26 An Error
Mark Twain, the famous American writer, was once traveling in France. He went by train to Dijon (a place in France). He was very tired and wanted to sleep. He therefore asked the conductor to wake him up when the train came to Dijon. But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. “I may possibly protest loudly when you try to wake me up!” he said to the conductor. “But don’t take any notice of what I say. Just put me off the train anyway.”
Then Mark Twain went to sleep. Later, when he woke up，it was night time and the train had reached Paris already．He realized at once that the conductor had for-gotten to wake him up at Dijon．He was so angry that he
ran up to the conductor and began to shout at him． “I have never been so angry in all my life，”Mark Twain said．
The conductor looked at him calmly. “You are not half so angry as the American whom I put off the train at Dijon，”he said.
一个错误
美国著名作家马克·吐温曾经到法国旅行。他乘火车去第戎（法国地名)。 他又困又乏，所以叫乘务员在火车开到第戎时把他叫醒。但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。“当你叫醒我时我可能会大声抗议！“他对乘务员讲。“但不要管我说什么，无论如何，把我拉下火车。”
然后，马克·吐温开始睡觉。后来，当他醒来时，已是晚上，而且车已到了巴黎。他立即意识到乘务员忘记在第戎叫他了。他喷怒地跑到 乘务员那儿冲他大喊。“我这辈子都没这么生气过， “马克·吐温说。
乘务员平静地看着他。“与被我在第戎拉下火车的那个美国人相比，你的愤怒还不及他的一半呢， ”他说。
参考译文
词汇：
Error 错误 Mark Twain 马克·吐温
Therefore 因此，所以 conductor 乘务员
Protest 抗议 shout at 对……大声叫喊
Calmly 沉着地，平静地
I．听全文录音，选择正确答案
1. Mark Twain wanted to go to ．
A. Paris B. London C. New York D. Dijon
2. He asked the conductor to .
A .put off him at Paris
B .wake him up every other hour
C .make an apologize to that American
D .wake him up at Dijon Station
3. That American .
A .was also a heavy sleeper
B .must be very angry
C .asked Mark Twain to judge who was right and who was wrong
D .woke up Mark Twain
II．听录合，补全下列段落
Then Mark Twain went to 1 Later when he woke up，it was 2 time and the train had reached 3 already．He realized at once that the conductor had 4 to wake him up at Dijon．He was so angry that he 5 up to the conductor and began to 6 at him “I have never been so 7 in all my life,”Mark Twain said.
The conductor looked at him 8 ． “You are not 9 so angry as the 10 whom I put off the train at Dijon，”he said．
答案:
I ．1 ．D 2．D 3．B
II ．1．sleep 2. night 3. Paris 4. forgotten 5. ran
6. shout 7. angry 8. calmly 9. half 10．American
