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1、My Uncle Theo is a man with real brains. He is a tall, thin, grey-haired man whose thoughts are always on learning and nothing else. He is quiet, gentle and absent-minded and with about as much sense as a child where money is concerned. Well, he applied for a post in Camford University. It was a ver
2、y good post and there were hundreds of candidates who applied for it, and about fifteen, including Theo, were asked to go to be interviewed. Camford is a very small town with only one hotel in it. It was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Theo was one of these, and th
3、e man who shared the room with him was a clever and self-confident fellow called Adams, about twenty years younger than Theo, with a loud voice, and a laugh that you could hear all over the hotel. Well, the Dean, thats the head of the department of the University, and the committee interviewed all t
4、he candidates; and, as a result of this interview, the number was reduced to two, Uncle Theo and Adam. The committee decided to make their final choice after each candidate had given a public lecture in the college lecture-hall. The subject they had to speak on was “The Civilization of the Ancient S
5、umerians”; and the lecture had to be given in three days 3 Well, for three days Uncle Theo never left his room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it, almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didnt seem to do any preparation at all. You could hear his voice in the
6、 bar where he had a crowd of people round him. He came to his room late at night, asked Uncle Theo how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told him how he had spent the evening playing bridge, or at the music-hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Uncle Theo sat up working at h
7、is lecture. The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture-room and Theo and Adams took their seats on the platform. And then, Theo discovered, to his horror, that the typewritten copy of his speech had disappeared! The Dean said they would call on the candidates in alphabetical orde
8、r, Adams first; and, with despair in his heart，Theo watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of his pocket and read it to the professors who were gathered to hear it. And how well he read it! Even Theo had to admit that he couldnt have read it nearly so eloquently himself, and when Adams fini
9、shed there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down. Now it was Theos turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew into that lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word,
10、in a low dull voice, the lecture that Adams had spoken so eloquently. There was hardly any applause when he sat down. The Dean and the committee went out to decide who the successful candidate was, but everyone was sure what their decision would be. Adams leaned across to Theo and patted him on the
11、back and said, smilingly, “Hard luck, old fellow, but, after all, only one of us could win.” Then the Dean and the committee came back, “Gentlemen,” the Dean said, “the candidate we have chosen is Mr. Hobdell.” Uncle Theo had won! The audience were completely taken by surprise, and the Dean continue
12、d, “I think I ought to tell you how we arrived at that decision. We were all filled with admiration at the eloquence of Mr. Adams. But I didnt think he had it in him. You will remember, Mr. Adams read his lecture to us. When Mr. Hobdells turn came, he repeated that speech, word by word from memory,
13、though, of course, he couldnt have seen a line of it before. Now a fine memory is absolutely necessary for this post; and what a memory Mr. Hobdell must have! That is why we decided that Mr. Hobdell was exactly the man we wanted.” As they walked out of the room, the Dean came up to Uncle Theo and sa
14、id, “Congratulations, Mr. Hobdell! But, my dear fellow, when you are on our staff, you must be more careful and not leave valuable papers lying about!” 我叔叔西奥是一个真正的大脑。他是一个高大的男人,瘦,头发灰白的男子的想法总是在学习。他是安静,温柔,心不在焉的和小时候一样在金钱方面,他申请了一个职位在Camford大学。这是一个很好的帖子,有数百名候选人申请,大约十五,包括西奥,被要求去接受采访。Camford是一个非常小的小镇只有一个酒店,
15、它是如此之饱,他们不得不把许多候选人一分之二的房间。西奥是其中之一,和男人共享房间和他是一个聪明的和自信的家伙叫亚当斯,大约二十岁比西奥,随着一声响亮的声音,和一个笑,你能听到在酒店,院长,这是大学的部门负责人和委员会采访了所有的候选人;,由于这次采访,数量减少到两个,叔叔西奥和亚当。委员会决定做出最后的选择在每个候选人公开讲座在大学讲堂。他们不得不说的话题是“古代苏美尔人的文明”,和演讲必须在三天的时间。嗯,三天西奥叔叔从未离开他的房间。他日夜工作讲座,写它,记住它,几乎不吃或睡觉。亚当斯似乎没有做任何准备。在酒吧里你可以听到他的声音,他有一群人围着他。他深夜来到他的房间,问西奥叔叔他继续演
16、讲,然后告诉他他是如何度过晚上打桥牌,或者在音乐厅。他吃的像一匹马和睡得很沉,和西奥叔叔坐起来在他的讲座工作。讲座的一天到来了。他们都进了厅里遇到这种朋友,西奥和亚当斯就座时,站台上。然后,西奥发现,恐怖的是,演讲的打字的副本消失了!院长表示,他们将要求候选人按字母顺序排列,亚当斯;,在心里绝望,西奥看着亚当斯平静地把偷来的演讲从他的口袋里,读给教授们聚集在一起听。以及他读它!甚至西奥不得不承认,他几乎不能读过它所以雄辩地自己,当亚当斯完成有一个伟大的一阵阵热烈的掌声。亚当斯鞠躬,笑了笑,坐下。现在轮到西奥。但他能做些什么呢?他把他知道的一切,讲座。他心里太难过把同样的想法与燃烧的另一种方式。面对他只能重复,逐字逐句,低沉闷的声音,讲座,亚当斯所说如此富有表现力。几乎没有任何掌声时,他坐了下来。院长和委员会去决定成功的候选人是谁,但是每个人都确信他们的决定是什么。亚当斯靠在西奥和拍拍他的背,说,微笑着回答,“倒霉,老家伙,但是,毕竟,我们只有一个可以赢。然后院长委员会回来,“先生们,”院长说,“我们所
