英語小達人每天10分鐘 148 Absent-minded Professor
2 心不在焉的教授
There were three professors at the railway station.They were deep in conversation. The train had justarrived, but they didn't notice it. Then theconductor shouted:" Take your seats, please!"
三位教授在火車站的站臺上。他們正在聚精會神地交談?；疖囘M站了，他們都沒有發(fā)覺。這時列車長喊道：“請上車了!”
The professors heard the conductor and dashed forthe train. Two of them got on the train before itdeparted. The third one was left behind. It wasProfessor White. He looked worried.
教授們聽到喊聲后趕緊向火車跑去，其中兩位教授剛登上火車，火車就開動了。另一個名叫懷特的教授沒能趕上。他看上去很焦急。
One of the professor's students who were at the station recognized him. He tried to comfortthe professor: "it wasn't really bad, sir." said the student, "Two out of the three caught thetrain. That's quite good, you know." "I know," the scholar with a nice moustache said, "But itwas my train. My friends only came to say goodbye. In addition, they took my baggage withthem."
教授的一個學生也在火車站，他認出了教授，想盡力安慰教授。他說：“這還不算糟，三個人有兩個人上了火車。您要知道，這已經不錯了。”這位留著好看胡子的學者說：“我知道，可我是來趕火車的，而那兩位朋友是為我送行的，況且他們還帶走了我的行李。”
