学生进入初中几乎都怕学文言文。说老实话,我教了十七八年的初中语文,也觉得教文言文费力烦神。学生何以厌学,老师何以厌教?孔子说过:“知之者不如好之者,好之者不如乐之者。”文言文教学,恐怕也要讲一个“乐”字;而欲使学生乐学,教师就要敢于在教学上进行改革尝试。我的第一个尝试,是在学生进 Students are almost afraid of learning classical Chinese when they enter junior high school. To tell the truth, I taught junior high school in 17 eighties, and I also felt that it was bothersome to teach the language. Why did students become bored with schooling and why did the teacher become obnoxious? Confucius said: “The people who know are not as good as those who are good are less happy than those who are happy.” In classical Chinese, I am afraid that I should also talk about the word “happy”; Teachers must dare to make reforms in teaching. My first attempt was to enter the students