拿破侖的三個(gè)問題

1、精品AstoryistoldaboutaSwedewhowantedtojoinNapoleons GrandArmy.OneeveningsomeofNapoleons soldiersweredrinkingtogetherwhenayoungFrenchmanbroughtfriendtotheirtable.HeexplainedthathisfriendwasaSwedeandknewnoFrench,butthisSwedeadmiredNapoleonsomuchthathewantedtojointheFrencharmyandfightforhim.Thesoldierslo

2、okedupandsawatallyoungmanwithblueeyes,afriendlyface,strongarmsandbroadshoulders.Theylikedhimatonce.Theofficerssawthathewasjusttherightsortofman,sotheyacceptedhimandhebecameoneofNapoleonssoldiers.Hisnewfriendssmoothedawaythedifficulties.Hefoughtbravelyinmanybattlesandgainedtheirrespect.However,hiskno

3、wledgeofFrenchremainedveryweak,becausehewasnotgoodatlearninglanguages,butthisdidnotpreventhimfromfightinghard.Severalyearslater,wordcamethatNapoleonhimselfwascomingtoinspectthem,andtheSwedewaswarnedthatthegreatmanwouldprobablyaskhimsomequestion.Therewas somedifficultyinexplainingthistotheSwede,butwh

4、enatlastheunderstoodhebecameveryanxious.“TheSwedewont understandthequestions.”O(jiān)neoftheFrenchmensaid,“Whatcanhedo?”ItwaswellknownthatNapoleonalwaysaskedthesamethreequestions,andusuallyinthesameorder.Thefirstquestionwas,“Howoldareyou?”Thesecondwas,“howlonghaveyoubeeninmyarmy?”Andthethirdwas,“Didyouser

5、veineitherofmylasttwocampaigns?”TheSwedecouldnotpossiblyrememberallthesewordsands-可編輯 -精品ohisfriendsdecidedtoteachhimonlytheanswersintheirproperorder.Theygavehimalotofpractice.Wheneverpossible,oneofthemwouldstophim, makehimstandatattention,andaskhimthethreequestions.“Howoldareyou?”hewoulddemand,andt

6、heSwedewouldanswer, “Twenty-three,sir.”Thenhisfriendwouldask,“Howlonghaveyoubeeninmyarmy?”andtheSwedewouldanswer,“Threeyears,sir.”Tothethirdquestion,“Didyouserveineitherofmylasttwocampaigns?” the Swedewouldanswerwithpride,“Both,sir!”Formanydaysthispracticecontinued.TheSwedewouldwalkabout,sayingtohim

7、self,“Twenty-three,sir.Threeyears,sir.Both,sir!”Beforethedayoftheinspection,hisfriendsweresatisfied.Heknewhisanswer.Thereoughttobenotrouble.Napoléonarrived.Standinginfrontofthestraightlinesofsoldiers,helookedatthemwithgreatsatisfaction.Thenhebegantowalkalongthelines,smilingsometimes,andsayingaf

8、ewwordshereandthere.TheSwedestoodquitestill,exceptthathislipsmovedslightly.Hewasstillpracticing.Napoleonsuddenlycaughtsightofthetallsoldierandrealizedatoncethathehadneverseenhimbefore.HestoppedinfrontoftheSwede.Forsomereason,thistimethegreatmanbeganwiththesecondquestion.“How manyyearshaveyoubeeninmy

9、army?”hedemanded.“Twenty-Three,sir,”saidtheSwedeclearlyandwell.Napoleonwassurprised.Helookatthetallmanandasked,“Howoldareyouthen? ”-可編輯 -精品“Threeyears,sir,”repliedtheSwede quickly.Napoleonwasastonished.“Eitheryouaremad,orIam,”hedeclared.“Both,sir!”criedtheSwede proudly.一個(gè)瑞典人非常欽佩拿破侖。后來(lái)，他終于成為拿破侖軍隊(duì)里的一名

10、士兵。一次，拿破侖要來(lái)檢閱隊(duì)伍。 戰(zhàn)友們提醒瑞典人： 那偉大的人也許會(huì)問你幾個(gè)問題。這個(gè)典人十分焦急。他聽不懂法語(yǔ)??！一個(gè)年紀(jì)大的士兵說(shuō)：'拿破侖總是按同樣的順序問三個(gè)同樣的問題。第一個(gè)問題是：'你多大了？ '，第二個(gè)問題是：'你在我的部隊(duì)多久了？ '，第三個(gè)問題是：'你是否參加過(guò)我兩次大戰(zhàn)的一個(gè)？'。瑞典人按順序背下了這三個(gè)問題的答案：'23 歲，先生。 '， '3 年了，先生 ' 。， ' 都是的，先生。 '。檢閱那天，拿破侖站在隊(duì)伍前面， 用滿意的目光望著士兵們。然后，他開始檢閱了，一

11、會(huì)兒微笑著看這個(gè)士兵，一會(huì)兒對(duì)那個(gè)軍官說(shuō)句話。那瑞典一動(dòng)不動(dòng)地站著，只有嘴唇在輕輕地動(dòng)著。拿破侖一眼看見了他，走到他面前，開始問他問題。遺憾的是，這次拿破侖問的第一個(gè)問題是：' 你在我部隊(duì)里多久了？'，' 23 歲，先生。'，'你今年多大了？' ，'3 個(gè)月了，先生。 ' 瑞典人的回答使拿破侖既吃驚又生氣，于是吼道：'是你瘋了，還是我瘋了？ '' 都是的，先生。 ' 瑞典人自豪地回答。On the day of the inspection, Napoleon stood before the ar

12、my, walkingup and down and looking at his soldiers with satisfaction. Then He began to inspect the army.He smiled to the soldiers or had a word with someof the officers. The Swede stood still,hislips moving slightly.Unfortunately,the great man saw him and went over to him and asked him the questions.However, this time Napoleon did not ask the questions in the same order as usual.'How long have you been in my army?' asked the great-可編輯 -精品man.'23, sir.' 'How old are you?''3 months, sir