文革荒唐的岁月耽误了一代人的学业,许多人至今还在吞食着这一苦果。笔者少年逢动乱,有幸依仗着老师的敬业和父母的严格,才多多少少学到一点零碎的知识。记得儿时最喜欢的课目是地理(那时叫“常识”),薄薄的教科书其实只是有一点行政地理的内容,远谈不上系统丰富,但我已经很感满足,尤其很着迷“地图”,着迷于图中国界、海岸的蜿蜒细微!就今天而论,那时所学地理知识,虽肤浅却印象极深。我至今仍清楚地记得1969年仲秋的那堂地理课,老师拿来地球仪,将平面的地球立体化了,令人瞠目结舌,真是不听不知道,“世界真奇妙”。原来地球是个象篮球样的东西!原来人类都立在一个圆球的表面上!原来美国人真在我们脚下,而 The absurd years of the Cultural Revolution delayed the learning of a generation and many people are still swallowing this bitter fruit. The author of every turmoil, fortunate enough to rely on the teacher’s dedication and strict parents, only learn more or less little piecemeal knowledge. I remember childhood favorite subject is geography (then called “common sense”), a thin textbook is just a little administrative geography, far from the system rich, but I have been very satisfied, especially fascinated by “map ”, Fascinated by the Chinese world, the meandering subtle coast! In terms of today, then learned geography, although superficial but very impressed. I still remember the geography lesson of Chung-Qiu in 1969. The teacher took the globe and made the plane earth three-dimensional. It is amazing that “the world is really wonderful.” Originally, the Earth was a basketball-like thing! Originally humans stood on the surface of a sphere! The Americans were really at our feet, and