目录
1 Ace为什么叫尖子？
2 Nylon 的来历
3 GoFifty-fifty是个什么意思?
4 Hi 和 How Are You
5 Time is Money
6 Shanghai不仅是地名
7 l美元为什么叫 Buck?
8 Fat一词趣谈
9 Hot Dog 的来历
10 Oscar Award 趣闻
11 Kangaroo 是什么？
12 T-shirt and Tea
13 Fan 与球迷
14 AUGreektoMe
l5 What is GOF?
l6 Keeping Up with the Joneses
l7 What is Chinaman's Chance?
18 What is No Jaywalking?
19 What is FX?
20 LoseFace是丢脸吗？
21 Bogus (冒牌货)趣闻
22 Coffee（来历趣谈）
23 你知道 Daik Horee的来历吗?
24 What ia Doggy Bag?
25 Bikini 来自核试验
26 Tlie Story of Radar
27 Sucker 的趣谈
28 人人喜欢的Weekday
29 LongTimeNoSee对吗?
30 GoldBrick趣闻
31 High Way 趣谈
32 Chopstick 趣闻
33 News 一词趣谈
34 Grapevine 与小道消息
35 What is Prime Time?
36 What is Stray BuUet?
37 Sliniming减肥
38 What is Free?
39 Flashotaxis 和 Riototaxis
40 What is Pusher?
41 TnieHeUYouSay是什么意思?
42 Number One
43 Smoking趣谈
44 Gas趣闻
45 Get Off the Rails 与越轨
46 Bad Egg 和 Good Egg
47 What is VlP?
48 Leisure与闲适
49 Sugar趣谈
50 为什么西方人不喜欢 White Elephant?
51 Nonsense只能译成胡说八道吗?
52 GettheSack 与“炒鱿鱼
53 What is "You Can Say lliat Again"?
54 Stewardess 的来历
55 卡拉OK的“OK
56 Cracker 和 Biscuit
57 登月计划为何叫 ApoUo?
58 What is Birthday Suit?
59 Renting a Car
60 Whisky ifP Whiskey
61 Go West的来历
62 Hand 和 Glove
63 April Fool 趣谈
64 Com 和“庸俗语言
65 BuU Maiket iff Bear Maiket
66 Esperanto原来是笔名
67 Horee Opera 与西部片
68 Bunk与废话
69 What is a Reader in Geography?
70 Pirate和“老刀牌”香烟
71 lce Sucker 与“冰棍儿”
72 ThankYou难回答
73 What is ZlP?
74 Mickey Mouse 的来历
75 HijacK与动机
76 Wash One's Hands 趣谈
77 Robot的来历
78 Blind Alley 和死胡同
79 Appendix是多余的呢？
80 Champagne 原是地名
81 Taxi 应译“计程车”
82 Bum One's Boats 与破釜沉舟
83 Beer 趣谈
84 Atom一词的由来
85 Kiss-me-quick是花名
86 "Whatblt" 是什么东西?
87 Patent 的典故
88 You Are a Lucky Dog
89 Restaurant 和 Kitchen
90 Bike 的其它叫法
9! Comrade一词的来历
92 Cold 与感冒
93 Bom Yesteiday 与乳未干
94 Where's the Beef?
95 What is LSD?
96 Nicotme原来是人名
97 Smoke 趣谈
98 Channel 和 Canal
99 SharpCat是什么猫?
100 What is Casde in the Air?
101 Milky Way是牛奶路吗？
102 l Have Two Sistere 为何译成“我有三姐妹”？
lO3 What is A-Okay?
104 Hot Line 的灰历
105 Humour一词探源
106 Hello 的来历趣谈
l07 What is Blitz?
lO8 Polarize 趣谈
lO9 Chess是什么棋?
101 Ping-pong 是个商标
111 DonkeyWork趣谈
112 What is Coupon?
113 January原来是门神
114 What is " Count Down" ?
115 AU Systems Go 趣谈
116 Madam一词趣谈
117 Somebody 和 Nobody
118 Waste 和 Trash
119 What is the Sunbelt?
120 Vitamine 趣谈
121 Goodbye是怎么来的?
122 Calendari原是“讨债本”
123 Sofa 和 Annchair
124 What is Yellow Press?
l25 HoneyMoon的来历
126 Who is Miss Moral?
127 OntheHoree与上马
l28 Draught 趣谈和摩登
129 Modem 和摩登
130 Eat One's Woids 趣谈
131 God Knows 趣谈
132 Goodldea 的妙用
133 Ciy Wolf 与狼来了
134 What is Old Stoiy?
135 To Die Haid 趣谈
136 Tnirow Cold Water on 与泼冷水
137 Day-dream 趣谈
138 Christmas Caid的来历
139 What is Godown?
140 What is Kungfu?
141 What is Punch?
142 Philadelphia Lawyer 趣谈
143 Jgging 风靡美国
144 Pandora'sBox与灾难
145 Millennium Bug 趣谈
146 Delicious 与“蛇果”
147 Breakfast 趣谈
148 Tlie Customer is the King
149 What is Smog?
150 Whatls亡车锁库?
151 TurkeyDinner是土耳其大餐吗?
152 万能动词“Fix”
153 What is Red ink?
154 KnowHow趣谈
155 For Sale
156 What is Wire Tapping?
157 HaveaBite是咬人吗?
158 Bara 与坐牢
159 What is Noel?
160 What is Supennaiket?
161 What is Kung Hei Fat Choy?
162 Who invented lce Cream?
163 Bar原是横木
164 Shampoo一词的来历
165 What is Tip?
166 Dixie与十美元
167 Yankee Doodle 趣谈
168 What is Bazar?
169 Big Sellere 和 Best SeUere
170 What is El Nino?
171 What is Carat?
172 What is Bug?
173 Number One 趣谈
174 High on the Hog 趣谈
175 WhatIs“英特纳雄纳尔”？
176 What is the Historian's Trap?
177 Mini 一词趣谈
178 Who is Uncle Sam?
179 Science 一词由来
180 What is Good for Nothing?
181 What is Cineplex?
182 What is Bar Code?
183 Money原是“警告”
184 What is Clone?
185 Laser 一词的由来
186 Jeep一词的诞生
187 What is A B C?
188 What is Junk Bonds?
189 What is Pie?
190 Quaik一词的由来
191 What is OPM?
192 Love Apple 是何物?
193 Toilet 趣谈
194 Calculate 一词趣谈
195 What is Flea MaAet?
196 Dink 一词趣谈
197 Bankcrupt一词的来历
198 What is "Alumni"?
199 Bank一词的来历趣谈
200 What is Mass Line-up?
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