1、GoodbyeMr.Chips(Excerpted)byJamesHiltonWhenyouaregettingoninyears(butnotillofcourse)yougetverysleepyattimesthehoursseemtopasslikelazycattlemovingacrossalscape.ItwaslikethatfChipsastheautumntermprogressedthedaysshtenedtil

2、litwasactuallydarkenoughtolightthegasbefecallover.FChipslikesomeoldseacaptainstillmeasuredtimebythesignalsofthepastwellhemightfhelivedatMrs.WickettsjustacrosstheroadfromtheSchool.Hehadbeentheremethanadecadeeversincehefin

3、allygaveuphismastershipitwasBrookfieldfarmethanGreenwichtimethatbothhehislladykept.“Mrs.Wickett“Chipswouldsingoutinthatjerkyhighpitchedvoicethathadstillagooddealofsprightlinessinit“youmightbringmeacupofteabefeprepwillyou

4、“Whenyouaregettingoninyearsitisnicetositbythefiredrinkacupoftealistentotheschoolbellsoundingdinnercalloverpreplightsout.Chipsalwayswounduptheclockafterthatlastbellthenheputthewireguardinfrontofthefireturnedoutthegascarri

5、edadetectivenoveltobed.Rarelydidhereadmethanapageofitbefesleepcameswiftlypeacefullymelikeamysticintensifyingofperceptionthananychangefulentranceintoanotherwld.Fhisdaysnightswereequallyfullofdreaming.Hewasgettingoninyears

6、(butnotillofcourse)indeedasDoctMerivalesaidtherewasreallynothingthematterwithhim.再見(jiàn)了，奇普先生詹姆斯.希爾頓著當(dāng)你到了垂暮之年（當(dāng)然不是因?yàn)樯。?，你常常?huì)非常困倦，時(shí)間也會(huì)像一頭慵懶的牛一樣緩緩地走過(guò)田間。在他被點(diǎn)名之前，這對(duì)奇普先生來(lái)說(shuō)就像秋日的到來(lái)，白天變短直到黑暗把空氣染的一片漆黑。奇普就像有些老船長(zhǎng)，仍然以過(guò)去的一些符號(hào)來(lái)記錄時(shí)間，因?yàn)榫妥≡趯W(xué)

7、校對(duì)面維克特太太家的關(guān)系，他可能還很健康。在他終于放棄了他的主人身份以后，他到這里已經(jīng)有十多年了。沒(méi)看懂“維克特太太”奇普用他那激動(dòng)中帶著愉快的高音喊，“你會(huì)在備課之前給我一杯茶的，對(duì)嗎？”當(dāng)你慢慢上了年紀(jì)，坐在火爐旁邊，聽(tīng)著學(xué)校晚餐的鐘聲，點(diǎn)名，備課以及匆忙的腳步聲是很愜意的。奇普總是會(huì)在最后一聲鐘聲響完以后給鐘上足發(fā)條，給火爐放上鐵絲護(hù)網(wǎng)，關(guān)掉煤氣，然后拿一本書(shū)上床。他很少在睡意迅速而又平靜地來(lái)臨之前讀完一頁(yè)書(shū)，比任何富有挑戰(zhàn)性的進(jìn)

8、入另外一個(gè)世界的入口還有神秘的覺(jué)察力。對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)白天跟黑夜同樣充滿了夢(mèng)境。他在慢慢走向生命的最后那幾年(當(dāng)然不是因?yàn)榧膊?，確實(shí)是，就像梅里韋爾醫(yī)生說(shuō)的那樣，他真的一點(diǎn)問(wèn)題都沒(méi)有。Queerthatathinglikethatshouldstayinthememysoclearly.Wetherbyhimselfwasveryfatherlycourteoushemusthavebeenillthenpochapfhediedduring

9、thesummervacationbefeChipsbeganhisfirstterm.Butthetwohadseenspokentoeachotheranyway.人家比較多，有個(gè)巴爾赫斯特家的孩子，一個(gè)胖乎乎的男孩，創(chuàng)造了一個(gè)明亮的紀(jì)元。搞糟一件這樣的事情應(yīng)該在腦海里留下深刻的印象。韋瑟比自身是一個(gè)很慈祥，謙遜的人。他后來(lái)肯定生病了，在奇普開(kāi)始他的第一個(gè)學(xué)期之前的那個(gè)暑假就去世了，可憐的家伙。但是，無(wú)論如何，他們兩見(jiàn)了面也說(shuō)了話了