Goodbye, Mr.Chips by James Hilton(1900-1954)
Chapter 5
契普斯先生和凯瑟琳结婚前夕。
积累句型
1. i do love you for saying simple things like that.我喜欢你哪一点
相似的用法有
what do you see in sb?
积累短语
1. 冠词+adj+名词结构，形容词前有so, too, how, however, as, that, this等，冠词要后置
so signal a service
she is too polite a person to refuse.
i couldn't afford that big a car.
2. be afflicted with: 因为。。。苦恼
Afflicted means "impaired" or "stricken" and usually refers to a person who is mentally or physically unfit, or has been grievously affected by disease.
3. self-depreciating 自我贬低，自黑
使(货币等)贬值;使跌价；If something such as a currency depreciates or if something depreciates it, it loses some of its original value. [V] [V n] [V by amount] [V against n]
反义 appreciate
积累词汇
1. trivial: 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 琐碎的;不重要的;微不足道的；If you describe something as trivial, you think that it is unimportant and not serious.
2. evade: 成功、光荣、爱情等与…无缘；If something such as success, glory, or love evades you, you do not manage to have it. [V n] [LITERARY 文]
3. hump: 小山;小丘;冈；A hump is a small hill or raised area.
4. awe: 使惊叹；使敬畏；使畏怯；If you are awed by someone or something, they make you feel respectful and amazed, though often rather frightened. [be V-ed] [V-ed] [usu passive]
5. gem-clear=crystal clear
宝石；A gem is a jewel or stone that is used in jewellery.
6. attainment：成就；造诣；才能；An attainmentis a skill you have learned or something you have achieved. [Formal]
7. eligibility：If you're qualified for something or allowed to take part in it, you have eligibility
反义词：ineligibility
8. mediocre：能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 事物普通的，平庸的，一般的；If you describe something as mediocre, you mean that it is of average quality but you think it should be better. [disapproval]
9. gravity：言谈举止的庄重，严肃；The gravity of someone's behaviour or speech is the extremely serious way in which they behave or speak.
10. mock：假的;仿制的;假装的；You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing. [ADJ n]
chapter 6
婚后的契普斯先生生活幸福美满，也因为凯瑟琳，他整个人更鲜活了。
“But most remarkable of all was the change she made in Chips. Till his marriage he had been a dry and rather neutral sort of person; liked and thought well of by Brookfield in general, but not of the stuff that makes for great popularity or that stirs great affection. He had been at Brookfield for over a quarter of a century, long enough to have established himself as a decent fellow and a hard worker; but just too long for anyone to believe him capable of ever being much more.”
积累句型
1. “She made him, to all appearances（从各方面）, a new man; though most of the newness was really a warming to life of things that were old, imprisoned, and unguessed.”
2. “His eyes gained sparkle; his mind, which was adequately if not brilliantly equipped, began to move more adventurously. ”
3. “The one thing he had always had, a sense of humor, blossomed into a sudden richness to which his years lent maturity.”
4. “his discipline improved to a point at which it could become, in a sense, less rigid; he became more popular. ”
5. “When he had first come to Brookfield he had aimed to be loved, honored, and obeyed--but obeyed, at any rate. Obedience he had secured, and honor had been granted him; but only now came love, the sudden love of boys for a man who was kind without being soft, who understood them well enough, but not too much, and whose private happiness linked them with their own. ”
语言之美，只需品读就能体会一二。
6. “And Kathie broadened his views and opinions, also, giving him an outlook far beyond the roofs and turrets of Brookfield, so that he saw his country as something deep and gracious to which Brookfield was but one of many feeding streams.”
积累短语/表达
1. “he was a fixture that gave service, satisfaction, confidence, everything except inspiration.”
2. “You can't satisfy your conscience by writing a check for a few guineas and keeping them at arm's length.”
几尼英国旧货币单位，价值1.05英镑，现有时见于拍卖会；A guinea is an old British unit of money that was worth £1.05. Guineas are still sometimes used, for example in auctions.
3. give way:屈服，让步
4. volte-face：（意见、政策等的）大转变
5. high tea：（有肉食的）正式茶点
6. see sb off:送别
“Chips saw them off at the railway station in the evening.”
7. at length:最后
8. be off to sp 出发去某地
积累词汇
1. pedagogy：教育学；教学法；Pedagogyis the study and theory of the methods and principles of teaching. [Formal]
2. pitfall：隐患；陷阱；圈套；The pitfalls involved in a particular activity or situation are the things that may go wrong or may cause problems. [usu pl]
顺带积累一句谚语
a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit.
3. insidious: 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 隐伏的;潜在的;不知不觉间加剧的；Something that is insidious is unpleasant or dangerous and develops gradually without being noticed.
原文：“He had, in fact, already begun to sink into that creeping dry rot of pedagogy which is the worst and ultimate pitfall of the profession; giving the same lessons year after year had formed a groove（形成了一道沟槽，老一套） into which the other affairs of his life adjusted themselves with insidious ease.”
4. conscientious：能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 认真的;勤勤恳恳的；Someone who is conscientious is very careful to do their work properly.
5.patrician：/pə'trɪʃən/贵族；豪门子弟；A patrician is a person who comes from a family of high social rank. [Formal]
6. plebeian：尤指历史上早期的平民，庶民；A person, especially one from an earlier period of history, who is plebeian, comes from a low social class. [usu ADJ n]
7. 混合物；Something that is an amalgam of two or more things is a mixture of them. [oft N of pl-n]
“her young idealism worked upon his maturity to produce an amalgam very gentle and wise.”
8. frosty：能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词] 霜冻的;严寒的；If the weather is frosty, the temperature is below freezing.
9. hooligan：恶棍;尤指阿飞，小流氓；If you describe people, especially young people, as hooligans, you are critical of them because they behave in a noisy and violent way in a public place. [disapproval]
10. hitch：短暂的小故障，小障碍；A hitch is a slight problem or difficulty which causes a short delay.
#每日一句#
“For his marriage was a triumphant success. Katherine conquered Brookfield as she had conquered Chips; she was immensely popular with boys and masters alike.”
摘录来自: James Hilton. “Goodbye Mr. Chips。” iBooks.
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