A week later, the SARS outbreak in China became more serious. That afternoon, I sat on the couch in a daze, not wanting to do anything, and after reading the news report on the SARS epidemic, I simply turned off the TV to keep the bad news away.

I was startled by the sound of hurried footsteps, and when I looked back, it was my son who came, "Dad, it's very urgent!" After we finished rollerblading, a group of children made an appointment to play hide and seek in the building community. Bye. The son finished his words in one breath and turned around and left.

"Wait. I said dissatisfiedly, "Why didn't I see you doing your homework this week?"

"Oh! I'm doing my homework faster now. It didn't take me long to finish all the homework left by the teacher. My son explained to me in an apologetic tone.

"Do you want self-control to be beaten?"

"I don't want to. ”

"What should I do?"

"Keep up. ”

"The one-hour study plan must be adhered to. I've got two more things to discuss with you tomorrow. ”

At about seven o'clock the next morning, there was a knock on the door outside, and I opened the courtyard door to see that it was interesting, so interesting! I said, "Oh, the sun is coming out of the west?"

"Dad, the SARS study class is gone, and I can often find people to play with these days, so I finished today's study task early. ”

"SARS has followed your wish to play. ”

"Of course. It's never been as enjoyable as these days. ”

My son went to do his homework.

From the one-hour study system, to now, the son believes that outside the hour, he has his own freedom, he can follow the advice of adults, or he can make his own decisions. In this home, life is spacious and bright for him, and he can try to transform what he thinks is okay, and in the transformation he feels the respect of this home.

"Dad, homework is done. Why did you say there were two things to discuss with me, what was it?"

"First, you have memorized a lot of Chinese things, and from today you will use some poems in the "Dictionary of World Famous Poetry" as memory training materials; second, don't read "Ten Thousand Whys", but read this book "Tell Me Why" written by the American A. Liom. ”

"Why?"

"I chose the "Dictionary of World Famous Poems" because of this poem, you come to read. ”

The son reads:

"Remember yourself, don't know the causes

The Book of the Dead, Ancient Egypt

In the great house, in the house of fire,

In the dark night of counting the years,

In the dark night of the reckoning years,

I wish I could give me my real name back!

When the Eastern Heavenly Steps are sacred,

Give me to sit quietly beside him,

When the gods declare themselves to their names,

May I remember my name too! ”

"What do you think this poem means?" I asked.

"It's like saying that you have to remember yourself no matter what. ”

"Yes. To be taught to worship heaven and earth and to respect oneself requires self-awareness. Wang Xile, no matter how high level of people you are with in this life and this life, don't be afraid, dare to believe in yourself, try your own opinions, and never lose yourself. Western poetry self-consciousness and the like are much more beautiful than Chinese poetry, and using it as a memory training content is also good for your growth. ”

"I'll recite it today. The son said, "Dad, why don't you watch "One Hundred Thousand Whys"?"

"You read this article, 'Why does the sun shine all the time?' ”

The son reads: The dazzling sun we see during the day and the twinkling stars we see at night are also stars. It's unbelievable.

Actually, the Sun is also a star, the closest star to Earth. Without the heat of the sun, there would be no life on Earth. Without sunlight, there would be no green plants, no animals and no humans.

The Sun is 93 million miles from Earth. The volume of the Sun is about 1.3 million times that of the Earth. But it's worth noting that the sun is not an entity like Earth. How do we know this? Because the temperature on the surface of the sun is as high as 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit, which is high enough to turn any metal or stone into a gas. So the sun must be an atmospheric mass!

In the past, scientists believed that the sun heats up and shines because it burns constantly. But the sun has been burning for hundreds of millions of years, so how can it burn for so long?

Now, scientists believe that the principle of the sun's heating is similar to the reaction process inside an atomic bomb. Converts the matter in the sun into energy.

This transformation is not the same as burning. Combustion is the transformation of one substance into another, and when matter is converted into energy, even a small amount of matter can produce a huge amount of energy. For example, one ounce of matter produces enough heat energy to melt more than a million tons of stone!

If such a theory is correct, then it can be assumed that the sun keeps shining in a way that constantly converts matter into energy. One percent of the matter in the solar mass produces enough energy to keep the sun shining for 150 billion years. ”

"Joy, how do you feel when you read America's "Tell Me Why" and China's "One Hundred Thousand Whys?"

"China seems to know everything, and this article seems to be a problem that needs to be solved. ”

"That's a great point. We in human science don't know much about our own bodies, and even less about the outside world, and the endless emergence of new inventions also shows this. In other words, what we are learning now is not necessarily correct, and this article alludes to this spirit, which is valuable for opening up people's horizons. Can you read a little bit of this book every day and tell your dad about it?"

"Okay. ”

Since then, my son's knowledge has broadened through that extensive reading, and I have learned a lot of new things in the process.