2023集中練：英國財長不知7乘8得幾

　　George Osborne refused to answer a simple times table as a panel of children quizzed him on his maths skills.

　　英國財政部長喬治奧斯本在一組兒童測驗他的數學能力時，拒絕回答一道簡單的乘法題目。

　　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 .

　　這組小記者中的一員，來自曼徹斯特的7歲的薩默爾拉丁斯提問7乘8等于幾。財政部長說他的人生信條就是不回答數學問題。

　　Samuel helped out the Chancellor pointing out with no hesitation that 7x8 equals 56.

　　薩默爾幫財政部長回答了這個問題，他毫不猶豫的報出了答案：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是英國第一家面向年輕人的全國性報紙。這名小記者是該報的一名讀者。他在此前曾問奧斯本財長的數學是否很好。

　　The Chancellor said he had done a maths A-Level and had been tested at school.

　　財長說他通過了A-Level數學，也在學校里參加了測驗。

　　Of course there is a lot of maths in my job but it is also about making judgments about where the Government should spend its money, he added.

　　他補充道：顯然，在我的工作中有大量的數學，但主要是決定政府該往哪兒投錢。

　　2023集中練：英國財長不知7乘8得幾

　　George Osborne refused to answer a simple times table as a panel of children quizzed him on his maths skills.

　　英國財政部長喬治奧斯本在一組兒童測驗他的數學能力時，拒絕回答一道簡單的乘法題目。

　　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 .

　　這組小記者中的一員，來自曼徹斯特的7歲的薩默爾拉丁斯提問7乘8等于幾。財政部長說他的人生信條就是不回答數學問題。

　　Samuel helped out the Chancellor pointing out with no hesitation that 7x8 equals 56.

　　薩默爾幫財政部長回答了這個問題，他毫不猶豫的報出了答案：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是英國第一家面向年輕人的全國性報紙。這名小記者是該報的一名讀者。他在此前曾問奧斯本財長的數學是否很好。

　　The Chancellor said he had done a maths A-Level and had been tested at school.

　　財長說他通過了A-Level數學，也在學校里參加了測驗。

　　Of course there is a lot of maths in my job but it is also about making judgments about where the Government should spend its money, he added.

　　他補充道：顯然，在我的工作中有大量的數學，但主要是決定政府該往哪兒投錢。