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1、CHAPTER1THETEXANItwasloveatfirstsight.ThefirsttimeYossariansawthechaplainhefellmadlyinlovewithhim.Yossarianwasinthehospitalwithapaininhisliverthatfelljustshortofbeingjaundice.Thedoctorswerepuzzledbythefactthatitwasn’tquitejaundice.Ifitbecamejaundicetheycouldtreatit.Ifitdidn’tbecomejaundicean

2、dwentawaytheycoulddischargehim.Butthisjustbeingshortofjaundiceallthetimeconfusedthem.Eachmorningtheycamearound,threebriskandseriousmenwithefficientmouthsandinefficienteyes,accompaniedbybriskandseriousNurseDuckett,oneofthewardnurseswhodidn’tlikeYossarian.Theyreadthechartatthefootofthebedandas

3、kedimpatientlyaboutthepain.Theyseemedirritatedwhenhetoldthemitwasexactlythesame.“Stillnomovement?”thefullcoloneldemanded.第1页共372页http://www.en8848.com.cn/原版英语阅读网Thedoctorsexchangedalookwhenheshookhishead.“Givehimanotherpill.”NurseDuckettmadeanotetogiveYossariananotherpill,andthefourofthemmov

4、edalongtothenextbed.NoneofthenurseslikedYossarian.Actually,thepaininhisliverhadgoneaway,butYossariandidn’tsayanythingandthedoctorsneversuspected.Theyjustsuspectedthathehadbeenmovinghisbowelsandnottellinganyone.Yossarianhadeverythinghewantedinthehospital.Thefoodwasn’ttoobad,andhismealswerebro

5、ughttohiminbed.Therewereextrarationsoffreshmeat,andduringthehotpartoftheafternoonheandtheotherswereservedchilledfruitjuiceorchilledchocolatemilk.Apartfromthedoctorsandthenurses,nooneeverdisturbedhim.Foralittlewhileinthemorninghehadtocensorletters,buthewasfreeafterthattospendtherestofeachdayl

6、yingaroundidlywithaclearconscience.Hewascomfortableinthehospital,anditwaseasytostayonbecausehealwaysranatemperatureof101.HewasevenmorecomfortablethanDunbar,whohadtokeepfallingdownonhisfaceinordertogethismealsbroughttohiminbed.Afterhehadmadeuphismindtospendtherestofthewarinthehospital,Yossari

7、anwroteletterstoeveryoneheknewsayingthathewasinthehospitalbutnevermentioningwhy.Onedayhehadabetteridea.Toeveryoneheknewhewrotethathewasgoingonaverydangerousmission.“Theyaskedforvolunteers.It’sverydangerous,butsomeonehastodoit.I’llwriteyoutheinstant