从前我们学英文的时候,中国自己还没有教科书,用的是一册英国人编了预备给印度人读的同纳氏文法是一路的读本。这读本里,有一篇说中国人读书的故事。插画中画着一位年老背曲拿烟管戴眼镜拖辫子的老先生坐在那里听学生背书,立在这先生前面背书的,也是一位拖着长辫的小后生。不晓为什么原因,这一课的故事,对我印象特别的深,到现在我还约略谙诵得出来。里面曾说到中国人读书的奇 When we used to learn English, China did not yet have a textbook of its own, using a book compiled by the British with the Najib grammar, which was prepared for the Indians. This book contains a story about Chinese reading. In the picture, an old daddy with an old pigtail wearing a glasses and a pigtail is sitting there listening to a student endorsement, and an endorsement standing in front of this gentleman is also a little backspun with a long pigtail. I do not know why, the story of this lesson, particularly deep impression on me, until now I still know about chanting out. There was an odd remark about Chinese people studying