杰克到一所大學(xué)去學(xué)歷史。第一學(xué)期結(jié)束時(shí)，歷史課教授沒(méi)讓他及格。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)：“您要是讓他這次及格，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?！澳阒绬?上個(gè)月我問(wèn)他拿破侖什么時(shí)候死的，他都不知道。”

“先生，請(qǐng)?jiān)俳o他一次機(jī)會(huì)吧?！苯芸说母赣H說(shuō)：“你不知道．恐怕是因?yàn)槲覀兗覜](méi)有訂報(bào)紙。我們家的人連拿破侖病了都不知道?！?/p>

Jack had gone to the university to study history， but at the endof his first year，

his history professor failed him in his examinations，and he was told that he would have to leave the university. Howev-er， his father decided

that he would go to see the

professor tourge him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.

“He’s a good boy，”said Jack’sfather， “and if you let him passthis time， I’m sure he’ll improve alot next year and pass the exami-nations at the end of it reallywell.”

“No， no， that’s quite impossi-ble，”replied the professor immediately.“Do you know， last month I askedhim when

Napoleon

had died， hedidn’t know!”

“Please， sir， give

him

anotherchance，” said

Jack's

father. “Yousee， I’m afraid we don’t take anynewspaper in our house， so noneof us even know that Napoleonwas ill.”