叶圣陶先生曾经说过:“读一篇文章,首先要弄清楚它说的什么。”1而要能够“真正弄清楚”其所说的意思,“第一,自然要理解词句”。2但是,读者仅“理解了词句所表明的意思还嫌不够,要进一步理解它为什么这么表明”3,以这样的要求来看竺可桢的《沙漠里的奇怪现象》一文,我们不能满足一般结论性的解读,而要去仔细体会“话里的意思和情趣”4,真正明白作者“如是说”的内在原因。《沙漠里的奇怪现象》本自1961年2月19 Mr. Ye Shengtao once said: “To read an essay, we must first understand what it says.” 1 But we must be able to “really understand” what it means. “First, we must understand the words ”. 2 However, it is not enough for the reader to “understand the meaning of words and phrases and to understand why it is so manifest.” 3. With such a request, we can not satisfy Zhu Kezhen’s article “A Strange Phenomenon in the Desert.” Conclusive interpretation, but to go to carefully understand “the meaning and taste of the words ” 4, the real reason to understand the author “so to say ”. “Strange Phenomena in the Desert” since February 19 1961