Afanti and Judge

August 24th, 2016 § 0 comments

有一天,国王把阿凡提找来,对他说:“阿凡提,我委任你当法官。”阿凡提说:“对不起,我难以胜任。”国王问:“为什么?”阿凡提回答说:“我喜欢讲真话,而讲真话的人当不了法官。如果我不讲真话,我就是心口不一;而心口不一的人是不配当法官的。”

有一天,國王把阿凡提找來,對他說:“阿凡提,我委任你當法官。”阿凡提說:“對不起,我難以勝任。”國王問:“為什麼?”阿凡提回答說:“我喜歡講真話,而講真話的人當不了法官。如果我不講真話,我就是心口不一;而心口不一的人是不配當法官的。””

Choose one of the statements, then rollover the choices to see the correct answer.

  • 阿凡提觉得国王不是真想让他当法官,所以拒绝了。 / 阿凡提覺得國王不是真想讓他當法官,所以拒絕了。
  • 阿凡提觉得自己喜欢讲真话,所以不配当法官。 / 阿凡提覺得自己喜歡講真話,所以不配當法官。
  • 阿凡提嘴上讲的话和心里想的事往往不一样。 / 阿凡提嘴上講的話和心裏想的事往往不一樣。
  • 阿凡提觉得国王的法官都不是好人。 / 阿凡提覺得國王的法官都不是好人。

Statements in English:

    
  • Afanti thinks that the king does not want him to be the judge and thus has rejected the offer.
  • Afanti thinks that he likes to tell the truth and so does not deserve to be a judge.
  • What Afanti says is often different from what he thinks.
  • Afanti thinks that both the king and the judge are no good.

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