看笑話(huà)學(xué)英語(yǔ):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(yǔ)笑話(huà)

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(shí)，歷史課教授沒(méi)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(jiàn)教授，強(qiáng)烈要求讓杰克繼續(xù)來(lái)年的學(xué)業(yè)。

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

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

“先生，請(qǐng)?jiān)俳o他一次機(jī)會(huì)吧。”杰克的父親說(shuō)，“你不知道，恐怕是因?yàn)槲覀兗覜](méi)有訂報(bào)紙，所以我們連拿破侖病了都不知道。”

詞匯點(diǎn)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(yǔ)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(jiàn)教授，強(qiáng)烈要求讓杰克繼續(xù)來(lái)年的學(xué)業(yè)。

解析 　這句話(huà)的主干是his father decided，that引導(dǎo)的賓語(yǔ)從句作decided的賓語(yǔ)，在這個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句中還有to引導(dǎo)的兩個(gè)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(yǔ)實(shí)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(tīng)說(shuō)史密斯教授給分很?chē)?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(cè)試就是這樣，有時(shí)你考得好，有時(shí)你考得不好。

★scared [ske?d] adj. 害怕的

笑話(huà)文化解讀

AT（The Achievement Test，簡(jiǎn)稱(chēng)AT測(cè)驗(yàn)）學(xué)業(yè)成績(jī)測(cè)驗(yàn)。這是美國(guó)大學(xué)入學(xué)考試委員會(huì)在1901年開(kāi)發(fā)的一種成就測(cè)驗(yàn)，由教育考試服務(wù)處受托舉辦。其目的主要是測(cè)量學(xué)生在中學(xué)階段對(duì)特定學(xué)科知識(shí)的掌握及運(yùn)用這些知識(shí)的能力，以此為學(xué)生選擇大學(xué)和入校后選擇專(zhuān)業(yè)提供參考，也可結(jié)合其他數(shù)據(jù)，如學(xué)術(shù)評(píng)估測(cè)驗(yàn)成績(jī)或中學(xué)成績(jī)，預(yù)測(cè)學(xué)生未來(lái)在大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)中的表現(xiàn)。因此，它是為入學(xué)競(jìng)爭(zhēng)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(jī)測(cè)驗(yàn)包括15門(mén)學(xué)科的考試，分為5組：（1）英語(yǔ)：包括文學(xué)、寫(xiě)作；（2）外國(guó)語(yǔ)：包括德語(yǔ)、法語(yǔ)、希伯來(lái)語(yǔ)、俄語(yǔ)、拉丁語(yǔ)、西班牙語(yǔ)；（3）歷史與社會(huì)科學(xué)：包括美國(guó)史和社會(huì)科學(xué)、歐洲史和社會(huì)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?、?shù)學(xué)為必考科目，此外考生還要在外國(guó)語(yǔ)、歷史與社會(huì)科學(xué)和自然科學(xué)中根據(jù)專(zhuān)業(yè)任選一門(mén)。整個(gè)測(cè)驗(yàn)由客觀型多項(xiàng)選擇題和寫(xiě)作構(gòu)成，每科1小時(shí)，共計(jì)3小時(shí)。