近来讨论文风,不少人主张少写长句子,多写短句子。我想起了从前的两位教师。一位教高中国文的,他常在学生作文里的短句子旁边画上红杠子。学生问他什么意思,他说:“高中学生了,怎么老是写这么短的句子,像小孩子似的!不能把句子写长一点吗?”另一位教数学的,恰恰相反,主张说话要简洁。他问:“三斤加二斤是几斤?”学生回答说:“五斤。”他说:“不对。应该回答‘五’。我问的是几斤,你说‘五’,当然是五斤,不会是五两。一个字就说得明白的,不要用两个。” Recently, literary style has been discussed. Many people advocate writing less sentences and writing short sentences. I remembered two former teachers. One who teaches higher Chinese, he often draws a red bar beside the short sentence in the student’s composition. The student asked him what he meant. He said: “When you are a high school student, how can you always write such a short sentence like a child? Can’t write a sentence longer?” “Another mathematics teacher, on the contrary, Advocate speaking to be concise. He asked: ”How many pounds is a pound for three pounds and two pounds?“ The student replied: ”Five pounds.“ He said: ”No. It should answer ’Five.’ I asked a few pounds, you said’ Five’, of course, five pounds, not fifty-two. One word to say it clearly, do not use two."