passage8.2

8. We Really Don&`&t Know (2) “No, no, that&`&s quite impossible!”replied the professor immediately.“Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon died, and he didn&`&t know!”“Please, sir, give him another chance”said Jack&`&s father.“You see, I&`&m afraid we don&`&t take any newspapers in our house so we even don&`&t know that Napoleon was ill recently.” 8．我们真的不知道(2) “不，不行，那是完全不可能的(quite impossible)。”教授立即(immediately)回答(reply)，“您知道吗，上个月我问他拿破仑是什么时候去世(die)的，可他居然不知道！” “先生，请再给他一次机会(give him another chance)吧。”杰克的父亲说道，“您要知道，恐怕(I&`&m afraid)是因为我们家里没有报纸(newspaper)。因此我们甚至连拿破仑近来(recently)病了(ill)都不知道。”