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美联英语提供：英语阅读：Luck 好运气 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 Luck 好运气 I was at a dinner in London given in honor of one of the most celebrated English military men of his time. I do not want to tell you his real name and titles. I will just call him Lieutenant General Lord Arthur Scoresby. I cannot describe my excitement when I saw this great and famous man. There he sat, the man himself, in person, all covered with medals. I could not take my eyes off him. He seemed to show the true mark of greatness. His fame had no effect on him. The hundreds of eyes watching him, the worship of so many people did not seem to make any difference to him. 事情发生在伦敦的一次宴会上。这次宴会是为当代英国威名显赫的两三位军事将领之一举行的。由于下面即将说明的原因，我将不提他的真实姓名和各种头衔。我将称他为陆军中将阿瑟·斯考兹比勋爵、皇家护卫骑士、巴斯爵士，等等，等等，等等。鼎鼎大名的人物具有多大的魅力130年前他在克里米亚战役中崭露头角，名声大噪，历久不衰。从那时以后我曾无数次听见人们谈到他，而此刻他本人就坐在那儿。我盯着这位半神半人似的人物，看呀，看呀，看呀，好像这就是我的美酒佳肴。我注视着他，搜寻他的一切特点并默记在心：他的面部表情安详、矜持、高贵、严肃；他的气质中具有朴素、诚实的品格，这是一眼就看得出的；他对自己的丰功伟绩虽然踌躇满志，但却不露声色——好像不知道成百双充满崇敬之情的眼睛正注视着他；好像不知道出自人们内心的一股深厚的爱慕之情，一种真诚的崇拜，正朝他涌来。 Next to me sat a clergyman, who was an old friend of mine. He was not always a clergyman. During the first half of his life he was a teacher in the military school at Woolwich. There was a strange look in his eye as he leaned toward me and whispered – Privately – he is a complete fool. He meant, of course, the hero of our dinner. 坐在我左边的牧师是我的老相识。他现在是牧师，可前半辈子却是在戎马生涯中度过的，而且还当过伍立奇军事学校的教官。就在我刚谈到的这个时刻，他眼中隐隐约约闪现出一种十分离奇的目光，一边用手势指着宴会上的那位英雄，一边俯过头来轻轻地，但却是满有把握地对我说：“私下说说一他是个头号大傻瓜。” This came as a shock to me. I looked hard at him. I could not have been more surprised if he has said the same thing about Nepoleon, or Socrates, or Solomon. But I was sure of two things about the clergyman. He always spoke the truth. And, his judgment of men was good. Therefore, I wanted to find out more about our hero as soon as I could. 这个评语使我大吃一惊。如果他说的是拿破仑、苏格拉底或是所罗门，我也不会感到更惊奇了。有两点我是清楚的：这位牧师说话句句真实可靠；而且他很有知人之明。因此我断定，毫无疑问，世人是错看了这位英雄：他的确是个傻瓜。于是我就想在方便的时候向这位孤身独处的牧师问清楚，他是怎样发现这个秘密的。 Some days later I