请问这些双关语双关在哪里额~Hecouldeffortlesslyexecutethedoublepun:Noah’sArkwasmadeofgopher-wood,hewouldsay,butJoanofArcwasmaidofOrleans.SomeWhately-ismsaresocomplexthattheynearlyamounttohonestjokes:“Why

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请问这些双关语双关在哪里额~
He could effortlessly execute the double pun:Noah’s Ark was made of gopher-wood,he would say,but Joan of Arc was maid of Orleans.Some Whately-isms are so complex that they nearly amount to honest jokes:“Why can a man never starve in the Great Desert?Because he can eat the sand which is there.But what brought the sandwiches there?Why,Noah sent Ham,and his descendants mustered and bred.”
第二个就不用了……

Answer 1

我认为第一个双关是是 eat ‘sand which’ is there.是把沙漠中的沙子说成三明治.
而第二个是‘Noah sent Ham’做三明治要火腿‘ham’,noah带来了火腿这是表义,双关的是在圣经中Noah 诺雅 的三个儿子之一的名字叫 Ham‘含’