回复戈壁柳的评论:
Let me tell you more about how I felt after reading your story about C. I went to bed after posting my comment. All of a sudden, a scary thought flashed through my mind. I imagined myself in the cultural revolution time and made the comment about Mao. I would sure be shredded into pieces. I was siezed by fear, which is far less from the horror people really went through during that time. I remembered when I was young,years after 1976, my parents had the habbit of burning paper or letters. I was puzzled by their secretive behavior but now I can relate better.
I couldn't fall asleep and my thoughts went wild. Will the situation repeat itself in the US? I started to feel lucky that two parties took turns to be in power and Obama won at the critical juncture.
我刚进MIT时，因为英语差要上英语补习课。第一堂课老师就叫每个学生写一篇作文，题目是“My most emotional experience”。我就写了这一段去喀什的经历。下面是老师写的评语：
A fascinating story! I think we Americans are just beginning to understand what happened during the Caltural Revolution. There is one very good English book called "A death is Shanghai" by Nien Cheng, whose story was also frightening and terrible, but ended in happiness. Those of us who have lived in constant comfort can perhaps never understand fully.
一天下午，戈壁滩上突然开来了几辆大卡车，其中一辆开进了我们连队。
临时决定，我们中间留下两个班的人在喀什待命，其它的人连夜返回农场。
