The father asked his son why.
The kid replied, "The math whiz who sits next to me was absent on the day of the test."
Notes:
1. A little boy told his dad he flunked his math test.
一个小男孩告诉他爸爸,他的数学考试没及格.
"flunk"除了表“(考试)不及格”,还可以表示“通不过(考试等)、(某学科)没通过、因成绩差而被退学(flunk out)。
flunk [flʌŋk] v.(在考试中)失敗,不及袼;给…打不及袼的分教
2. The father asked his son why.
爸爸问他儿子为什么?
3. The kid replied, "The math whiz who sits next to me was absent on the day of the test."
小孩因答:“坐在我旁边的教学高手在考认那天缺席了。”
"next"当形容词时,表“隔壁的,旁边的”不需再加介词,如:the next house隔壁家;但在这里,用于说明人或物是在隔壁或旁边时,则须加介词to,如:The house is next to mine.这房子在我家隔壁。"mine"是名词性物主代词,在这里表示my house。
whiz [hwiz] n.高手