One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York.
「Mr Einstein,」 said the friend, 「 it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!」
「It doesn’t matter,」 answered Albert Einstein. 「No one knows me here in New York.」
Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat.
Once more his friend persuaded him to buy a new one.
「There is no need now,」 said Einstein, 「Everybody here has known me.」
根據短文內容,回答問題。
1. Where did Albert Einstein met an old friend of his?
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2. What did the friend want him to buy?
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3. How about Einstein’s overcoat?
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4. Did Einstein still wear the same old overcoat when he became a world-famous physicist?
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5. What did Einstein say when the friend persuade once more him to buy a new overcoat?
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【答案及解析】
1. On a street in New York。所問的問題是「愛因斯坦在那兒遇見了他的老朋友?」根據One day the famous American scientist Albert Einstein met an old friend of his on a street in New York(一天,在紐約的一條街道上,著名美國科學家愛因斯坦遇見了他的一個老朋友)就能作出上述回答。
2. A new overcoat。所問的問題是 「他的朋友讓他買什麼?」 根據「 it seems that you need to put on a new overcoat. Look, how worn-out it is!」(「你該穿一件新大衣了。看,你的大衣多麼破呀!)就能作出上述回答。
3. Very old。所問的問題是 「愛因斯坦的大衣怎麼樣了?」 根據文章的標題就能作出上述回答。
4. Yes, he did。所問的問題是 「成名之後的愛因斯坦仍然穿同一件破大衣嗎?」 根據Several years later they met in New York again. Einstein had been a world-famous physicist after then but he still wore the same old overcoat. (幾年之後,他們再次在紐約相遇了,這時候的愛因斯坦已經成了世界著名的大科學家。然而,他仍然穿著那件破大衣)就能作出上述回答
5. There is no need now. Everybody here has known me。所問的問題是 「當朋友再次勸愛因斯坦買一件新大衣時,他是怎麼說的?」 根據「There is no need now,」 said Einstein, 「Everybody here has known me.」(愛因斯坦說:「沒有必要了,這兒的人都知道我了)就能作出上述回答。 #p#分頁標題#e#
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