2 心不在焉的教授
There were three professors at the railway station.They were deep in conversation. The train had justarrived, but they didn't notice it. Then theconductor shouted:" Take your seats, please!"
三位教授在火车站的站台上。他们正在聚精会神地交谈。火车进站了，他们都没有发觉。这时列车长喊道：“请上车了!”
The professors heard the conductor and dashed forthe train. Two of them got on the train before itdeparted. The third one was left behind. It wasProfessor White. He looked worried.
教授们听到喊声后赶紧向火车跑去，其中两位教授刚登上火车，火车就开动了。另一个名叫怀特的教授没能赶上。他看上去很焦急。
One of the professor's students who were at the station recognized him. He tried to comfortthe professor: "it wasn't really bad, sir." said the student, "Two out of the three caught thetrain. That's quite good, you know." "I know," the scholar with a nice moustache said, "But itwas my train. My friends only came to say goodbye. In addition, they took my baggage withthem."
教授的一个学生也在火车站，他认出了教授，想尽力安慰教授。他说：“这还不算糟，三个人有两个人上了火车。您要知道，这已经不错了。”这位留着好看胡子的学者说：“我知道，可我是来赶火车的，而那两位朋友是为我送行的，况且他们还带走了我的行李。”
