7. Im Going to Let My Chauffeur Answer it
A famous scientist was on his way to yet another lecture when his chauffeur offered an idea. "Hey, boss, I've heard your speech many times, I bet I could deliver it and give you the night off.
"sounds great," the scientist said.
When they got to the auditorium, the scientist put on the chauffeur's hat and settled in the back row. The chauffeur walked to the lectern and delivered the speech. Afterward he asked if there were any questions.
"Yes," said one processor.Then he launched into a highly technical question.
The chauffeur was panic-stricken for a moment but quickly recovered. " That's an easy one, " he replied, "so easy, I'm going to let my chauffeur answer it. "
Notes:
(1) on one's way (to)某人在……的路上
(2) chauffeur n.受雇駕駛私人汽車之司機
(3) give you the night off讓你休息一個晚上
(4) auditorium n.禮堂
(5) settle v.使安身；使安定
(6) launch into開始
(7) panic-stricken adj.驚慌失措的
Exercises:
根據(jù)短文回答問題：
① Why did the chauffeur think he could deliver the lecture?
② What did the scientist think of the idea?
③ Where did the scientist sit when they got to the auditorium?
④ What kind of question did one professor ask?
⑤ Did the chauffeur spoil the lecture?
7.讓我的司機來回答
一個著名科學家起程去再作一個講座。他的司機出了個主意：“老板，您的講座我已聽了這么多次了。我打賭我能作這個講座，讓您休息一個晚上。”
“那太好了。”科學家說。
到了禮堂，科學家戴上了司機的帽子，坐在了后排。而司機走上了講臺，作講演。講演結束后，他問聽眾是否有什么問題。
一個教授說有，并提出了一個高深的學術問題。
司機一時被問懵了，但很快就鎮(zhèn)定下來。“這很容易，”他說，“太容易了，我要讓我的司機來回答。”
練習參考答案：
① Because he had heard the scientist's lecture many times.
② He thought it was great.
③ In the back row.
④ A highly technical question.
⑤ No, he didn't.
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