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今天“郑新民谈英语教学与研究”邀请上海外国语大学英语学院周小舟博士给大家朗读兰斯顿.休斯《早秋》这一短篇散文。兰斯顿-休斯，美国黑人诗人，剧作家，小说家。哈莱姆文艺复兴领军人物之一。
Early Autumn
by Langston Hughes
When Bill was very young, they had been in love. Many nights they had spent walking, talking together. Then something not very important had come between them, and they didn't speak. Impulsively, she had married a man she thought she loved. Bill went away, bitter about women.
Yesterday, walking across Washington Square, she saw him for the first time in years.
"Bill Walker," she said.
He stopped. At first he did not recognize her, to him she looked so old.
"Mary! Where did you come from?"
Unconsciously, she lifted her face as though wanting a kiss, but he held out his hand. She took it.
"I live in New York now," she said.
"Oh" -- smiling politely, then a little frown came quickly between his eyes.
"Always wondered what happened to you, Bill."
"I'm a lawyer. Nice firm, way downtown."
"Married yet?"
"Sure. Two kids.”
"Oh,” she said.
A great many people went past them through the park. People they didn’t know. It was late afternoon. Nearly sunset. Cold.
"And your husband?” he asked her.
“We have three children. I work in the bursar’s office at Columbia.”
“You’re looking very…” (he wanted to say old) “…well,” he said.
She understood. Under the trees in Washington Square, she found herself desperately reaching back into the past. She had been older than he then in Ohio. Now she was not young at all. Bill was still young.
"We live on Central Park West," she said. "Come and see us sometime."
“Sure,” he replied. “You and your husband must have dinner with my family some night. Any night. Lucille and I'd love to have you.”
The leaves fell slowly from the trees in the Square. Fell without wind. Autumn dusk. She felt a little sick.
"We'd love it," she answered.
"You ought to see my kids." He grinned.
He held out his hand. "Good-bye."
"When..." she wanted to say, but the bus was ready to pull off. The lights on the avenue blurred. And she was afraid to open her mouth as she entered the bus. Afraid it would be impossible to utter a word.
Suddenly she shrieked very loudly, “Good-bye!” But the bus door had closed.
The bus started. People came between them outside, people crossing the street, people they didn't know. Space and people. She lost sight of Bill. Then she remembered she had forgotten to give him her address—or to ask him for his -- or tell him that her youngest boy was named Bill, too.
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郑新民，1957年生，福建省福州市人，香港大学哲学博士（PhD），上海外国语大学教授、博士生导师、博士后合作导师。担任上海市学位委员会第五届学科评议组成员，兼任中国英汉语比较研究会外语教师教育与发展专业委员会常务理事，美国纽约大学和英国利兹大学高级访问学者。
主要研究方向：应用语言学、外语教育、外语教师认知和外语课堂教学等。英文专著：Changing Pedagogy:Analyzing ELT Teachers in China ( London/New York: Continuum,2008）, 全球著名应用语言学专家DavidNunan为该书作序，称赞该书拓展、延伸和更新了外语教学理论，尤其对外语课程论理论是一个重要的贡献。该书已于2018年1月被Bloomsbury出版社收入Bloomsbury Education & Childhood Studies在线平台。
中文专著：《语言教育新概念》（北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社，2011），《信念与追求—走近上外》（北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社，2016），《英语学术论文写作之探—来自郑新民研究团队的报告》（北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社，2017），《英语博士成长札记》（北京师范大学出版集团/安徽大学出版社，2017）。已在SSCI和CSSCI发表学术论文50余篇。