本文回顾了许老先生对笔者的影响。笔者在英语学习和教学的道路上一步步走来,从高中时代深受许老先生的影响决定大学选择英语专业,到大学开始步入英语学习的殿堂。四年的英语专业学习是在许老先生有关英语学习的论文指导下圆满完成的;读研和从教以后是在拜读许老学术论文的过程中逐渐了解语言教学和语言研究的。虽未与许老谋面,但在笔者心目中早已自豪地将许先生认作自己的授业恩师,故作此文以寄托对先师的追忆。

This article is the author’s recollection of the steps he has taken onto the path of English learning and teaching under the beacon of the late Professor Xu Guozhang. In high school the author decided to choose English as his major of study at university. Since entry into the university he has stepped into the palace of English learning, and the four years of majoring in English was completed with the reading of Professor Xu’s essays on English learning. In the course of postgraduate studies and in the English teaching career, he was ushered to English teaching and research through the reading of Prof. Xu’s academic papers. Though never favored the chance to meet Prof. Xu in person, the author has proudly recognized the professor as his own tutor. This article is thus written in commemoration of a deceased mentor.