(一)美国总统林肯在忙碌了一天后,正准备上床休息,突然电话铃响了。一位惯于钻营的人告诉总统,有位议员刚刚去世,问林肯能否让他来取代。林肯回答:“如果殡仪馆没意见,我当然不会反对。”(二)德国著名诗人歌德,才思敏捷,谈吐幽默,非同凡响。一天,他去公园里散步,在一条仅能让一人通过的小道上,遇到了一位曾经尖锐批评过他的作品的批评家。两人越来越近,狭路相逢。“我是从来不给蠢货让路的!”批评家傲慢地先开了口。“先生,我正好相反。”歌德说完,笑着退到路旁。 (A) After a busy day, President Lincoln is getting ready to go to bed and rest. Suddenly the phone rang. One man who used to go to camp told the president that a member of Parliament just died and asked Lincoln if he could replace him. Lincoln replied: “If the funeral parlor did not opinion, of course I would not object. ” (Two) the famous German poet Goethe, agility, negotiating humor, extraordinary. One day he went for a walk in the park and met a critics who had sharply criticized his work on a path that only one person could pass through. The two are getting closer and closer together. “I never give way to stupid! ” Critics arrogantly opened his mouth. “Sir, I’m the opposite. ” Goethe finished, smiled and retreated to the side of the road.