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“Ah, then that’s the explanation. So you were assiduously engaged in evolving your own theory of the leisure class. Is that right, Mr. Wingate? You have evidently concluded that Economics 150 is the leisure class.”
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The class rocked with laughter. Dr. Kenshaw, pleased with his pun and flattered by the response to it, found it hard to keep his face straight.
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● 教授在这里大大地挖苦了那学生一番。that’s (=that is) the explanation：这就是说明；这一下我可明白了。
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● assiduously：勤勉地。engaged in：从事于。evolving your own theory：发明你自己的理论。
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● evidently：明显地。concluded：得到这样一个结论——来上我们这班课的都是有闲阶级。
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● rocked with laughter：笑得前仰后合。
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● pun：双关语。上文的class既解作阶级，又解作“班级”。教授妙语解颐，自己也很欣赏自己的机智。the response to it：对他妙语的反应，全班大笑，笑话没有白说，因此更为得意了。hard to keep his face straight：脸板不下来，自己也想笑。
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“Mr. Wingate’s theory is quite apparently one to which the majority of this class subscribes. Now these reading reports were assigned to you last September, and you have had ample time to prepare them. I’ll not call for any more of them today, but at the next session of this class I expect every one of these papers in. As for you, Mr. Wingate, if you’ll see me directly after class, I’ll be glad to hear any explanation or apology that you may wish to make.”
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● is quite apparently one=is quite apparently a theory。to which之to连后面的subscribes； subscribe to=agree to。“这位同学的有闲阶级理论，全班同学大多数显然都赞成的。”
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● ample time：充分时间。
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● the next session of this class：下次上课的时候。I expect every one of these papers in：我希望统统缴齐，一份不漏。
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● apology：道歉，赔罪。
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“Thank you, sir,” Charlie mumbled. He entered a slow torture, trying to keep awake until the class bell rang. But fifteen minutes had to pass before the bell would ring.
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When the bell rang the class rose quickly and began clumping out. When the last had gone out, Dr. Kenshaw unscrewed his fountain pen and opened his roll book. He ran his finger down the list until he came to “Wingate, C.” and in the space opposite under “Smstr Grd” he marked a precise little F.
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● slow torture：慢性的受罪。还有十五分钟才得下课，他又不敢再在堂上睡觉。
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● clumping=walking heavily。
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● unscrewed：取下笔套。roll book：点名册子，就是record book。Wingate, C.：点名册以姓氏排列，故首书是Wingate，C是Charles的缩写。
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● Smstr Grd是Semester Grade的省写。前文已经说明，他再得一个F，就要被除名了。precise：清清楚楚的。
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A whiffling snore escaped Charlie Wingate in the back of the room. Dr. Kenshaw took his overcoat from its hanger, slipped into it, and strapped up his brief case. He put on his hat and strode out of the lecture room, slamming the door. The noise made a hollow echo in the empty room, but it did not disturb Charlie Wingate. He slept on behind his amber glasses.
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● whiffling：轻轻的如微风之声。snore：鼾声。escaped：从他（鼻子里）发出来。
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● hanger：衣架。its代替overcoat’s。slipped into it：穿上大衣（全身滑进大衣里面去）。strapped up：把皮带扣上。
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● strode（stride的过去式）：大踏步地走出去。slamming the door：把门砰的一关。
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● hollow echo：空洞的回声。但是可怜的Charlie又睡熟了。
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