跑步的是兄弟的話,根據(jù)跑步人的發(fā)言,拿長(zhǎng)笛的就是本尼。拿書的所說(shuō)不是關(guān)于兄弟的話就變成了真話,這就相互矛盾了。所以拿長(zhǎng)笛的和跑步的不可能是兄弟。如果拿長(zhǎng)笛的和溜冰的是兄弟的話,根據(jù)拿書的人的話(假話),可知拿長(zhǎng)笛的人就是托尼。拿長(zhǎng)笛的關(guān)于是兄弟的話卻成了假話,這就相互矛盾了。因此拿長(zhǎng)笛的和拿書的不可能是兄弟。所以,拿長(zhǎng)笛的和拿書的是兄弟,跑步的和溜冰的是兄弟。
Keys: The boy with a flute and the boy with a book are brothers; the running boy and skating boy are brothers. 拿長(zhǎng)笛的和拿書的是兄弟,跑步的和溜冰的是兄弟。
中學(xué)生英語(yǔ)·中考指導(dǎo)版2012年10期