Passage Eight We Really Don't Know

我们真的不知道

Part One

第一部分

Jack had gone to the university to study his history, but at the end of his second term, he failed his history exam, and he was told that he would be dismissed from university.

杰克去大学里学习历史，但在第二学期末，他的历史考试不及格．同时他还被告知将被开除Ebl-t_J|uf%#*S;P4E6。

However, his father decided that he would go to see the history professorto ask him to let Jack continue his studies the next year.

然而．杰克的父亲决定去拜访那位历史学教授，请求教授让杰克继续下一年的学业toXMRtIXnPO!![Vb@。

"He's a good boy," said Jack's father, "Please pardon him. 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."

“他是个不错的男孩9dA_|oL++Py.。”杰克的父亲说，“请原谅他吧！如果这次您能让他通过，我确信他明年一定会大有长进；而且会在年终时真正地很出色地通过考试@o.u|t+UQJoy。”

Part Two

第二部分

"No, no, that's quite impossible!" replied the professor immediately. "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he didn't know!"

“不，不行，那是完全不可能的faC;vKb^C8042。”教授立即回答，“您知道吗，上个月我问他拿破仑是什么时候去世的，可他居然不知道！”

"Please, sir, give him another chance," said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house so we even don't know that Napoleon was ill recently."

“先生，请再给他一次机会吧Sz4-is-Mpn。”杰克的父亲说道，“您要知道，恐怕是因为我们家里没有报纸.-6otwDD(B)yMU]。因此我们甚至连拿破仑近来病了都不知道%-V(Nb_ItlD|L!CLV。”