Failing to Pass an Exam

　　Sun Shan was a popular person in Song Dynasty. Everybody liked him very much because he was not only knowledgeable but also humorous.

　　One day, Sun Shan went to take the imperial exam with a fellow villager’s son. Finally, Sun Shan passed the exam. So he returned to his hometown happily.

　　After Sun Shan returned home, the fellow villager asked him whether his son had also passed.

　　Sun Shan said: “Sun Shan was the last on the list. And your son came after Sun Shan.”


　　故事梗概

　　宋朝時候，有個名叫孫山的才子，人聰明也很詼諧，別人都稱他是“滑稽才子”。有一次，他和同鄉的兒子一同去趕考。考試完畢，等到張榜公布的那一天，孫山緊張地站在那兒仔細地尋找自己的名字，終于在最后看到了自己的大名，他喜出望外的大聲嚷嚷：“我中啦！我中啦！”然后，連夜趕回家里報喜訊。

　　那位同鄉見孫山回來，而他的兒子卻沒有一同回家，便趕到孫山家里來問情況。同鄉人問：“我兒子考中了嗎？”孫山幽默地回答道：“解名盡處是孫山，賢郎更在孫山外。”


　　難點點撥

　　knowledgeable 博學多識的

　　humorous風趣幽默的

　　the imperial exam科舉考試

　　villager同鄉，老鄉

　　come after緊跟

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