试题题干
Rearrange the following sentences so that they read logically.
A. One evening Polson took his son and daughter to dinner at Bananas, a fashionable restaurant.
B. When he brought them their dinners, the professor couldn’t help telling him that he had a good memory.
C. Yet he found himself watching the waiter closely when he returned to take the orders at a nearby table of eight.
D. He just listened, made small talk, told them that his name was John Conrad, and left.
E. The young man was pleased.
F. Again the waiter listened, chatted, and wrote nothing down.
G. When the waiter took their orders, Polson noticed that the young man didn’t write anything down.
H. Polson didn’t think this was exceptional: there were only three of them at the table.
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原文译文:
一天晚上,波尔森带着他的儿子和女儿在香蕉时尚餐厅共进晚餐。当服务员询问菜单时,波尔森注意到服务员没有写下任何内容。 他只是听,聊了几句,告诉波尔森一家他叫约翰•康纳德然后就离开了。波尔森并不认为这是例外:桌上只有三人。但是当他回到附近的一个八人桌旁时,他发现自己正在密切关注服务员。 服务员再次聆听,聊天,并没有写下任何内容。当服务员把晚餐拿给波尔森一家时,教授迫不及待的告诉服务员他的记忆力很好。这位年轻人很开心。