The Intelligence test
原文
How was the exam, Richard?
Not too bad.
I think I passed in English and Mathematics.
The questions were very easy.
How about you, Gary?
The English and Maths papers weren't easy enough for me.
I hope I haven't failed.
I think I failed the French paper.
I could answer sixteen of the questions.
They were very easy.
But I couldn't answer the rest.
They were too difficult for me.
French tests are awful, aren't they?
I hate them.
I'm sure I've got a low mark.
Oh, cheer up!
Perhaps we didn't do too badly.
The guy next to me wrote his name at the top of the paper.
Yes?
Then he sat there and looked at it for three hours!
He didn't write a word!
译文
理查德,考试考得怎么样?
还不错。
我想我英语和数学都考及格了。
这些问题非常简单。
那你呢,加里?
英语和数学的试卷对我来说不够简单。
我希望我没挂科。
我觉得我法语考试没及格。
我能够回答其中的十六个问题。
它们非常简单。
但我无法回答其余的问题。
这些对我来说太难了。
法语考试太糟糕了,不是吗?
我讨厌它们。
我肯定我的分数很低。
哦,振作起来吧!
也许我们的表现还不错。
坐在我旁边的人在纸的顶部写下了自己的名字。
然后呢?
然后他就坐在那里,盯着它看了三个小时!
他一个字都没写!