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1、转载读博，读什么？（柳东阳）WorkingonaDoctoralDegree—whatareyouworkingon?（苗德岁） 母亲有位远亲，据说在英国，八十年代终于回国探亲。母亲第一次和我说起人家是博士，当回国看到国内的烟囱冒着黑烟时，很有感叹称黑烟中可以提炼出好多东西，这样冒出去白白浪费了；还有不可考证的是英国人在他体内注射了药物，如果不按时回去，就会发作而死。童年的印象很深刻，现在还有记忆，一是知道了有个“博士”这个名称，二是听到到“西方外国”就联想到从烟囱里提炼东西，感觉人家好聪明。 Mymotherhasadistant
2、relative,whowassaidtoliveinEnglandandcamebacktovisithisrelativesinChinainthe1980s.MymotherfirstmentionedtomethatheisaPhD,andthatduringhisvisit,hesawtheblacksmokecomingoutofchimneysandcommented,“Whatawaste?Youcouldextractalotofthingsfromthesmoke!”Therewasalsoanuncheckab
3、leanecdote,sayinghewasgivensomekindofshotsinEngland,andifhedidnotreturnontime,hewoulddie.TheimpressionleftinmychildhoodwassostrongthatIstillrememberitnow.Forone,Ilearnedatitlecalled“PhD”;moreover,once“westerncountries”werementioned,Iimmediatelyfanciedaboutextractingstu
4、fffromsmokeandfeltthatthewesternersweresosmart. 农家孩子上学没有太多的想法，五岁多，在生产队解散后的牛棚里上了育红班（我们是钦定的红色接班人了），在出粪口爬来爬去，好玩。上小学，目的很简单：省的到城里认不出男女厕所，让人家打出来。小学读完，身子骨没长成，到初中再读几年，长长个子，为以后说媳妇学泥瓦匠做准备。表兄四位，均是泥瓦匠，大表兄称瓦刀已经给我准备好了，后来没有用上，可惜了。祖母在1949以后扫盲时认了几个字，又忘掉了，她对读书没有感受，只给我念叨“三代不读书，赛过一窝猪，”读书有
5、啥用？她也说不清。念了初中，下一步怎么办？父亲是高小毕业，母亲初中毕业，儿女要比他们高一点。那就向上走吧，高中，本科，硕士，博士。 Farmboysgotoschoolwithoutdiddlingaroundwhatit’sfor.Alittleoverfive-yearold,Iwasenrolledintoa“littleredguardkindergarten”thatwaspreviouslyanabandonedcattleshedofthevillageproductionunit(weautomaticallybec
6、amerevolutionarysuccessorsbestowedbytheredemperor).Crawlingaroundthecattleshitpiles,wewerehavingalotoffun.Then,thepurposeofmygoingtotheelementaryschoolwasverystraightforward:toavoidbeingbeatenupforsteppingintothewrongsideoftherestroomsincitiessimplybecauseIcouldnotread
7、thesigns.Havingfinishedtheelementaryschool,Icontinuedtoattendthejuniorhigh,forIwasstillanimmaturelad;Ineededtogrowupandgetreadyformarriageandbecomingabricklayer.Ihavefourcousinsandallofthemarebricklayers.Theoldestcousintoldmethathehadalreadygotmeabricklayingknife;I’ven
8、everhadtouseit—whatapity! Mygrandmotherwasanilliterate:shelearnedafewcharactersafter1949whentherewasanationwidedrivet
