but at the end of his first year
his history professor failed 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 urge 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 improve 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."拿破侖病了傑克到壹所大學去學歷史。第壹學期結束時，歷史課教授沒讓他及格。學校讓他退學。然而，傑克的父親決定去見教授，強烈要求讓傑克繼續來年的學業。 “他是個好孩子，”傑克的父親說：“您要是讓他這次及格，我相信他明年會有很大進步，學期結束時，他壹定會考好的。” “不，不，那不可能，”教授馬上回答。“妳知道嗎？上個月我問他拿破侖什麽時候死的，他都不知道。” “先生，請再給他壹次機會吧。”傑克的父親說：“妳不知道，恐怕是因為我們家沒有訂報紙。我們家的人連拿破侖病了都不知道。”