美国朋友与我讨论时事。他问我,为何在有关中国的新闻中,往往叫中学生为intellectuals(知识分子)。我解释说,这是两国情况不同所致。中国人所称的“知识分子”,与英美人所称的intellectuals有质的不同,不能互划等号。中国所谓“知识分子”是指识字的、受过教育的、懂得常识的。在解放之前,绝大部分 American friends talk to me about current affairs. He asked me why the middle school students are often intellectuals (intellectuals) in the news about China. I explained that this is due to the differences between the two countries. What Chinese call “intellectuals” can not be equated with the intellectuals claimed by Anglo-American people. The so-called “intellectuals” in China are literate, educated and common-sense. Before liberation, the vast majority