The teacher said, "I'll tell you a story."
Once upon a time, there was a mountain. There is a temple on the hill. There lived an old monk and a young monk in the temple.
One day, the young monk was bored and insisted that the old monk teach him something. The old monk thought for a moment and said, "Here is a basket. Go get some water, fill the jar, and then I'll teach you. "
The young monk looked at the dirty bamboo basket and thought, what can such a dirty bamboo basket and a jar full of it do? Although I was unhappy, I had to obey the command and walk down the hill with my basket.
When I came back with water at the foot of the mountain, because the basket was dirty, although the water was dripping, some remained and fell into the jar. Then I went back to fetch water. Slowly, there is less and less water left in the basket. I thought to myself: Master, are you kidding me? This basket leaks more water every time. Isn't it useless to work like this?
So, the young monk held his breath and went to the master: this basket has a serious water leakage problem, and you let me draw water with it. Don't people often say that draw water with a sieve? You let me draw water with a bamboo basket again and again, and what can we get?
The old monk listened cheerfully without saying a word. The young monk was anxious: "Master, you should say something. Why do you make me toss and turn? "
The master slowly raised his head, looked at the young monk, slowly raised his hand, pointed to the basket and said nothing. The young monk looked blank and still puzzled. Looking at the master doubtfully. The old monk shook his head and pointed to the basket with his finger.
The young monk suddenly brightened up: "Oh, so that's it! The basket is clean! Yes, the basket is clean! I didn't do anything! "
The old monk nodded with satisfaction and left happily.
After listening to the story, the students seem to understand. The teacher then explained, "We recite the text every day, although we forget it after we recite it, and we will recite it even if we forget it.". This repetition is not nothing, we forget the content, but leave a sense of language and sentiment.
Just like reading, we can read a lot in life, but we may not remember all the contents. But in the process of reading, we have purified our minds, learned knowledge and learned the wisdom of thinking and solving problems. This is why we insist on reading. "