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2015集中练：英国财长不知7乘8得几 George Osborne refused to answer a simple times table as a panel of children quizzed him on his maths skills. 英国财政部长乔治奥斯本在一组儿童测验他的数学能力时，拒绝回答一道简单的乘法题目。 Asked to give the answer to 7x8 by Samuel Raddings, aged 7 from Manchester, one of the panels youngest interviewers, the Chancellor said he made it a rule in life not to answer a load of maths questions . 这组小记者中的一员，来自曼彻斯特的7岁的萨默尔拉丁斯提问7乘8等于几。财政部长说他的人生信条就是不回答数学问题。 Samuel helped out the Chancellor pointing out with no hesitation that 7x8 equals 56. 萨默尔帮财政部长回答了这个问题，他毫不犹豫的报出了答案：56。 The young interviewer from a panel of readers of First News - the UK s first national newspaper for young people - had previously asked Mr Osborne whether he was good at maths. First News是英国第一家面向年轻人的全国性报纸。这名小记者是该报的一名读者。他在此前曾问奥斯本财长的数学是否很好。 The Chancellor said he had done a maths A-Level and had been tested at school. 财长说他通过了A-Level数学，也在学校里参加了测验。 | 
