Stephanie Hill-Lopez & Duncan Kennedy

As the school year winds down and students and staff part ways for summer， they will also be saying goodbye to a very familiar face that has been around almost five decades. Gary Brown has been teaching chemistry for 47 years at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls， and he is set to retire this school year. Stephanie， seems like Mr. Brown has a lot of history with that school.

又一個學(xué)年就要結(jié)束了，學(xué)生和教工即將分別，各自過暑假去了，同時他們還將與一張再熟悉不過的面孔告別。這張面孔屬于一個已經(jīng)在學(xué)校呆了近半個世紀(jì)的人。加里·布朗已經(jīng)在美國愛達荷州福爾斯的天際線中學(xué)教了47年的化學(xué)課，今年，他要退休了。斯蒂法妮，看來布朗先生與這所學(xué)校之間的歷史很長啊。

Stephanie Hill-Lopez （Reporter）： He definitely does， and Skyline High School， as we know it today， was actually built in the late 60s. But before the school even had a building， they were housed with Idaho Falls High School， and thats where Mr. Brown began his teaching career.

Ask any student and theyll probably tell you they dread the first day of a new school year. Gary Brown has experienced a first day of school more than 40 times.

Gary： You realize what things work and what things dont work， and you try to remember the things that worked the best and revise the things that didnt seem to work.

Stephanie： Year after year Mr. Brown taught chemistry to hundreds of students.

Gary： The quality of the student has been very， very good， so thats one of the things that kept me from burning out.

Stephanie： Browns been teaching at Skyline ever since the first day it was built. Brown says hell miss everyone at school. His advice for graduating seniors and those entering education is to have hope and work hard.

Gary： Just keep working as hard as you can， because you cant get ahead if youre standing still.

Stephanie： Now the science wing of the school is set to be remodeled the next summer， and some school administrators I spoke with today said that they are thinking about naming the wing after Mr. Brown， or putting some sort of plaque in there just for all of his dedication over the past 47 years.

斯蒂法妮·希爾-洛佩斯（記者）：確實如此。我們也知道，天際線學(xué)校其實是在上世紀(jì)60年代后期建成的，但這所學(xué)校在建成之前，使用的是愛達荷福爾斯中學(xué)的課室。布朗先生正是從那里開始他的教學(xué)生涯的。

不論你問哪個學(xué)生，他們都很可能跟你說自己會擔(dān)心新學(xué)年第一天的到來。而加里·布朗已經(jīng)經(jīng)歷了四十多個新學(xué)年的第一天了。

加里：你會認識到什么辦法有效，什么辦法行不通，然后你就會記住那些最有效的方法，改變那些行不通的辦法。

斯蒂法妮：年復(fù)一年，布朗先生曾向數(shù)以百計的學(xué)生教授化學(xué)。

加里：一直以來，生源質(zhì)量非常非常地好，這是我得以堅持下來的一個原因。

斯蒂法妮：布朗先生從天際線學(xué)校建校的第一天起就在這里教學(xué)了。布朗先生說他會想念學(xué)校里的每一個人。他給即將畢業(yè)的學(xué)生們和那些要進入教育領(lǐng)域的人們的忠告是，要滿懷希望，要努力工作。

加里：你就盡管竭盡全力地工作，因為如果你停滯不前，你就不可能取得成功。

斯蒂法妮：如今，學(xué)校的科學(xué)大樓準(zhǔn)備在明年夏天重新裝修。今天與我交談的一些學(xué)校管理人員說他們正考慮以布朗先生的名字來命名這棟大樓，或者在大樓里放一個牌匾之類的東西，以紀(jì)念他在過去的47年為學(xué)校作出的貢獻。

Students： …Morning， Father Schneider.

Schneider： Good morning to all of you kids.

Nine AM at the St. Alois School in North Sydney， the start of another working day for 99-year-old Father Geoffrey Schneider.

Father Schneider came here in 1965 and never left， one teacher whos certainly made the grade when it comes to longevity.

Schneider： …an honour， really， and， if I can keep going. Many others would do the same as they had the health and energy.

眾學(xué)生：早上好，施奈德神父。施奈德：孩子們，你們早。

早上九點在澳大利亞悉尼北部的圣阿羅學(xué)校，99歲的杰弗里·施奈德神父開始了又一天的工作。

施奈德神父在1965年來到這所學(xué)校，之后就再也沒有離開過。這么高壽仍是一名老師，那他當(dāng)然是成功了。

施奈德：如果我可以繼續(xù)下去，真的很榮幸。其他人如果健康狀況允許，也有精力的話，他們也會這樣做的。

Thousands of peoples have sat through his religious education classes over half a century， chalk replaced by computers for the man they long ago nicknamed “Father 1）Schnitzel.”

Girl： He never raises his voice or anything when， when we dont listen to him， and hes very nice. Boy A： A hundred is pretty amazing！

Boy B： Yeah， he must have liked his job. Boy A： Thats for sure.

Now the Guinness Book of Records has officially recognized his remarkable achievement. School Official： Father Schneider， you are officially the oldest active teacher in the world.

Father Schneider turns a hundred in December， a real-life *Mr. Chips who has no intention of saying goodbye.

Schneider： Hope that I can teach again next year， but we…we wont say any more than that.

在過去的半個世紀(jì)里，數(shù)千人曾經(jīng)上過他教授的宗教教育課程。如今，電腦已經(jīng)取代了粉筆，他很久以前就被親切地稱為“肉片神父”。

女孩：即使我們不聽話，他也從來不會對我們

大聲說話，或者發(fā)脾氣什么的。他人很好。

男孩甲：一百歲太神奇了！

男孩乙：對的，他肯定很喜歡他的工作。男孩甲：那肯定的。

現(xiàn)在，《吉尼斯世界紀(jì)錄大全》正式承認了他這個了不起的成就。

學(xué)校官員：施奈德神父，你已經(jīng)正式成為世界上最長壽的在任教師了。

到今年12月，施奈德神父就一百歲了，他是一個真實版的奇普斯先生，而且他還不想就此告別講臺。

施奈德：我希望我明年還能繼續(xù)教學(xué)，但其他的我就不說什么了。