Custom at one university dictated that if a professor was ten minutes late, the class was canceled. One professor arrived early for a 9 a. m. lecture. He placed his hat on his desk, and went to the faculty room. Before he knew it,it was 9: 10. By the time he got back to his classroom,it was empty. The next day,he let his students have it."When my hat is here," he fumed, "I'm here!" The following day,the professor arrived at 9 a. m. He was met by the sight of 28 hats on 28 desks—and no students.
某一所大學(xué)的習(xí)慣是,如果上課以后 10 分鐘教授還沒到,這堂課就取消了。一位教授來上早上9點(diǎn)的課,因?yàn)闀r(shí)間還早,就把帽子放在講臺(tái)上,到教授休息室去休息一下。等他再看時(shí)間,已經(jīng)9點(diǎn)10分了,他回到教室一看,人都走空了。第二天,他生氣地對(duì)學(xué)生說:"我的帽子在這里,就是我在這里。"次日,當(dāng)他9點(diǎn)鐘到達(dá)的時(shí)候,看見28張桌子上有28 頂帽子,一個(gè)學(xué)生都沒有。
dictate v. 命令 faculty n. 全體教學(xué)人員 fume v. 發(fā)怒,生悶氣