现在英语六级考试越来越难了，对于很多考生来说阅读就是一大难题。编辑老师觉得考生在考试之前应该去多看一些阅读材料，以便提高自己的阅读能力，一起来看一下这篇大学英语六级阅读材料吧!
Napoleon tried to learn English
拿破仑流放期间曾热衷于学习英语
Napoleon Bonaparte was keen to learn English while in exile, documents shown in Britain for the first time reveal.
最近在英国展出的历史文献首次披露，拿破仑·波拿巴在流放期间曾热衷于学习英语。
The deposed French emperor apparently wanted to learn the language of his foes so he could read what the London papers were writing about him.
很显然，这位当时已遭到罢黜的法国皇帝想要学习敌人的语言，这样就可以阅读伦敦报纸上有关他的报道。
Scraps of paper from his English lessons in captivity on the island of St Helena go on show at London's National Maritime Museum on Thursday.
拿破仑在被囚禁于圣赫勒拿岛期间学习英语的几张碎纸片将于周四在伦敦国立海事博物馆展出。
They include lines of French haltingly translated by Napoleon into English.