Jack had gone to the university tostudy his history, but at the end of his second term, he failed his history exam, and he was told that he would bedismissed from university. However, his father decided that he would go to see the history professor(教授)to ask him to let Jack continue his studies the next year.

　　“He's a good boy,”said Jack's father,“Please pardon him. If you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well.”

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　我們真的不知道(1)

　　杰克去大學(xué)(university)里學(xué)習(xí)(study)歷史(history)，但在第二學(xué)期(term)末，他的歷史考試不及格(he failed his history exam)．同時(shí)他還被告知將被開除(dismiss)。然而(however)．杰克的父親(father)決定去拜訪那位歷史學(xué)教授，請(qǐng)求教授讓(let)杰克繼續(xù)(continue)下一年的學(xué)業(yè)。

　　“他是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的男孩(boy)。”杰克的父親(father)說，“請(qǐng)?jiān)��?pardon)他吧！如果這次您能讓他通過(pass)，我確信(I'm sure)他明年一定會(huì)大有長進(jìn)(improve a lot)；而且會(huì)在年終時(shí)真正地(really)很出色地通過考試。”?

　　8. We Really Don't Know (2)

　　“No, no, that's quite impossible!”replied the professor immediately.“Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he didn't know!”“Please, sir, give him another chance”said Jack's father.“You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house so we even don't know that Napoleon wasillrecently.”

　　【漢語翻譯】

　　我們真的不知道(2)

　　“不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。”教授立即(immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道嗎，上個(gè)月我問他拿破侖是什么時(shí)候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！”“先生，請(qǐng)?jiān)俳o他一次機(jī)會(huì)(give him another chance)吧。”杰克的父親說道，“您要知道，恐怕(I'm afraid)是因?yàn)槲覀兗依餂]有報(bào)紙(newspaper)。因此我們甚至連拿破侖近來(recently)病了(ill)都不知道。”

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