JOKE:
A crowd of student was gathered on the campus of Oxford University.“You can have no doubt,”shouted a young man excitedly,“that if the Dean does not take back what he said to me this morning, I'll leave Oxford this very evening！”
A buzzing noise followed.“What a man of actions！”one said in admiration.“How should we support him and learn from him！”said another.
Suddenly, a girl asked,“What did the Dean say to you, Hob?”
He bent and whispered to her,“Well,er???er???Miss Rose, er???he told me to get clean away from Oxford this very evening！”
译文;
一群学生聚在牛津的校园里，一个年轻人情绪激动地叫道：“毋庸置疑，如果系主任不收回他今早对我说的话，我今晚就离开牛津。”
下面一片喧哗。“真是个言出必行的人。”一个人艳羡地说。另一个说：“我们要支持他、学习他。”
突然，一个女孩问道：“系主任对你说什么了，霍波？”
他弯下腰小声说：“哦，呃…呃…，罗斯，呃…他说要我今晚从牛津滚出去。”
Notes:
(1)A crowd of: 一群
(2)on the campus: 在校园里
(3)have no doubt: 没有疑问、毫无疑问
(4)take back what he said：收回他说的话。也可以说take back his words
(5)very：(a.) 就是那个、正是那个
(6)in admiration： 羡慕地
(7)whispered： whisper的过去式，意为“悄声说”
Exercises:
根据短文回答下列问题：
谁才是真正言出必行的人？
练习答案：
校长。
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