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Hints:Julius Ceasarhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201209/201209190858128126748.mp3Some days later I got a chance to talk with the clergyman, and he told me more. These are his exact words:
About forty years ago, I was an instructor in the military academy at Woolwich, when young Scoresby was given his first examination. I felt extremely sorry for him. Everybody answered the questions well, intelligently, while he – why, dear me – he did not know anything, so to speak. He was a nice, pleasant young man. It was painful to see him stand there and give answers that were miracles of stupidity.
I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out. So, I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him as much as I could.
I took him aside and found he knew a little about Julius Ceasar's history. But, he did not know anything else. So, I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave. I made him work, over and over again, on a few questions about Ceasar, which I knew he would be asked几天之后，我得到了一个和牧师谈话的机会，他告诉了我更多。以下就是他确切的话：大概在四十年前，当小scoresby第一次考试的时候，我是woolwich军事院校的一名教官。我对他感到非常地遗憾。每个人都能很好地，明智地回答这些问题。然而他为什么，噢，天呐，他可以说是什么都不知道。他是一个善良的乐观的年轻人。能够看着他站在那里给出那些愚蠢的答案简直是个奇迹。我当然知道再次考试的时候他会失败然后被踢出去。因此，我告诉自己，对我来说尽量帮助他只是小菜一碟。于是我将他带到一边，可是我发现他只知道一些关于凯撒的很简单的历史。其他的则什么都不知道。因此我决定像训练奴隶一般帮助他，测试他。我让他在关于凯撒的几个问题上不停地准备，因为我知道这些问题都是必考的。
——译文来自: 怪物小龙虾
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