1950年代,中国实行向苏联“一边倒”的外交政策,政治、经济和科学等方方面面都效仿苏联,就连教育也不例外,数以千万计的学生必须学俄语。我从高中一年级到大学三年级,每星期上三节俄语课,外加三小时早读与三小时课后复习,六年间花了三千小时。谁知道花这么大力气学的俄语,后来在我的工作与生活中根本无用。回想起来,我学俄语唯 In the 1950s, China practiced its foreign policy toward the Soviet Union and “one-sidedness.” It followed the Soviet Union in all aspects of politics, economy and science. Even education is no exception. Tens of millions of students must learn Russian. I went from the first grade of high school to the third grade of college, took three Russian lessons per week, plus three hours of morning reading and three hours of after-school review, spending three thousand hours in six years. Who knows Russian, who spends so much energy, was useless later in my work and life. In retrospect, I learn Russian only