Landon had made an unsuccessful attempt at the recitation(背誦，朗誦) , and the doctor, somewhat nettled(刺激，惹惱) , said: Landon, you don't seem to be getting on very fast in this subject. You seem to lack ambition. Why, at your age Alexander the Great had conquered half the world.
Yes, said Landon, he couldn't help it, for you will recall the fact, doctor, that Alexander the Great had Aristotle for a teacher.
蘭登作了一次不成功的'朗誦。老師有點不悅，對他說道：蘭登，你在這門課上好像進步不大，你好像缺乏志向。亞歷山大大帝在你這個年齡可已經征服了半個世界。
是啊，蘭登說，他沒法不那樣。博士先生，您回想一下史實，亞歷山大大帝有亞里士多德做他的老師。