Récréation/Thème

Hello

1. Hell's bells! Who has cut the cat's tail with a pair of secateurs? The gardener has! (Fire the gardener!)
2. 'Who's the father?' said the brooding swallow.
3. Bernard, Maurice's alligator, remained pensive in front of Niagara Falls, that's good, no?
4. The giraffe, who is suffering from cervicobrachial pain syndrome, will have to wear a neck brace for six months. Poor thing!
5. 'If you come and sit on my knee, dear', said the Owl to the Louse, 'I won't throw stones at you any more. Instead, I'll bring you toys, my love.'
6. The cheerful Hellenist took a blow to the corner of his face from a Corinthian big top. How unfortunate!
7. This whale is fresh, its gaze is sharp and it doesn't look down when one looks at it.
8. The King and Queen haven't succeeded in giving birth to a dolphin or a salmon.
9. I asked the carp how long it planned on remaining silent. It didn't answer.
10. The veterinarian has forbidden the trout whose tail he plastered from returning to the water for two months.
11. Two cows of equal weight sitting at each end of a seesaw: what a bore.

B ) Arithmetic

a ) A feverish hen lays hard-boiled eggs. These eggs cost 1/3 more than fresh eggs (do). Being that a fresh egg costs 1,50 francs, calculate the profit the feverish hen would make on a dozen eggs.

1,50 / 3 = .5
Hard-boiled: 2,00 francs * 12 = 24,00 francs
Fresh: 1,50 * 12 = 18,00 francs
Profit: 6,00 francs

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Here is the rest of my translation. Better late than never!
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b) A stag who walks around most of the night and frequently crosses major highways has decided to electrify his antlers. Each of the 12 twelve tines has a 20-watt bulb. What is the weight of the battery that the stag will have to carry in its shoulder bag? The battery weighs 1.5 grams per 24 watts. Its weight is proportional to the number of watts.

c) Having been in the same position since 1507, Mona Lisa feels cramped* and wants to stretch out her arms. The dimensions of the frame (77cm high by 53cm wide) won't accommodate it. How wide must the painting be in order for Mona Lisa to stretch out her arms horizontally given that she has an arm span of 1.8 meters?

*In American English, saying 'she has cramps' generally means 'menstrual cramps'. You could say 'she is cramped' or 'she feels cramped' instead. Otherwise, the word 'cramps' is used with a specific body part: stomach cramps, leg cramps, hand cramps, etc.

d) The elephant has contracted a bad cold; it sneezes and blows day and night. It has to change its handkerchief every half hour. Let's suppose that its cold lasts for 8 days. Calculate in hectares, ares and centiares the total surface of the handkerchiefs that the elephant must use. An elephant's handkerchief is 6 meters squared on each side.

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Modifié par notrepere le 24-04-2012 05:51
Here's the rest of my translation, finally!  Thank you for the exercise and your very interesting correction, Violet. You always keep me on my toes and I learn all kinds of new things about British English.

dear friends for sharing various English , working so seriously as well and having fun (this time) with me.

...de chaleureux mercis à 'mon' très jeune lecteur au loup et aux '''visiteuses du soir '(souvent) qui ne manquent pas de me dire leur assiduité à suivre mes sujets et surtout leur plaisir à l'anglais ' dans tous ses états', sans oublier celui des US  


Have a nice holiday if you are off ....many nice and interesting things to do, despite awful weather .

See you on the next one .



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  Merci beaucoup pour cet exercice Violet!