校園笑話(huà)：2、 Napoleon was ill 拿破侖病了

2. Napoleon was ill

Jack had gone to the university to study history, but at the end of his first year, his history professor failed1 him in his examinations, and he was told that he would have to leave the university.

However, his father decided that he would go to see the professor to urge2 him to let Jack continue his studies the following year.

He's a good boy, said Jack's father, "and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve3 a lot next year and pass the examinations at the end of it really well."

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

Please, sir, give him another chance, said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspaper in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill."

Notes:

1. fail 失敗，使……不及格

2. urge 慫恿

3. improve 提高

拿破侖病了

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。他被告知將要退學(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?！?

“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。”

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1821年5月5日，被流放到南大西洋圣赫勒拿島上的拿破侖與世長(zhǎng)辭，法國(guó)當(dāng)局隨后宣稱(chēng)他死于“心血管疾病”。