竺可桢是我国著名的气象学家,他从小就勤奋好学,爱动脑筋。他家乡在绍兴,那里流传着他少年时的几个小故事。竺可桢上学时,正是清朝政府无能,八国联军侵略中国的年代,人民处于水深火热之中。他看到这一切,决心发愤学习,为振兴祖国而奋斗。有一天上语文课,老师正在教“苦”和“甜”两个字,他问大家:“什么东西最苦,什么东西最甜?”一个腼腆的小女孩站起来说:“黄莲最苦,蜜糖最甜。” Zhu Kezhen is a famous meteorologist in our country. He studied hard and studiously from childhood. His hometown was in Shaoxing, where he circulated several stories of his childhood. Zhu Kezhen school, it is the Qing government incompetence, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China’s era, the people in dire straits. He saw all this, determined to study hard and strive for the rejuvenation of the motherland. One day, she started to teach Chinese in “Language” and “Sweet.” He asked everyone: “What is the hardest thing and what is the sweetest thing?” A shy little girl stands up and says : “Huang Lian is the bitter, the sweetest honey.”