流年似水，二十八载岁月悠悠，翻开过往，记忆却还如此清晰！ (The photo is from the internet: http://collegenext.org/campus-life/ ) 1986-9-10 First English Class in this semester It was the first day for us to have English class this semester. At seven o’clock in the evening, Prof. Ye entered the classroom and announced several things before the formal class. He announced the names of people who had passed the aural/oral class entrance examination. Those who have passed the aural/oral exam will be qualified to continue English study in the third year and have Amerian English teacher to teach oral English. When he called the names of other classmates, I was so excited that my heart beat fast. At last, my name was called. Then he told us what we should do as a university student and what our standard is in English study. He said that we should be trained in four aspects: reading,writing, listening, and speaking. He suggested we should read at least 5000 pages of reading materials before we graduate, we should understand what others say and we should be able to express what we want to say. Additionally, we should(have to) be able to write short compositions. I know I still have a long way to go. I’ll do my best to study. Perhaps some day I can reach the standard. 1986-9-11 A lively and interesting English class Millie is our oral English teacher coming from the USA. She looks obese, much heavier than the common Chinese women at this times. It’s the first time we experience such a free class. She is chewing her gum while she speaks to us. Sometimes she jumps up and sits on the desk, and then jumps down from the desk. She asked us whether we had English names. Some answered “yes”, some “no”. When inmy turn, I told her that I had no English name, she said, “you can have the name Gina George, okay?” Some classmates tried to think out an interesting or meaningful name. One told Millie that his name was the same as the author of the book New Concept English . How interesting! Then the teacher asked us to introduce ourselves, telling about things such as our ages, family members, hobbies, etc. Some said they like playing Pingpong,others said they like playing football or volleyball. When she asked me whether I like play badminton, I answered I like it somehow. Then she asked us whether we like playing chess, and if we did, please put up our hands. Although I have just begun to learn play chess this term, I put up my hand high, too. Then Millie asked us to close our eyes and put our heads on the desks and then turn to the right. We all did so. Then she said sth about English studying but Ididn’t catch up with her. But I knew she repeated the same sentence in three times. In the course, I looked up and had a look at the others to see whether they had looked up. I saw all students were still putting their heads on the desk. So I put my head on the desk again. At the moment, Millie laughed aloud, and all quickly looked up. She said she wanted to test whether we listened to what she said carefully. Although she had said the same thing three times, still no one looked up. Then she said if anyone had listened carefully, please pointed out whether she had made any mistakes during the talk. Some classmate spointed out her mistakes. In the end, Millie told us a story about Xiao Li. She pointed to the blackboard and read some words. She asked whether we could link the words together and narratethe story with our own words. Two boys did and then I narrated the story simply. During the two classes, we were all very happy. Millie had smiling face all the wayand encouraged everyone to answer questions or ask questions at any time. This lesson gave me an unforgettable memory. Perhaps from now on, I can improve my spoken and aural English ability greatly. I’ll work harder and be more interested in English. 1986-12-03 My w ish for a prosperous China What Millie said touched me greatly. When she spoke, I listened carefully but moved my eyes quickly as if I want to absorb all she said into my brain. She pointed out many defects existed in China.What she said is true. There are many problems in our country both in political and education systems. We are college students and we are still young. In a few years, we’ll be the main forces of our country. What should we do? We should work hard, we should change, we should reform and cut a new road. Everyone has the responsibility to devote himself to the country. One tree can’t become a forest. But many trees will make one. I believe our country will be prosperousone someday! 1986-12-06 Classmate gathering Several boys of our class came to our dorm. All were very happy! Some played chess,some played cards, and some read novels or magazines. At first, I played cards with another three. They spoke aloud and laughed out loud. Afterseveral runs, I went to watch others playing chess for a while and then sat down to read a novel Wuthering Heights. I was completely absorbed in the story, but sometimes was brought back to the scene by their laughing and shouting. 1987-5-13 Dormitory debate before the bedtime As soon as the light in the dorm went out, Z1 spoke loudly, “I think this afternoon’s discussion was very successful. All told the truth except a few pretending to be honest!” Her speech broughtout hot debate. T said, “X is a party member, … ” Before T finished her words, Z2 shouted, “Is he a party member? Who has approved him to be a aparty member? Why don’t those approving him ask for our opinions? ” W said, “Do you think they can ask for everybody’s opinions? ” Z2 spoke in much louder voice, “They always ask for the same few people’s opinions, and always ask for those who say “well, well, he is not bad!”” Zhou, keeping silence all the time, began to speak suddenly and angrily, “Please shut up! When we ask for your opinions at the meeting, didn’t you hear it? ” Z2 didn’t reply. W said slowly, “I don’t think he is qualified to be a party member.” Z2 shouted in a jubilant voice, “good, very good, completely right!” After a while, T spoke, “In fact, few party members are qualified. Those who want to be a party member only want to get a little interest for themselves. ” Z2 interrupted, “Everyonefor himself and the devil take the hindmost.” “I can’t agree with your views,” W said, “Don’t you need other’s help? Can you live without other people?” Zhou added, “Please analyze yourself more!” The debate ended suddenly and everything was in silence!
今年22岁的英国公主-Princess Eugenie以二等一级（2:1）的毕业成绩从纽卡索大学拿到“英语和艺术历史”的本科学位。Eugeneie公主是约克公爵（Duke of York）安德鲁王子（Prince Andrew）的次女，她有个姐姐是Princess Beatrice。 毕业典礼结束后，Eugeneie兴高采烈的说：“我感到非常自豪！在纽卡斯尔读书实在太美妙了，我的生活非常愉快有趣。” “和七个女孩一起住在一栋房子里是我大学生活的亮点，每次回去都一定有人在做饭做菜，有人欢迎你。” “和这么棒的人在同一栋屋子里实在太棒了”！ 英国纽卡索大学在英国高等教育序列中并不算是“顶级”大学，最初为是1834建立的医学与外科学学校，1963年8月升格为 University of Newcastle upon Tyne 简称“纽卡索大学”。世界排名最好到140，最差为304位，在英国排名最好为12位，最差为43位。 依据Eugeneie公主的毕业成绩看，二等一级（2:1）为Second Upper也就算中等偏上。从她自己的表述看，Eugeneie公主在纽卡索大学的“待遇”就是完全的“平民”待遇！ 小姑娘所受到的唯一“非平民”待遇就是她的大学毕业这件事情被英国广播公司进行了报道。 英国本科学位及待遇： First class honours (1st)一等荣誉学士，大约15%的人可以获得一等荣誉学士学位 Second class honours, upper division (2.i)二等上荣誉学士，可以进入研究生学习，可以获得奖学金 Second class honours, lower division (2.ii)二等下荣誉学士，可以进入研究生学习（医学和自然科学类除外）不可以获得奖学金 Third class honours (3rd) 最低等荣誉学士 Ordinary degree (Pass)普通学士学位（没有荣誉）
时值寒假，照例起来一通洗漱，喝一碗黑豆浆，便坐在电脑前，接上了互联网。 一大堆垃圾信件的里面，零零星星地夹杂着一些来自同行与朋友的 Email ，与往日不同，在沉寂了许久之后，今儿个里面有一封我大学同窗的来信，是发到我们大学班自建的自留地上的，内容如下： Hi guys, Not sure if you are aware, there is a newly released movie on what happened with the Lu Gang incident. They even have mega star like Meryl Streep in the movie. They have apparently glorified Lu Gang quite a bit. Here is a link of the movie: http://www.darkmatterthefilm.com/ 于是，按照连接，看到了该网站的一段用中文给出的广告词：“梅丽尔·斯特里普领衔主演影片《暗物质》 四月将隆重上映！”；及“获众多国际大奖的剧情惊悚片《暗物质》由新生代演技派小生， 年轻的金马影帝刘烨（代表作满城尽带黄金甲）， Aidan Quinn （ HBO 王牌剧集《魂归伤膝谷》）和奥斯卡影后梅丽尔·斯特里普联袂出演。更有新进实力派导演陈世争操刀。精彩不容错过”等等等等。 说起来，影片里的两位主人公，其生活原型与本人都有或多或少、或直接或间接的联系，那位原型中的 SHAN Linhua ，即为本人的大学同班同学，我们上大学那会儿，一个屋子住 6 人，我们便一起 Roommate 了近 5 年， Shan 是 86 年李政道计划里 CUSPEA 出去的，我们班上很优秀的一个人儿，最早出国的那一批，先在美国的Texas AM 大学，后转到 Iowa 大学，去做他的空间物理方面的研究，当然，其研究工作也确实是非常出色的，这也在一定程度上，最终与他招来杀身之祸不无关系，这便导致了现今国际上少了一位杰出的空间科学家。 故事中的另一位主人公： LU Gang ，同样是李政道计划中的 CUSPEA 学生，国内 B 大学毕业，不过是 85届 的，虽与 SHAN 同年考入大学，但比 SHAN 早一年毕业，也早一年去美国。 LU 与我一位中学 WANG Xiaohong 同学 同班，LU去了Iowa大学，而WANG则去了离华尔街较近的C（哥）大学，这正应了：世界 上任两个人的关系，串起来连接的人数不会超过 5 人。 LU 同学枪下数个同行，包括 SHAN、 他的博士指导教授等人的离世，给 Iowa 大学相关领域的研究，一个毁灭性的打击，迄今也未翻过身来。 愿他们天国之处，心灵平静，不再动不动用枪解决问题。 春节前，我从在美国的高中同学L，也是我大学时的校友那儿，得知我那位当年与我们分道扬镳，没有穿上大裤子而上了 B 大的，后又与 LU 同学一起于 85 年 CUSPEA 出去的 WANG 同学，两年前因患重病，已在美国去世的消息，心中不免自是另一番感叹，也虔诚祈祷， WANG 同学一路走好，在天国的路上。
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