Lesson 83
    第83課
    After the Elections
    大選之后
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
    Why did Patrick keep on asking the same question?
    為什么帕特里克總是詢問相同的問題？
    The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections.
    前首相溫特沃茲.萊恩先生在近的大選中被擊敗。
    He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.
    他現(xiàn)在退出了政界，到國外去了。
    My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party.
    我的朋友帕特里克一直是萊恩先生的激進(jìn)黨的強烈反對者。
    After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house.
    大選結(jié)束后，帕特里克來到了前首相的住處。
    When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.
    當(dāng)他詢問萊恩先生是否住在那里時，值班的警察告訴他這位前首相落選后出國去了。
    On the following day Patrick went to the house again.
    第二天，帕特里克再次來到首相的住處。
    The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question.
    昨天的那位警察正從門口慢慢走過，帕特里克上前問了和昨天同樣的問題。
    Though a little suspicious this time the policeman gave him the same answer.
    雖然那位警察這次有點疑心，但還是對他作了同樣的回答。
    The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question.
    第三天，帕特里克又去了，提出了同前兩天完全一樣的問題。
    This time, the policeman lost his temper.
    這警察火了。
    I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted,
    “我昨天和前天都告訴過您了，”他大叫著，
    Mr.Lane was defeated in the elections.
    “萊恩先生在大選中被擊敗了，
    He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!'
    他已經(jīng)退出了政界去國外了！”
    I know,' answered Patrick,' but I love to hear you say it!'
    “這我都知道，”帕特里克說，“可我就是喜歡聽你說出這此！”