老师，请听……

我是1998年的最后一天到q中学报到的。此前，工作关系一直在q二中。1989大学毕业回到高中母校，一晃10年。其间经历进修、留校、考研的波折，心中最大的渴望不过是想找一个人生温馨的驿站驻足。

i reported to q middle school on the last day of 1998. previously, working relationship has been in q 2 middle school. after graduating from university in 1989, i went back to my high school alma mater for 10 years. during this period, i experienced the ups and downs of studying, staying in school and taking the postgraduate entrance examination. the biggest desire in my heart is just to find a warm post station to stop.

d老师的大名，我学生时代已久仰。他是省重点中学的校长、物理教学名师，我求学和最初任教都与之无缘，不能不说是心头一件憾事。冥冥中期待着与他有一次相逢，期待着与这位前辈乡贤的相识。

teacher d's name has long been known to me as a student. he is the principal of the provincial key middle school and a famous physics teacher, with whom i had no chance to go to school or teach at the beginning. i'm looking forward to meeting him once, and to meeting with this elder.

1994年秋，我从s学院毕业，留校学报编辑部。一日，学院公告栏里贴出全省重点中学校长前来培训的消息，一个念头闪过：d老师来了吗？作为后学晚辈，我可以见到他吗？

in the autumn of 1994, i graduated from s college and stayed in the editorial department of the journal. one day, a message was posted on the bulletin board of the college that principals of key middle schools in the province had come to train. an idea flashed by: has teacher d come？ as a junior, can i see him？

沿着楼梯，来到院办公楼三层校长们的住处。经过打问，推开向北的一扇门，一位干练精神的老师迎了上来。他50来岁，面容朴实却透着坚毅，个头不高，却给人威严。是他，q中学的校长——d老师。我贸然出现，d老师没有显得惊讶。他说，知道我的一些情况，并且说出了我的名字。我在q二中任教时，指导着学校的文学社，曾经和q中学的文学社有过联系。

follow the stairs to the headmasters' residence on the third floor of the office building. after questioning, pushing open a door to the north, a capable and energetic teacher came up. he was in his 50s, plain but resolute, not tall but dignified. it's him, mr. d, principal of q middle school. i showed up abruptly, and miss d didn't seem surprised. he said he knew something about me and said my name. when i was teaching in no. 2 middle school, i guided the school's literature society, and i had contact with the literature society of q middle school.

董老师说他1982年离开的q二中，而我是1984年到q二中上的高中，因此我们错过了师生之缘。当我提出希望d老师能给我们编辑的报纸刊物写点论文时，他谦逊地笑了笑，说自己校务繁忙，水平有限，但是可以鼓励学校的老师们投稿。

dong said that he left no. 2 middle school in 1982, and i went to no. 2 middle school in 1984, so we missed the relationship between teachers and students. when i asked mr. d to write some papers for our newspaper, he smiled modestly, saying that his school was busy and limited, but he could encourage teachers to contribute.

见d老师时，为了表达敬意，我特意买了盒烟，记得牌子是希尔顿。他说自己戒烟，一根未抽。他还婉拒了我请他吃饭的邀请。

when i met mr. d, i bought a box of cigarettes to show my respect. i remember the brand is hilton. he said he quit smoking, not one. he also declined my invitation to invite him to dinner.

1997年底，考研失利，自省城返乡的我，情绪低落。q二中因种种原因，学校十分不景气。q中学能接纳我施展自己吗？我忽然想起久违了的d老师，像第一次那样，怀着忐忑，我又一次找到了他。

at the end of 1997, i lost my postgraduate entrance examination and returned home from self-examination. i was in a low mood. because of various reasons, the school of no.2 middle school is very depressed. q middle school can accept me to show myself？ i suddenly think of the long lost teacher d, like the first time, with anxiety, i found him again.

在窄小简陋的办公室，d老师接待了我。听完我的叙述，他略作沉思，便开口：你来q中学吧，我和教育局联系要你。d老师不容置疑的话语，传递给我的是莫名的感动，一股暖流在心间奔涌。

in the small and simple office, mr. d received me. after listening to my narration, he mused a little and said, "come to q middle school. i'll contact the education bureau for you.". teacher d's undoubted words, passed to me is inexplicable touched, a warm flow in the heart rush.

由于时任的教育局长从中作梗，我的调动被搁置下来。一年后，局领导变动。新任局长开明达理，而且是d老师的昔日弟子。经过d老师的大力斡旋和多方努力，我成功地调入了q中学。

my transfer was put on hold by the then director of education. a year later, the leadership of the bureau changed. the new director is enlightened and reasonable, and is the former disciple of teacher d. after the great mediation and efforts of d teacher, i successfully transferred to q middle school.

是d老师，在学校住房紧张的情况下，给新婚女幼的我腾出两间宿舍；是d老师，力排众议，让我担任了当时学校最优秀班级的语文课；是d老师，得知我组织元旦手抄报展览，亲自把精心拟就的题词送上门来……

it's teacher d, who vacates two dormitories for me when the school housing is tight. it's teacher d, who tries to get rid of all opinions and let me be the best chinese class in the school at that time. it's teacher d, who learned that i organized the new year's day manual newspaper copying exhibition, and personally delivered the elaborately drafted questions to my door

我年少气盛，言行有失的时候，是d老师，把我叫去，单独告我：学会夹着尾巴做人；我联系县作协主席和学生交流写作感悟，是d老师，坐在台下，坚持用心听完全程……

when i was young and vigorous, i was called by teacher d to tell me alone: i learned to be a man with my tail in my hand; i contacted the chairman of the county writers' association to communicate with students about my writing comprehension, and i was teacher d, sitting under the stage and listening to the whole process with my heart

生活上，他给我父辈般的呵护关爱；工作中，他给我师长般的信任支持；思想上，他给我阳光般的抚慰指引。我曾经以《绿叶对根的情意》为题写过他，再次提笔，我感念树的浓荫，难忘根的滋养。

in life, he gave me the care and care of my parents; in work, he gave me the trust and support of my teachers; in thought, he gave me the solace and guidance. i once wrote about him under the title of "the love of green leaves to roots". once again, i felt the shade of trees and the nourishment of roots.

d老师退休后，我携妻女看望过他，那是某个大年三十的下午。就那唯一的一次，他还给人常常说起：这娃有良心，还想着退了休的我……

after teacher d retired, i visited him with my wife and daughter. it was the afternoon of one new year's eve. for the only time, he often said: this child has a conscience, but also wants to leave me

d老师，你言重了。一支纤笔，难以尽述心中起伏的波澜，看到以上文字，想必你依然会谦和地一笑，会像以往那样给人说起我吗？惭愧的是，我的文字如此柔弱，小小寸草，怎报得你绵绵播洒的三春之晖……

teacher d, you're serious. a fiber pen is hard to describe the ups and downs in your heart. seeing the above words, surely you will still smile modestly and tell people about me as before？ it's a shame that my words are so weak. how can i report the continuous three spring sunshine from you