吕叔湘先生是著名的语言学家。他在长达70年的语言研究和语言教育的生涯中,对编辑出版事业倾注了颇多的心力,有着卓越的建树,甚至可以这样说,他在漫长的学术生涯中同编辑出版事业结下了不解之缘。他是我国现代文化史上一位具有深厚文化修养、精湛学术造诣的编辑出版家。 早在20年代末期,吕叔湘在历史悠久、名师荟萃的江苏省苏州中学任英文教员兼教务主任。在紧张的教学工作和繁重的教务活动之余,他参加了《高中英文选》的编注工作。这部《英文选》后来由中华书局出版。这是吕先生从事编辑工作的开始。 这部《英文选》共三册,所选课文共约120篇,体裁多种多样,散文、诗歌、短篇小说、戏剧、童话和议论文等,无所不包,风格各异。 Mr. Lu Shuxiang is a famous linguist. During his 70 years of career in language research and language education, he devoted a great deal of effort to editing and publishing, and he even made remarkable achievements. He even concluded that he had been associated with editing and publishing career over a long academic career Puzzled. He is an editor and publisher with profound cultural accomplishments and excellent academic accomplishments in the history of modern Chinese culture. As early as the late 1920s, Lü Shuxiang served as an English teacher and Dean of Teaching at Suzhou Middle School in Jiangsu Province, a city with a long history. In the tense teaching work and heavy academic activities, he participated in the “high school English election” compilation work. This “English election” was later published by Zhonghua Book Company. This is the beginning of Mr. Lu’s editorial work. There are about 120 essays in total. There are a total of 120 essays. The genres include variety of prose, poetry, short stories, drama, fairy tales and essay essays.