人人说英语高级13

　 Education

     Basketball Player

     Frank was the university’s star basketball player, and he had to get his grades up in order to play in the big game at the end of the season. His coach knew this was impossible without some rule-bending. So he arrange for the professors who were unhappy with Frank’s work to create a special test for him. They finally decided¹ on a good, short quiz. They brought Frank into an empty room that was filled with books, magazines, and a calculator. They told him that he would have three hours to complete the one-question quiz. He agreed, and they left the room. At the end of the three hours, they ask him for his answer.
He said, “ Just a minute! I’ve almost got it!” After ten minutes of this, the professors finally yelled² at him, “we need an answer now! How many seconds are there in a year?” they asked. And finally he replied, “12.”
“12?!” asked the professors.
“Yeah, the second of January, the second of February, the second of March…”
篮球运动员弗兰克是大学明星篮球运动员，他为了可以在大赛中比赛，就必须在赛季结束前提高他的学习成绩。 他的教练知道不打破常规就无法办到。 因此他安排了一个对弗兰克的功课不满的教授去为他设置了一个特殊的考试。 他们最后却定了一个好而短小的问答题。 他们带弗兰克进入一个满是书本、杂志和一个计算器的空的房间。 他们告诉他，他有三个小时去完成这一问答题。 他同意了，然后他们离开房间。 就在三个小时结束的时候，他们询问他的答案。
他说， “再等一会儿! 我就要知道答案了! ” 又有过了十分钟，教授最终对他喊到， “我们要个答案! 一年有多少秒？” 他们问道。 他最后回答道， “12个.”
“12个 ？! ”教授问道。
“是啊， 一月的星期2，二月的星期2， 三月的星期2…”
Final ExamIt was the final exam for a historycourse at the local university. The exam was two hours long, and exam booklets were provided.
The professor was very strict and told the class he would not accepted any exam that was not on his desk in exactly two hours .and the student would fail. 1/2 hour into the exam, a student came rushing in and asked the professor for an exam booklet.
"You're not going to have time to finish this," the professor stated sarcastically³ as he handed the student a booklet.
"Yes I will," replied the student.
He then took a seat and began writing. After two hours, the professor called for the exams, and the students filed up and handed them in. All except the late student, who continued writing. 1/2 hour later, the last student came up to the professor who was sitting at his desk preparing for his next class. He attempted to put his exam on the stack of exam booklets already there.
"No you don't, I'm not going to accept that. It's late."the professor said.
The student looked incredulous and angry. "Do you know WHO I am?""No, as a matter of fact I don't," replied the professor .
"Do you know WHO I am?"The student asked again.
"No, and I don't care." replied the professor with an air of superiority⁴. "Good," replied the student, who quickly lifted the stack of completed exams, stuffed his in the middle, and walked out of the room.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 sarcastically   

adv.挖苦地，讽刺地

参考例句：

• 'What a surprise!' Caroline murmured sarcastically.“太神奇了!”卡罗琳轻声挖苦道。
• Pierce mocked her and bowed sarcastically. 皮尔斯嘲笑她，讽刺地鞠了一躬。

4 superiority   

n.优越性，优势

参考例句：

• We believe in the superiority of this method over that one.我们相信这种方法比那种方法优越。
• His air of calm superiority annoyed her intensely.他不动声色的优越感让她极其烦恼。