Dorine Houston是美国费城的一位教师。她对英语语言及教学素有研究。她的英语教师生涯始于1973,西班牙;80年代又曾执教于韩国。她对中国,特别是中国人学英语的问题抱有极大的兴趣,并作了相当研究。她的丈夫是费城的一名中学教师。今发表她给友人小兰的一封信件。从中我们可以见到一位普通的美国人对东方巨人邓小平所抱有的崇敬心情。此信文字优美,值得一读。本刊发表此信,以表达对世纪伟人邓小平同志的纪念。】 Dorine Houston is a teacher in Philadelphia, USA. She has studied English language and teaching. Her English teacher career began in 1973 in Spain; in the 1980s she taught in South Korea. She has great interest in the issue of learning English in China, especially the Chinese, and has done considerable research. Her husband is a secondary school teacher in Philadelphia. This is a letter she gave her friend Xiaolan. From this we can see the respect of an ordinary American with regard to the Oriental giant Deng Xiaoping. This letter is beautiful and worth reading. This publication publishes this letter to express the commemoration of Comrade Deng Xiaoping of the century. 】