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1、Goodbye,Mr.Chips(Excerpted)byJamesHiltonWhenyouaregettingoninyears(butnotill,ofcourse),yougetverysleepyattimes,andthehoursseemtopasslikelazycattlemovingacrossalandscape.ItwaslikethatforChipsastheautumntermprogressedandthedaysshortenedtillitwasactuallydarken
2、oughtolightthegasbeforecall-over.ForChips,likesomeoldseacaptain,stillmeasuredtimebythesignalsofthepast;andwellhemight,forhelivedatMrs.Wickett's,justacrosstheroadfromtheSchool.Hehadbeentheremorethanadecade,eversincehefinallygaveuphismastership;anditwasBrookf
3、ieldfarmorethanGreenwichtimethatbothheandhislandladykept."Mrs.Wickett,"Chipswouldsingout,inthatjerky,high-pitchedvoicethathadstillagooddealofsprightlinessinit,"youmightbringmeacupofteabeforeprep,willyou?"Whenyouaregettingoninyearsitisnicetositbythefireanddr
4、inkacupofteaandlistentotheschoolbellsoundingdinner,call-over,prep,andlights-out.Chipsalwayswounduptheclockafterthatlastbell;thenheputthewireguardinfrontofthefire,turnedoutthegas,andcarriedadetectivenoveltobed.Rarelydidhereadmorethanapageofitbeforesleepcames
5、wiftlyandpeacefully,morelikeamysticintensifyingofperceptionthananychangefulentranceintoanotherworld.Forhisdaysandnightswereequallyfullofdreaming.Hewasgettingoninyears(butnotill,ofcourse);indeed,asDoctorMerivalesaid,therewasreallynothingthematterwithhim.再见了，
6、奇普先生詹姆斯.希尔顿著当你到了垂暮之年（当然不是因为生病），你常常会非常困倦，时间也会像一头慵懒的牛一样缓缓地走过田间。在他被点名之前，这对奇普先生来说就像秋日的到来，白天变短直到黑暗把空气染的一片漆黑。奇普就像有些老船长，仍然以过去的一些符号来记录时间，因为就住在学校对面维克特太太家的关系，他可能还很健康。在他终于放弃了他的主人身份以后，他到这里已经有十多年了。没看懂“维克特太太”奇普用他那激动中带着愉快的高音喊，“你会在备课之前给我一杯茶的，对吗？”当你慢慢上了年纪，坐在火炉旁边，听着学校晚餐的钟声，点
7、名，备课以及匆忙的脚步声是很惬意的。奇普总是会在最后一声钟声响完以后给钟上足发条，给火炉放上铁丝护网，关掉煤气，然后拿一本书上床。他很少在睡意迅速而又平静地来临之前读完一页书，比任何富有挑战性的进入另外一个世界的入口还有神秘的觉察力。对他来说白天跟黑夜同样充满了梦境。他在慢慢走向生命的最后那几年(当然不是因为疾病)，确实是，就像梅里韦尔医生说的那样，他真的一点问题都没有。每两周或"Mydearfellow,you'refitterthanIam,"Merivalewouldsay,sippingaglasso
8、fsherrywhenhecalledeveryfortnightorso."You'repasttheagewhenpeoplegetthesehorriblediseases;you'reoneofthefewluckyoneswho'regoingtodieareallynaturaldeath.Thatis,ofcourse,ifyoudieatall.You'resucharemarkab
