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Dear students:
Sorry, I mispronounced "Yu Hong" in my speech at the celebration. To tell you the truth, I'm really not familiar with the pronunciation of this word. I should have learned it this time, but the cost is really too high.
I think my mistake will disappoint many classmates and friends, and I think as the president of Peking University, I should not have such a poor writing style. To tell the truth, my writing skills are really poor, and this mistake exposed this problem.
When I was in primary and secondary schools, I caught up with the Cultural Revolution, and education almost stopped. There were no textbooks a few years ago, and then there were textbooks, which was very simple. My basic education is neither complete nor systematic. I live on a small farm in Inner Mongolia, with only a few dozen families. Now it is hard for people to imagine the closed state at that time. The farm is dozens of kilometers away from the county seat. Although the distance is not far, it takes a whole day by carriage. At that time, not only was there no developed Internet, but even decent books were hard to find. Recently, a book "The President's Idea-University Reform and Future" was published, which also mentioned the situation at that time:
"At the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, I was in the fifth grade of primary school and had no textbooks for several years. The teacher just asked us to recite quotations and old three articles. I was most curious when I was a teenager. I have no other books. I repeatedly read Mao Xuan and a Soviet socialist course used for cadre training at that time. My understanding of China's modern history was first obtained by reading Mao Xuan and the notes at the back. At that time, I read "On Contradiction" and "On Practice", and I learned politics in middle school again. One is divided into two, the unity of opposites, the main contradiction and the secondary contradiction. These concepts are well known and have deeply influenced the ideas of our generation. "
I am very lucky. I got 80 points in the composition of the 77-level college entrance examination, and only 20 points in words and grammar, otherwise I might not be admitted to Peking University. I just read a book on grammar a few days before the exam and just know what subjects and predicates are. The concept of grammar is unclear, and it takes a lot of effort to learn English after going to college.
I am writing this letter to tell you this, not to defend my ignorance or mistakes, but to let you know the real me. Your headmaster is not perfect, but also has shortcomings and shortcomings, and will make mistakes. In addition, I also want to tell you that all my important speeches, including the above-mentioned book, were written by myself, and the contents and thoughts in them are what I want you to know.
I will try my best, but it is still difficult for me to guarantee that similar mistakes will not occur in the future, because the cultivation of words is not a day's work. I'm afraid it's difficult for people my age to make great progress in writing in a short time.
What really makes me feel disappointed and guilty is the worry caused by my mistake, which makes people ignore the idea that I hope everyone can understand through my speech: "Anxiety and doubt can't create value, but will hinder our steps towards the future." What enables us to move towards the future is firm confidence, courage to face reality and future-oriented actions. "
Apologize again!
Love, headmaster,
Lin Jianhua
No one is perfect, and no one can guarantee that all the words can be read correctly.
Source: Netease News