Isaac Newton(1642—1727),the great British scientist,was often so deep in his thoughts that he would forget to eat his dinner. One day a friend of his came to dine with him.Dinner was put on the table but Newton did not come out of his study.His friend, who was used to Newton"s peculiar ways,sat down and waited for him.After waiting for quite a good while he decided that Newton must have been so deep in some new theory that he had forgotten all about his dinner.He therefore began eating the dinner without waiting for Newton and helped himself to the chicken which was on the table. When he had finished, he thought he would pay a trick on his friend.He put all the chicken bones back on the dish and covered them with the dish cover.Then he quietly left Newton"s house.He was quite certain that his trick would work. Several hours later,Newtou came out of his study,feeling very hungry.He saw the table had been set for dinner and so he sat down at his place.When he lifted the cover and saw the bones of the chicken,he was greatly surprised.He turned,looked at the clock,and saw that it was long past his usual time for dinner. “Well,well,”he said to himself,“I thought I had not yet dined,but I see I am mistaken.” Getting up form the table, he went back to his study and began to work again,thinking that he had eaten his dinner at the usual hour and forgotten all about it.牛顿（1642—1727），伟大的英国科学家，他经常在沉思中忘了吃饭。 一天， 一位朋友来与他一起进餐。饭已经摆在桌子上，但牛顿还没从他的书房出来。他的朋友已经习惯牛顿的古怪的作风，就坐下来等他。等了好长一段时间后，他确信牛顿一定是沉浸在一些新理论中完全忘记了用餐。他因此不等牛顿开始用餐，并自己把桌子上的鸡拿来吃了。 当他吃完了，他想和他的朋友开个玩笑。他把全部的鸡骨头放回盘子里用盖子盖住。然后他悄悄离开牛顿的家。他十分确定这个玩笑会发生效果。 几个小时后，牛顿从他的书房出来，感到很饿。他看到桌子已经摆好准备吃饭就在他的位置坐下。当他揭开盖子看到鸡骨头，非常吃惊。他转过头，看着钟表，看到已经过了他平常吃饭时间很长一段。 “好，好”他自言自语道，“我以为没有吃饭，看来我错了。”他从桌子旁站起来，回到书房又开始工作，他以为他在平常吃饭的时间已经吃过了，只是完全忘记了。
