(一) 在北京一个安静的四合院里,我访问了在新华社工作的英国专家露丝·史密斯。九十一岁的露丝·史密斯,早已白发如银了。不过,她眼神清澈,笑语朗朗,比实际年龄要年轻得多。老年,当然是富有经验的标志。而经验总是逐步积累起来的。现在,她回忆起风华正茂的年代来了。“我年轻时,做英国《工人日报》的记者。那时,人们说我是一匹战马。” (I) In a quiet courtyard in Beijing, I visited Ruth Smith, a British expert working in Xinhua News Agency. Ruth Smith, 91, has long been white-haired. However, she looked clear, smiling, more young than the actual age. Elderly, of course, is a sign of experience. The experience is always gradually accumulated. Now, she recalls the era of flourishing. “When I was a young man, I was a reporter for the Daily Worker in Britain, when people said I was a horse.”