少年读书而要考试,中年作事而要谋生,老年悠闲而要衰病,这都是人生苦事。考试已经是苦事,而大都是在炎热的夏天举行,苦上加苦。我清晨起身,常见三面邻家都开着灯弦歌不辍;我出门散步,河畔田埂上也常见有三三两两的孩子们手不释卷。这都是一些好学之士么?也不尽然。我想其中有很大一部分是在临阵磨枪。尝闻有“读书乐”之说,而在考试之前把若干知识填进脑壳的那一段苦修,怕没有什么乐趣可言。 Teenager studying and examinations, middle-aged work and make a living, elderly leisure and illness, which are hardships in life. Examination is already a hard thing, but most are held in the hot summer, bitterly bitter. I got up early in the morning, and I often went out for a walk on the three neighbors' neighbors. There were also children in twos and threes on the riverside. Is this some good people? Not all. I think a big part of it is getting started. Smell “reading music ” said, and in the exam before the knowledge into the skull that period of penance, afraid there is no fun at all.