|
w关键词：boring/无聊的，interesting/有趣的，famous/著名的 |
| |
|
|
|
w目录：Inspiration/感悟 |
w话题：善良，同情，感动 |
w类型：记叙文 |
| |
|
|
|
w难度级别：
初级 |
w词汇要求：1000- |
w文章词数：850 |
| |
|
|
| |
|
[ 生 词 可 拖 选 或 双 击 ] |
| |
| |
He didn’t want to be boring.
He wanted people to think
that he was a very interesting person. |
The most boring man in the world
世界上最无聊的人
作者：Chris
Rose
[英] 来源：www.bulentgoksal.com
日期：2008-08-20
责编：Emma
People often said that Thierry Boyle was the most boring man in the world.
Thierry didn’t know why people thought he was so boring. Thierry thought he was
quite interesting. After all, he collected stamps. What could be more
interesting than stamps? It was true that he didn’t have any other hobbies or
interests, but that didn’t matter for Thierry. He had his job, after all. He had
a very interesting job. At least Thierry thought it was interesting. Everybody
else said that his job was boring. But he was an accountant! Why do people think
that accountants are boring? thought Thierry. Thierry thought his job was
fascinating. Everyday, he went to his office, switched on his computer and spent
seven and a half hours looking at spreadsheets, and moving numbers around on
them. What could be more interesting than that?
But Thierry was unhappy. He was unhappy because people thought he was boring. He
didn’t want to be boring. He wanted people to think that he was a very
interesting person. He tried to talk to people about his stamp collection. But
every time he talked about his stamp collection he saw that people were bored.
Because people were bored when he talked about his stamp collection, he talked
about his job instead. He thought people would be very interested when he talked
about his job, but no. People thought his job was even more boring than his
stamp collection. Sometimes, people even went to sleep when he talked to them.
Thierry thought about how to make himself more interesting. He decided that he
needed to be famous for something. He thought about his stamp collection, and
decided that perhaps his stamp collection could make him famous. Perhaps he had
the biggest stamp collection in the world, or perhaps he had a very valuable
stamp. Yes, this was it, he decided.
He wrote a letter to a local newspaper, and asked them if they wanted to come
and write an article about a local man with the biggest stamp collection in the
world. The local newspaper wrote a letter back to Thierry telling him that
actually the Queen of England had the biggest stamp collection in the world.
Thierry was very sad to learn this, but wrote back to the newspaper telling them
that he thought he had the most valuable stamp in the world. The newspaper wrote
back to him telling him that the most valuable stamp in the world cost 2, 240,
000 dollars, and asking him if he was sure that he had it. Thierry wasn’t sure
that he had it. In fact, he was sure that he didn’t have it. Perhaps his whole
collection was very valuable though…
“Is it worth 10 million dollars?” asked the man from the newspaper on the
telephone when Thierry called him.
“Erm, no, I don’t think so…”
“Forget it then” said the man from the newspaper.
Thierry thought about other things to make himself famous. Perhaps he could be
the best accountant in the world! Yes, this was it, he decided. He told a friend
that he was the best accountant in the world.
“How do you know?” asked his friend.
“Well” thought Thierry, “I have a good job, I like it …it’s very interesting …
spreadsheets … numbers … taxes … finance …” He saw his friend going to sleep.
“Hmmm” he thought. “Perhaps I’m not the best or the most interesting accountant
in the world.”
“Listen Thierry” said his friend when he woke up again. “Perhaps you don’t have
the biggest or the most valuable stamp collection in the world. Perhaps you
aren’t the best or the most interesting accountant in the world. But there is
one thing – Thierry, you are probably the most boring man in the world.”
Yes! Of course! This was it. Thierry could be famous because he was the most
boring man in the world. Now he saw that his friends were right. He phoned the
newspaper again.
“Hello!” he said. “Would you like to do an interview with the most boring man in
the world?”
“The most boring man in the world...?” said the man from the newspaper. “Now
that’s interesting!”
Next week there was a big article in the newspaper. “The Most Boring Man in the
World!” There was a picture of Thierry in his office. There was a picture of
Thierry with his stamp collection. There was an interview with Thierry, and
interviews with his friends. His friends said they went to sleep when Thierry
talked about his job or his stamp collection.
The next day the BBC and CNN called Thierry. They wanted stories about the most
boring man in the world. “The most boring man in the world!” they said. “That’s
so interesting!”
And so, finally, Thierry Boyle, became the official Most Boring Man in the
World. You won’t find his name in the Guinness Book of Records, because they
said that it was impossible to decide exactly how boring somebody is, but it was
no problem for Thierry. Now he was famous, now he was so boring that he was
interesting.
A
Quiz/小测：
Are the
following statements True or False?
[ ] 1. Thierry
Boyle thinks he is the most boring man in the world.
[ ] 2. Thierry has
a stamp collection.
[ ] 3. Thierry has
lots of hobbies.
[ ] 4. Thierry
thinks stamps are boring.
[ ] 5. Thierry
loves his job.
[ ] 6. Thierry is
an accountant.
[ ] 7. Other people
think accountants are boring.
[ ] 8. Thierry
wants to be famous.
[ ] 9. Thierry has
the biggest stamp collection in the world.
[ ] 10. Thierry
doesn’t have the most valuable stamp in the world.
[ ] 11. People
think Thierry is the best accountant in the world.
[ ] 12. Thierry
becomes the official most boring man in the world.
[ ] 13. Thierry is
so boring that he becomes interesting.
[参考答案]
[回到页顶]
[回子目录]
[回到首页]
