看笑話學(xué)英語:We didn't know Napoleon was ill 我們不知道拿破侖病了

We didn't know Napoleon was ill 我們不知道拿破侖病了

英語笑話

Jack had gone to a university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university.

However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.

He's a good boy, said Jack's father, "and 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."

No, no, that's quite impossible, replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, he didn't know!"

Please, sir, give him another chance, said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."

中文翻譯

杰克到一所大學(xué)去學(xué)歷史，可第一學(xué)年結(jié)束時，歷史課教授沒讓他在考試中及格，學(xué)校讓他退學(xué)。

然而，杰克的父親決定去見教授，強(qiáng)烈要求讓杰克繼續(xù)來年的學(xué)業(yè)。

“他是個好孩子，”杰克的父親說，“如果您讓他這次及格了，我相信他明年會有很大進(jìn)步，學(xué)期結(jié)束時，他一定會考好的?！?/p>

“不，不，那不可能，”教授馬上回答，“你知道嗎？上個月我問他拿破侖什么時候死的，他都不知道?！?/p>

“先生，請再給他一次機(jī)會吧。”杰克的父親說，“你不知道，恐怕是因為我們家沒有訂報紙，所以我們連拿破侖病了都不知道。”

詞匯點睛

urge [??d?] v. 竭力推薦或力陳某事物

continue [k?n?t?nju] v. 繼續(xù)

improve [?m?pru?v] v. 改進(jìn)，改善

immediately [??mi?di?tli] adv. 立即，馬上

語法分析

1. However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year. 然而，杰克的父親決定去見教授，強(qiáng)烈要求讓杰克繼續(xù)來年的學(xué)業(yè)。

解析 　這句話的主干是his father decided，that引導(dǎo)的賓語從句作decided的賓語，在這個賓語從句中還有to引導(dǎo)的兩個不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，to urge him to let Jack continue his studies，表示go to see the professor的目的。

口語實踐

A　I heard Professor Smith is pretty strict with the grades.

B　Oh, yeah? That isn't good. Now I'm really scared.

A　Don't worry about it. Tests are just like that: you win some, you lose some.

A　我聽說史密斯教授給分很嚴(yán)格的。

B　噢，是嗎？這可不好，現(xiàn)在我真的害怕了。

A　不要擔(dān)心。測試就是這樣，有時你考得好，有時你考得不好。

★scared [ske?d] adj. 害怕的

笑話文化解讀

AT（The Achievement Test，簡稱AT測驗）學(xué)業(yè)成績測驗。這是美國大學(xué)入學(xué)考試委員會在1901年開發(fā)的一種成就測驗，由教育考試服務(wù)處受托舉辦。其目的主要是測量學(xué)生在中學(xué)階段對特定學(xué)科知識的掌握及運用這些知識的能力，以此為學(xué)生選擇大學(xué)和入校后選擇專業(yè)提供參考，也可結(jié)合其他數(shù)據(jù)，如學(xué)術(shù)評估測驗成績或中學(xué)成績，預(yù)測學(xué)生未來在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)中的表現(xiàn)。因此，它是為入學(xué)競爭較激烈和水平較高的大學(xué)所采用的考試形式。學(xué)業(yè)成績測驗包括15門學(xué)科的考試，分為5組：（1）英語：包括文學(xué)、寫作；（2）外國語：包括德語、法語、希伯來語、俄語、拉丁語、西班牙語；（3）歷史與社會科學(xué)：包括美國史和社會科學(xué)、歐洲史和社會科學(xué)；（4）數(shù)學(xué)：包括數(shù)學(xué)I和數(shù)學(xué)Ⅱ；（5）科學(xué)：包括生物、化學(xué)、物理。其中，文學(xué)或?qū)懽鳌?shù)學(xué)為必考科目，此外考生還要在外國語、歷史與社會科學(xué)和自然科學(xué)中根據(jù)專業(yè)任選一門。整個測驗由客觀型多項選擇題和寫作構(gòu)成，每科1小時，共計3小時。