Tsinghua High School attaches great importance to sports, which has benefited me all my life

I was born in 1949 and developed at a difficult time, so I was malnourished and grew short and thin。

In 1963, I was admitted to the High School attached to Tsinghua University. In my class, I queued up according to my child, and I seem to be ranked second to last among boys。

The High School attached to Tsinghua attaches great importance to sports, just like Tsinghua University。Now looking back, at that time, the school's strong sports atmosphere, in addition to allowing students to actively participate in physical exercise, but also to attach importance to the concept of health into the minds of students。This concept is reflected in the famous saying of Mr. John Ma, professor of physical education at Tsinghua University, "Working for the motherland for 50 years in a healthy way", which is not only the requirements of Tsinghua University and college students on their own requirements, but also the requirements of high school students and middle school students on their own requirements。At that time, the state's requirements for students were three good, one of which was good health, and good health was of course inseparable from sports。From the beginning of entering the attached high school, every morning exercise, afternoon classes to the end of the evening before dinner in the playground activities, has become an immovable rule。Whether it is the cold winter or the hot summer, in the afternoon, the playground, basketball court and volleyball court are all students who exercise vigorously。Winter was much colder then than it is now, and in the cold winter when the north wind was howling, it really took some perseverance to climb out of the warm bed and get dressed to run laps in the cold wind。

The school attaches great importance to sports and has set up various sports teams: table tennis team, basketball team, volleyball team, sprint team, middle and long distance running team, sailing team。I have no athletic talent, no strong explosive power and strong physique, and have not been to sports school, no ball game skills。Inspired by the school sports atmosphere, I signed up for the middle and long distance running team under the guidance of teacher Qiao Shurong。I have self-knowledge, I participate in the long running team, is not to participate in the sports meeting to get the ranking, pure is to exercise the body, enhance physical fitness。If top athletes are pushing the limits of human fitness, then everyone who participates in sports is pushing the limits of their own fitness。With each challenge, you will find that your physical limits are constantly improving, and the quality of your will is also constantly improving。Although I never participated in the school sports meeting when I was in the Affiliated High School, after a period of training, my 400-meter performance has been significantly improved, and my physique has also been significantly enhanced. More importantly, middle and long-distance running sports have cultivated my tenacious willpower。All this has great significance for my later life。

However, I did not expect that long-distance running would become my habit and hobby until I was 40 years old。After returning to Beijing in 1975, I ran from Qianyingzi Hutong, where I lived, to Tiananmen Square and back every morning。I remember when I was in college (I was admitted to Beijing Normal University in 1978), I would run around the playground 10 times every morning, and at a fair pace。After graduating from college, I returned home and still ran to Tiananmen Square and back every morning。Long-term exercise makes me healthy and energetic。Although he stopped running after the age of 40, he injured his knee by running on asphalt for a long time。So I changed to standing pile meditation。Although the form of exercise has changed, the concept of focusing on health has not changed, and the concept of health is to work better has not changed。

When I graduated from junior high school, the cultural revolution broke out。On September 20, 1968, a group of my classmates and I left Beijing and took a train to Halaqin Commune, Tuquan County, the right wing front banner of Horqin, Hulunbuir League, Inner Mongolia. It was not until early 1975 that we got sick and returned to Beijing, where we stayed for more than six years。During this period, I decided to teach myself Russian。The learning conditions were very poor, no teachers, no textbooks, and no one around to consult。I learned Russian in junior high school, but I didn't learn much (the teaching of foreign languages in secondary schools was far worse than it is now).Moreover, when I was at school, I was not interested in learning foreign languages, and I thought that if I needed to, I could read the translation, so I did not learn Russian well at all。At that time, there was no electricity in the place where we jumped the queue, and we could only use kerosene lamps to read books in front of the oil lamps for one or two hours, and the next day the nostrils were black and the sputum was black。There is no textbook, let sister send Xinhua News Agency published "PBL (Russian telecommunications)" holding the dictionary to see, each page with Chinese characters densely marked out the new words。Later, when I went back to Beijing to visit my relatives, I bought several books of Gorky's collected works in a secondhand bookstore, and they became my Russian textbooks when there were no textbooks。Given my level of Russian at the time, you can imagine how difficult it was to read the original novel。Constantly turning the dictionary, constantly using Chinese characters to mark the new words, there are many sentences are all the new words are found out, but still do not understand the meaning, it is really frustrating, especially after a long time to learn no progress, really want to give up。Farm work is heavy physical labor, and there is no 8-hour work system, sunrise, sunset, summer to do a day to survive, is really tired, after dinner, and then in the oil lamp to read, memorize words, really need a little perseverance。I don't know if I could have persevered in self-learning Russian under such conditions without the quality of will cultivated by the middle and long distance running training in the Affiliated High School。The so-called hard work pays off. After studying for a few years, I was able to read Russian novels more easily。

After graduating from college, I became a professional translator。Because of good health, and love their work, the basic work is more than 10 hours a day, decades like a day。A chat with several peers, some people said that translation is a hard job, he engaged in translation, only a time period every day, if you want to continue to do it, the brain will not work。His words were echoed。The so-called time period is to divide a day into three time periods, that is, morning, afternoon and evening。He was talking about a period of four or five hours at best。I listened, I didn't talk, I worked three hours a day for years。Through this chat, I learned that not everyone can work for more than 10 hours a day。In addition to congenital factors, my abundant energy is inseparable from my years of physical exercise, and my exercise habits are formed in the school, and the concept of paying attention to health is instilled in the school。

In terms of physical condition, I have no disease that needs to be maintained by medicine so far. My blood pressure and blood sugar are normal, and all blood tests are within the normal range。Therefore, it can be said that the Attached High School attaches great importance to sports, which has benefited me in both work and life。

Looking back on my life's path, if I compare it to sports, it's not a track event inside the stadium, it's more like a marathon outside the stadium, only it's much longer。In this long journey with no end in sight, there is no cheering audience for you, and even no opponent。In such long-distance running, can not see the end and discouraged, not for no incentive and slack, not because of fatigue and give up, not for loneliness and depression, in addition to the confidence of their chosen goals, but also need a good physique and tenacious perseverance。In this regard, I am forever grateful to the Attached School。