那是另一种存在:当捧读一篇篇新教材时,它孕育、诞生过程的复杂、艰难以及深邃的思考,有时比作品本身更丰富绚烂,那是一个隐秘的世界。在教学中,由于师生对于它不断深究所产生的感悟和理解,有时连作者在写作时也没有想到。为此,从本期开始,新开“面对面”这个栏目,陆续约请一些入选新教材的美文作者与广大师生亲密接触,或请他们写作品的背景材料、自选相关链接的文章,或请他们回答作品中的疑难问题;或刊登教师上课教案的精采摘要,以及从不同角度切入对文章的不同理解的一些文章,以便对新教材更深入地探讨,高屋建瓴地把握。本期约请了著名诗人牛汉先生、教授沈致远先生及散文作家周佩红老师,他们入选新教材的作品是:《悼念一棵枫树》《说数》《母亲这样的女人》。——编者 That is another kind of existence: When bringing up a new textbook, the complexity, difficulty, and profound thinking of its gestation and birth process are sometimes richer and richer than the works themselves. It is a hidden world. In the teaching, because the teachers and students have deeper understanding of it, they sometimes do not even think of the author when writing. To this end, starting from this issue, the new “face to face” section has gradually invited some of the authors of the new textbooks to come in close contact with the teachers and students, or ask them to write background materials for the works, select related links, or invite them. Answer difficult questions in the work; or publish brilliant abstracts of lesson plans for teachers, as well as articles from different perspectives on different understandings of the articles, so that new textbooks can be explored in more depth and masterly. In this issue, the famous poet Niu Han, Prof. Shen Zhiyuan and Prose writer Zhou Peihong were invited. The work they selected for the new textbook was: “Missing a Maple Tree,” “Saying Numbers,” “Woman like a Mother.” --editor