【美国故事】好运——马克 吐温 (2/7)
美国故事是一档标准美音慢速英语听力节目，故事情节幽默风趣、语言生动，适合想要提高英语听力和口语的童鞋~~速来围观吧~~^_^
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Nepoleon
Socrates
Solomon
Woolwich
Scoresbyhttp://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201205/201205030429567647805.mp3This came as a shock to me. I looked hard at my friend. I could not have been more surprised if he had said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates, or Solomon. But I was sure of two things about the clergyman. He always spoke the truth. And, his judgment of men was good. Therefore, I wanted to find out more about our hero as soon as I could.
Some days later I got a chance to talk with the clergyman, and he told me more. These are his exact words:
About 40 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.
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