Hundreds for a post The newspapers

Hundreds for a post

The newspapers announced a vacant post for a teacher at Camford University. There were hundreds of candidates who applied for it, including Pete.
You know Camford to be a very small town; there was only one hotel to stay at, and this was so full that they had to put many of the candidates two in a room. Pete was one of these, and the man to share the room with him was a self-confident fellow called Adams with a loud voice and a laugh that you could hoar all over the hotel. But he was a clever fellow too.
The Dean and the committee interviewed all the candidates; and as a result of this interview, the number was reduced to two, Pete and Adams. The committee could not decide which of the two to take, so they decided to make their final choice after each candidate had given a public lecture in the lecture-hall. They were given the subject to speak on. The committee wanted the candidates to give the lecture in three days time.
For three days Pete never left his room. He worked day and night at that lecture, writing it out and memorizing it almost without eating or sleeping. Adams didn't do any preparation at all. You could hear him talk and laugh in the bar where he had a crowd of people round him. He came to his room late at night, asked Pete how he was getting on with his lecture, and then told how he had spent the evening playing billiards, or at the theatre or music-hall. He ate like a horse and slept like a log; and Pete sat up working at his lecture.
The day of the lecture arrived. They all went into the lecture-room and Pete and Adams took their seats on the platform. And then, Pete discovered, to his horror, that the type-written copy of his speech had disappeared. The Dean said he would call out the candidates in alphabetical order, Adams first. And with despair in his heart Pete watched Adams calmly take the stolen speech out of his pocket and read it to the professors who gathered to hear it.


And how well he read. Even Pete had to admit that he could not have read it so well himself, and when Adams finished, there was a great burst of applause. Adams bowed and smiled, and sat down.
Now it was Pete's turn. But what could he do? He had put everything he knew on the subject into that lecture. His mind was too much upset to put the same thoughts in another way. With a burning face he could only repeat, word for word, in a low dull voice the lecture that Adams had read so well. There was hardly any applause when he sat down.

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Сотни людей на должность

газет объявлена вакантной должность преподавателя на Camford университета. Существуют сотни кандидатов, которые применяются для ИТ, в том числе Pete.
вы знаете Camford очень маленький город; есть только один отель, где можно остановиться на, и это было настолько полным, что они многие из кандидатов два в комнате. Пит был одним из них,