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听力原文及翻译

I decided to make his end as painless as possible, so I pushed facts into his stupid head for hours. Finally, I let him go to the examination, to experience what I was sure would be his dismissal from school. "well, sir, try to imagine the result. I was shocked out of my mind. 

我决定让他的死尽可能地没有痛苦，所以我花了好几个小时把事实灌输到他愚蠢的脑袋里。最后，我让他去参加考试，让他体验一下我确信他会被学校开除的感觉。 “好吧，先生，试着想象一下结果。我震惊得发疯了。

he took first prize and he got the highest praise. I felt guilty day and night. what I was doing was not right, but I only wanted to make his dismissal a little less painful for him. I never dreamed it would lead to such strange, laughable results. I thought that sooner or later one thing was sure to happen; the first real test, once he was through school, would ruin him. 

他获得了一等奖，得到了最高的赞扬。我日夜感到内疚。我做的是不对的，但我只是想让他被解雇对他来说不那么痛苦。我做梦也没想到这会导致如此奇怪、可笑的结果。我认为迟早会有一件事发生；一旦他完成学业，第一次真正的考验就会毁了他。

Then the Crimean War broke out. I felt that sad for him that there had to be a war. Peace would have given this donkey a chance to escape from ever being found out as being so stupid. Nervously I waited for the worst to happen; it did, he was appointed an officer, a captain of all things. who could have dreamed that they would place such a responsibility on such weak shoulders as his?"

然后克里米亚战争爆发了。我为他感到难过，不得不打一场战争。和平会给这头驴子一个机会，让他永远不被发现是如此愚蠢。我紧张地等待着最坏的事情发生；它确实发生了，他被任命为一名军官，一名队长。谁能想到他们会把这样的责任放在他如此脆弱的肩膀上？”

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