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The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
Stevens has spent his life as a butler, working for
Lord Darlington. He is now an elderly man. At the
end of the book, he finds himself sitting alone on a
bench, on a pier at the seaside. A stranger begins to
talk to him, and Stevens starts to tell the man about
his life and his feelings about Lord Darlington.
ou must have been very attached to this
Lord whatever. And it's three years since he
passed away, you say? I can see you were very
attached to him, mate.'
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'Lord Darlington wasn't a bad man. He wasn't a bad
man at all. And at least he had the privilege of being
able to say at the end of his life that he made his own
mistakes. He chose a certain path in life, it proved to be
a misguided one, but there, he chose it, he can say that
at least. As for myself, I can't even claim that. You see,
I trusted. I trusted in his lordship's wisdom. All those
years I served him, I trusted I was doing something
worthwhile. I can't even say I made my own mistakes.
Really one has to ask oneself - what dignity is there in
that?"
'Now, look, mate, I'm not sure I follow everything
you're saying. But if you ask me, your attitude's all
wrong, see? Don't keep looking back all the time, you're
bound to get depressed. And all right, you can't do your
job as well as you used to. But it's the same for all of
us, see? We've all got to put our feet up at some point.
Look at me. Been happy as a lark since the day I retired.
All right, so neither of us are exactly in our first flush of
youth, but you've got to keep looking forward.'
Read the extract quickly and choose
the best ending for the statement.
Stevens thinks that perhaps he
should stop...
a
talking to people he doesn't know.
b thinking about the past so much.
c going out in the evening.
And I believe it was then that he said:
'You've got to enjoy yourself. The evening's the be
part of the day. You've done your day's work. Now
can put your feet up and enjoy it. That's how I look
Ask anybody, they'll all tell you. The evening's the be
part of the day.' [...]
It is now some twenty minutes since the man left,
but I have remained here on this bench to await the
event that has just taken place - namely, the switching
on of the pier lights. [...] For a great many people, the
evening is the most enjoyable part of the day. Perhaps
then, there is something to his advice that I should
cease looking back so much, that I should adopt a
positive outlook and try to make the best of whateve
remains of my day. After all, what can we ever gainin
forever looking back and blaming ourselves if our
have not turned out quite as we might have wished?
[...] What is the point in worrying oneself too much
about what one could or could not have done to co
the course one's life took? [...] And if some of us are
prepared to sacrifice much in life in order to pursue
aspirations, surely that is in itself, whatever the out
cause for pride and contentment.
3D Read the extract again and listen. Correct these
sentences by referring to the extract.
1 Lord Darlington died five years ago.
2 Stevens thinks that Lord Darlington made the right decisions
3 The stranger is a young man.
4 The people on the pier aren't happy when the lights come of
5 Stevens thinks that it's useful to reflect on what he could have
done better in his life.
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