Chapter 3 "Warm" 3

After rinsing and having breakfast in the morning, listen to lectures in the classroom. There is a scholar who has a lot of research on the Great Wall and wants to tell us about the Great Wall. He also took out a palm-sized broken Great Wall brick and asked the students to try its hardness. "You can use any part of your body, and there will be a reward for breaking it." He said with a smile. When the small broken brick was passed to my hand, I said to my apprentice, "Come on, lend me the head." "Why do you want a pig's head?" the junior replied. I don't want to talk to him.

Clenching the broken bricks with both hands, exerting all his strength, he fantasized that he was Wukong in "Dragon Ball", screaming and preparing to transform into a Super Saiyan. "Broken. "I say. "Really broken?" Nuan Nuan was surprised. "My finger is broken. 』This time it was Nuan Nuan's turn to ignore me. After class was over at around ten o'clock, the teachers meaningfully asked everyone to prepare for climbing the Great Wall. I remember last night the teacher reminded me to wear good walking shoes, female students don’t wear high heels, bring a bottle of water, don’t leave garbage on the Great Wall, whoever dares to sign on the Great Wall bricks will die, etc.

"What else should I prepare? I was curious and asked Nuan Nuan, "Do you want to wear a tie?" "I guess I want everyone to be mentally prepared so that they don't get dizzy." Nuan Nuan said. It makes sense when I think about it. At the beginning, most of the reasons for participating in this summer camp were for the sake of the Great Wall. What to climb is the Badaling Great Wall, which is only about 70 kilometers away from Beijing, and there is a direct expressway. In case the ancient cavalry crossed the Badaling Great Wall, wouldn't it be a long time before they would be able to approach the city of Beijing?

While sweating for Beijing, there was a commotion in the car. I turned my head and looked out the window, stunned by the sight in front of me. "This..." I stuttered a bit. "This is Juyongguan." Nuan Nuan said. The mountains on both sides of Juyongguan stand like swords, and the middle is a canyon. The city of Juyongguan is located in the middle of the canyon. The terrain is steep and strangles the throat of Beijing. No wonder "Lu Shi Chunqiu" mentioned: "Nine barriers in the world, one of them is mediocre." Juyongguan is not only majestic, but also has pleasant scenery, with emerald mountains on both sides and deep green streams flowing.

It is hard to imagine a military fortress with both grandeur and beauty. "Looks like Beijing can take a breather. "I say. "What did you say?" Nuan Nuan asked. "When the cavalry who crossed the Badaling Great Wall saw Juyongguan, they would definitely dismount to enjoy the beautiful scenery. ’ I said, ‘When feeling the beautiful scenery, maybe I suddenly realized that life is too short and fighting and killing is too boring, so maybe I turned my horse’s head and went back. Nuan Nuan looked at me with wide eyes and didn't speak. "don’t worry. ’ I smiled at Nuannuan, ‘Beijing is safe now. "I told you to be mentally prepared." Nuan Nuan gave me a look, "Now I keep talking nonsense." After passing Juyongguan, it didn't take long to reach the Badaling Great Wall.I looked at my watch, it was not yet 11:30.

The teachers said that they would simply eat a bowl of noodles with fried sauce to fill their stomachs, and then go on the road when they are full. (Eat your fill and go on your way. This sentence sounds strange, and the prisoner who is about to be beheaded will hear this sentence at the end) When eating noodles with fried sauce, Gao Liang started talking. He said that when he was a child, his mother used to cook a large pot of fried sauce. He only needed to scoop a few spoonfuls of fried sauce into the noodles, stir it, and Xilihulu had just one bowl, and the meal was finished. "That's how I usually eat," he said.

It suddenly occurred to me that since I got off the plane, I haven't seen a grain of white rice, let alone white rice. Geography textbooks say: People in the south eat rice and people in the north eat wheat. The ancients were sincere and did not deceive me. Take the south cableway leading to the south fourth floor, and the moment the cable car starts, I smile warmly. She turned around, knelt on the chair, looked out the window, waved her hands fiercely, and muttered something. "Sit down. "I say. "When we meet for the first time, we have to say hello to Great Wall, and say that you have worked hard." Nuan Nuan said.

"You..." "It's also my first time climbing the Great Wall." "I told you to prepare yourself mentally." ’ I said, “Now I keep talking nonsense.” “You’re talking nonsense.” Nuan Nuan turned around and sat down again. After getting off the cable car, the teachers briefly explained that they should do what they can, don't be brave, and remember to meet at the Beacon Tower. Looking into the distance, the Great Wall winds on the ridge, like a giant dragon waiting to fly, ready to break through the sky at any time. Looking left and right, the city walls on both sides are of different heights and shapes.

Gao Liang said that the sawtooth-shaped concave and convex is called the battlement wall, which is about 1.7 meters high and just covers the defenders. It is used to resist foreign enemies. The battlement wall has crenels for watching when patrolling. The small hole; the short side is only about one meter high, called the space wall, just like a normal low wall. "What is Yuqiang used for?" Nuannuan asked. "I'm tired from patrolling, you can sit down and rest for a while. "I say. "Don't talk nonsense." Nuan Nuan said. "People and horses are walking on the city. It would be terrible if they fell off the city. This wall is for protection." Gao Liang said, "And there are gates at intervals on the wall, and there are stone steps in the door for soldiers. Go up and down the city." I looked at Gao Liang with respectful eyes, "After coming to Beijing, I will climb the Great Wall if I have nothing to do," he said.

We climbed all the way to the north, and there were iron railings for people to support up and down the steep slope. Looking out along the crenel, there are overlapping mountains, dry trees, and messy grass, forming a desolate area. There are square city towers every few hundred meters. The two-story building is called the enemy building. The upper floor is used for observation or attack, and the lower floor is for soldiers to rest or store weapons. Gao Liang said that the South Fourth, South Third, North Third, and North Fourth Buildings are all enemy buildings. "We're going to climb to the north eighth floor, the highest point on the Badaling Great Wall," he said.

After all, Nuan Nuan is a girl with poor physical strength, and occasionally stops to hold the railing to catch her breath. Sometimes the wind made her stagger, and Gao Liang said that this was the wind outlet, and the wind was extremely strong. "If it's autumn and winter, the wind is extremely strong and the weather is extremely cold. Climbing the Great Wall at that time has a unique feeling." He said. We now wear light clothes, carry bottles of water at most, and have to rely on railings to help us get up and down; while the ancient city guards were wearing armor and holding weapons, running up and down here against the strong wind. Looking at the desolation outside the pass every day, I can't see half a person except my comrades. How lonely and lonely it must be. Want to see people but are afraid of seeing people, because once you see a figure, it may mean the beginning of a war. What kind of conflicted mood is this? "If..." "If men and women in the world can treat each other with a pure heart," Nuan Nuan interrupted me, and then said: "Then the Great Wall can collapse with a smile. Do you want to say that?" " Hey. ’ I smiled, ‘Have you rested enough? "Yeah." Nuan Nuan nodded. Gao Liang has good physical strength, always holding a cannon-like camera to shoot here and there, never resting. Nuannuan and I sat down to rest, drink water, and look around every time we arrived at a watchtower. Tourists often see "visit here" on the city wall, and Taiwan's scenic spots are also often visited here. It seems that the Monkey King in the movie is really harmful. I remember the Minxiong Haunted House I went to when I was in college, and it was written everywhere that I visited it. Some students are more ruthless. After signing the tour, they also write down the address and contact number of the teacher. "Let's see if you dare to be a casual person." After finishing writing, he said. I got up to see what else was inscribed on the wall. "I am a hero when I go to the Great Wall!" This custom may be written on 8,000 bricks. "I want to learn from the Great Wall and stand strong for thousands of years!" Being strong is a good thing, but you must have a sense of public morality.Standing for a thousand years without a sense of public morality is called a disaster for a thousand years. "Xiaohong! My love for you is like the Great Wall!" It's understandable to be blinded by love and do stupid things.Xiaohong, do me a favor and dump him. "My XX is longer than the Great Wall!" "Horse!" ’ I couldn’t help blurting out. "Ahem..." Seeing Nuan Nuan looking at me, her face flushed, "I lost my composure. "It's okay." Nuan Nuan said, "You scolded well." "I can scold even worse." "Listen to the scolding." I opened my mouth, but couldn't utter a word, and finally said, "Let's continue on our way." 』After climbing up for a while, I finally came to the beacon tower. The terrain here is high and dangerous, and the view is wide, so that the purpose of setting off fireworks as a warning can be achieved. About 20 students were already sitting and chatting. When Xu Chi saw me, he said, "Lao Cai, are your legs still yours?" After he said that, I realized that my legs were a little weak. Three of the four teachers arrived, and Mr. Li from Beijing specially pressed him, and when he arrived, he said that all of them had arrived. After more than ten minutes, Teacher Li finally arrived. He took a breath, counted the number of people, cleared his throat, and said: Everyone has heard that "you are not a good man if you don't reach the Great Wall", but do you have to climb the Great Wall to prove that you are a good man?You try to pick a dangerous mountain and climb from the foot to the top. Who dares to say that you are not a hero?Or if you walk around Beijing without resting or calling an ambulance or crying for your father or mother, isn’t that a hero?The purpose of climbing the Great Wall is not only to prove that you are a hero, look at your feet, you are stepping on the artery of history.With the Great Wall, Qin can free up its hands to destroy the six countries and unify the Central Plains; without the Great Wall, history will be completely changed.You often read poems praising the Great Wall and frontier soldiers in books, which is the beauty of literature; if you climb up one today, you will have a deeper understanding of the beauty of literature, and at the same time you can feel the truth of history.History is the footprints left by human beings for thousands of years, and your current footprints will also become history in the future.Look around, the more dangerous the terrain, the more majestic the Great Wall is. If the Great Wall is built on a plain, then it will be just a wall.The same is true in life, the more difficult and twists and turns, the more you can demonstrate your value, the more you can be motivated to go up, understand this truth, you are a real hero. After he finished speaking, everyone clapped their hands. Teacher Li really spoke well.But, too sentimental, right? Teacher Zhang from Beijing stood up, cleared his throat and said, "Let's take a photo together under the Beacon Tower later. While taking a photo, I hope the students will silently pray in their hearts: I hope the Beacon Tower will never be lit again." Now how?Sensibility is also contagious. Teacher Zhang asked Teacher Zhou from Taiwan to say something too. Teacher Zhou got up slowly, looked around, and said, "I often hear people say: this is history. This sentence has a deep meaning. We all know that the English name of "this" is this, It sounds like "history", so this is history means..." He raised his head, looked into the distance, and said, "This is history." When he finished, I fell down. Even if the beacon towers were lit up, they would probably all be extinguished after hearing what you said. Finally, there was Mr. Wu from Taiwan. He said calmly: "Students must have a lot of feelings in their hearts, and they can't vomit. How about this, before going to bed tonight, each give me a 500-word report on climbing the Great Wall." As soon as I heard it, I jumped up from the ground, and there was wailing all around me. "I'm just kidding." He laughed, "I'll climb later, so I'll give you a little stimulation first." "It's okay, what a joke." ’ I snorted. "What about you?" Nuan Nuan asked, "How do you feel?" "I..." "Do you want to say that the cableway is longer, the Great Wall is longer, and even the noodles for lunch are longer than Taiwan. In short, A long word?" I smiled and didn't answer.Maybe it really made her say it. When everyone gathered around and prepared to take pictures, Teacher Wu from Taiwan said, "Everyone take out your ID card and put it on your chest to take pictures, that's cool." Are you taking pictures of wanted criminals now? I peeked at the ID card in Nuan Nuan's hand beside me, but she turned her head to look at my ID card graciously. I simply gave her my ID, and she smiled and gave me her ID too. Nuan Nuan’s ID card is a white map of China floating on a light blue background, and there is a column marked “Han nationality”. "Continue on the road." Beijing teacher Zhang said after taking photos. After climbing for a while, I saw that the end of the city wall was a mountain wall, and there was no way. "Is this the place where Meng Jiangnu cried down the Great Wall?" "No." Nuan Nuan pointed to the east with her right hand, "It's where the Great Wall enters the sea, Shanhaiguan." "Really?" "There is Wangfushi Village in the east of Shanhaiguan City, and there is Fenghuang Mountain in the north of the village, where Meng Jiangnv Temple is located. Behind the temple is a big stone called Wangfu Stone. There is a pit on the stone, which is the footprint of Meng Jiangnv climbing the stone to see her husband."『 you've been to? ’ ‘I heard about it. ’ ‘Why do you often hear about it? "My ears are good." Nuan Nuan smiled. Nuan Nuan simply sat down and waved to me, and I sat beside her. "On the surface of the Bohai Sea to the southeast of Meng Jiangnv Temple, there are two high and low reefs standing side by side. The tall one stands like a monument, and the low one looks like a tomb. It is said that it is Meng Jiangnv's tomb." How big it is, it will never submerge that grave.” Nuan Nuan’s tone of storytelling is very gentle, making people not want to interrupt to spoil the atmosphere. "Isn't it beautiful?" After a while, Nuan Nuan said. "Ok. ’ I nodded. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Nuan Nuan raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, and his expression and posture were very relaxed. There were two coughs and coughs from behind, Nuan Nuan and I turned around at the same time and saw Gao Liang standing behind us. "Sorry to bother you." He said, "Actually, there are quite a lot of loopholes in Meng Jiangnu's legend." "Oh? ’ I stood up. "First, Meng Jiangnu and Qin Shihuang were not of the same age at all. Qin Shihuang had to call Meng Jiangnu several times in a row, perhaps more than that. Second, the Great Wall built by Qin Shihuang and his ancestors never reached Shanhaiguan." Gao Liang Said very firmly. I believe what Gao Liang said is historical fact. But between the "true" and "beautiful" Meng Jiangnu, if there is only one of them insisting on conflict and fighting, I would rather let the beautiful Meng Jiangnu live in my heart. After all, I have realized the "truth" of history, so let me keep Meng Jiangnu's "beauty". Hearing an ouch, it turned out that Nuan Nuan wanted to get up and sat on the ground again. "The legs are a little soft." Nuan Nuan laughed. "I'll help you. 』I held out my right hand. Nuan Nuan also stretched out her right hand to hold me, and I pulled her, and she stood up and patted her trousers. "There is a sidewalk." Gao Liang pointed to the side, "Go around there, and then we can continue to climb." Gao Liang led me and Nuannuan up the Great Wall from the sidewalk, "It's almost there." He always said this Say. Seeing a watchtower not far away, I thought I could take a break again. "Finally we have reached the seventh floor of the north." Gao Liang said. "North Seven? ’ I said, ‘Are you sure it’s called Beiqi? ""Yes." Gao Liang said, "The next building is the end point, the eighth floor in the north." "Nuan Nuan!" ’ I yelled. "I'm right next to you," Nuan Nuan said, "What are you talking about?" "Quick, this is your building, you have to take a picture alone here." 』Both Nuan Nuan and Gao Liang seem to be at a loss. I kept urging, and Nuan Nuan said: "His camera is quite professional, don't waste film." "Film is the same as youth, and it is meant to be wasted." Gao Liang smiled. Oh?What Gao Liang said was also quite profound. Gao Liang raised the camera to pose for Nuan Nuan. Nuan Nuan saw my creepy eyes, pointed at me and said, "Turn around, don't look at me." I turned around, Gao Liang pressed the shutter, and said, "Old man Cai, would you like one too?" "No. ’ I shook my head, ‘This building can only be used to describe Nuan Nuan. 』Looking forward, the north eighth floor is standing alone in mid-air, seemingly out of reach. It seems that God stretched out his hand and grabbed the north eighth floor to go up to the sky, so the road leading to the north eighth floor rushed straight up. The slope becomes steeper, the width of the city becomes narrower, and the wall bricks seem to be thicker. "This section of road is commonly known as Haohan Slope." Gao Liang said, "Lao Cai, work harder." I was about to cry. Generally speaking, any place called Haohanpo is a place that tortures people but does not take responsibility. When I was in college, I climbed the Haohan Slope of Alishan Mountain, and then I really crawled on four legs on the ground. I let Nuan Nuan crawl ahead of me so that I could catch her if she slipped down. "Senior, I'm behind you." I turned to see my junior, but I didn't even have the energy to say hello. He held Wang Ke's hand to climb up with his right hand, and made a V to me with his left hand. "I'm a little afraid of heights, so..." Wang Ke seemed embarrassed, and said calmly. I didn't expect this kid to be so energetic and able to hold the girl's little hand, which made me very upset. "Don't fart, senior." The junior said again, "I can't hide." If it weren't for...I don't have the strength...swearing...Wang Ke is here again...I will definitely scold you...a pig head. I must be exhausted, even the OS in my heart is panting. Nuan Nuan seemed to be dying too, and stopped to catch her breath. "Warm. ’ I said, ‘I have good news for you. "What?" Nuan Nuan turned her head. "Do you know how to say an idiot in Taiwanese? ’ ‘What do you mean? ’ ‘It’s Beiqi. "You..." Nuan Nuan opened her eyes wide and pointed at me. "Let's go up for revenge." 』Nuan Nuan turned grief and indignation into strength, all at once.almost there... almost there... finally reached. Nuan Nuan didn't have the strength to scold me, and slumped on the ground.I didn't even have the energy to sit down. Wang Ke kept on thanking his junior, but his junior just smirked. "Don't take it to heart." The junior said to her, "I often hold the old lady's hand to cross the road." It's a mess, even the old lady's hand full of traces of wisdom is not let go. The scenery on the north eighth floor is even more bleak, and people feel even more lonely standing here. I thought to myself how do the soldiers stationed here eat?Probably no one will bring food up. When walking down to eat, the thought of having to climb up for such a section after eating will not improve your appetite. Maybe over time, I won't go down to eat. This is so sentimental. Teacher Li from Beijing finally came up after the pressure, "Is it okay?" He asked with a smile. "I'm paralyzed." A bunch of classmates screamed. "Have you comprehended the poem written by Tang Dynasty poet Gao Shi, "If you lean on the sword and want to speak, Guanhe is empty and gloomy"?" he asked. "What a painful realization." A Taiwanese student replied. "This is history." Teacher Zhou from Taiwan said, "Do you think so?" No one had the strength to answer this time. "Come on, heroes." Beijing teacher Zhang picked up the camera, "Let's all take a photo here, I hope the students will silently say in their hearts: I am a peace-loving hero." Teacher Wu from Taiwan asked the students to lie on the ground He pretended to be dead, and then asked four students to grab his limbs and lift up the student as the background of the picture.It's hard for him to be in a funny mood. From here, we took the northern cableway down to the city, and I felt so sleepy on the cable car. After getting off the ropeway and getting on the car, I fell asleep not long after. Nuan Nuan woke me up, opened my eyes and saw that everyone was getting off the car, and I got up too. It was getting dark, I felt hazy, and I was still a little staggering when I got out of the car. "Go wash your face first, refresh yourself." Beijing teacher Li said, "I don't think we should go out tonight, and eat in the school cafeteria." "Eat in the pond?" ’ I asked Nuan Nuan, ‘Have we become turtles? 』"Look at my mouth." Nuan Nuan said word by word, "Shi-tang." It turns out that I ate in the school cafeteria, which is good, so I don't have to run around anymore. After washing my face with cold water, I finally feel refreshed.When I walked into the restaurant, I saw white rice. Hi, I haven't seen you for a few days, you are still so white, it is really touching. Don't mind if you eat less later, it's not your problem, it's because I'm too tired. Huh?You seem to be dry, remember to drink more water when you enter the electric pot in the future. "Why are you muttering to yourself?" Nuan Nuan stood in front of me holding a plate, "Are you awake yet?" "Are you awake." 』"Are you sure?" Nuan Nuan put down the plate and sat across from me. "I know your name is Nuan Nuan, you are from Heilongjiang, you come to Beijing to study, you like to be an expert, you have very good ears, so you often hear about it.Is that sober? ’ ‘You forgot one more thing. ’ ‘Which thing? ’ ‘I want to go to Nuannuan.’ ‘I’m sleepy again. 』I lie on the table and pretend to sleep.After laying down for a while, I didn't hear Nuan Nuan's reaction. Lying on the stomach all the time was not an option, so I slowly straightened up and secretly picked up the bowls and chopsticks. "Are your legs sore?" Nuan Nuan said. "Ok. ’ I nodded, ‘Are you too? "Of course. After climbing the Great Wall all day, can your legs still be sweet?" "Your sense of humor is quite deep." 』「Will it?」『I have seen a movie, the hero and heroine are sheltering from the rain under a coconut tree, and suddenly a coconut falls from the tree. The man said: It’s a coconut!The woman replied: Of course the coconut that fell from the coconut tree was a guava? ’ I smiled, ‘Your sense of humor seems to be in the same school as the heroine. ""Do you like watching movies?" Nuan Nuan asked. "Ok. ’ I nodded, ‘I watch all genres, but I seldom watch literary films. "What do you say?" "Once I saw a literary film, in which Wu Song said to Pan Jinlian affectionately: In my heart, you will always be a little yellow flower in the green grass." ”I giggled, “At that moment, I collapsed. ’ “Why are you smiling like that?” 『I was just smiling like that back then, but the gazes around me were so cold.Since then, I have been afraid to watch literary films, for fear of hearing such classic dialogues again. After I finished speaking, I crackled and laughed wildly again, unable to control myself. "Are you done laughing?" Nuan Nuan said, "Isn't your mouth sour?" "Oh. ’ I stopped laughing and said, ‘It’s really a lingering fear. 』I suddenly found that when I was with Nuan Nuan, I became talkative. There are two possibilities for this. One is that she makes me want to say a lot involuntarily; the other is that I can easily feel her listening, so I talk more and more. For now, she looks pretty tired, but she pulls herself together and listens to my nonsense. "I'm so tired." She looked down at the plate, "I can't finish eating, what should I do?" "I can't finish eating," I said, "walk around." ’”That’s not how it’s used.”“That’s how it’s used in Taiwan. 』I laughed twice. Nuan Nuan and I walked out of the cafeteria, and after a few steps, I stopped suddenly. "what?Almost forgot. "I say. "What did you forget?" "I am Bei Qi." ’I pointed to my nose, ‘I’m joking with you at the Great Wall, don’t mind. Nuan Nuan thought for a while, finally laughed out loud, and said, "Don't swear at people in Taiwanese, which I don't understand." "Yes. ’ I said, ‘If you want to scold you, you must use Mandarin, so that you can understand. ’ ‘Hey. ’ ‘Just kidding. 』Passing through the classroom, I found that most of the students were inside, and the classroom was full of laughter. Some were chatting; some were showing souvenirs bought at the Great Wall today; some were looking at pictures from digital cameras. Nuan Nuan and I also joined them, and Xu Chi said to me: "Lao Cai, I secretly took a picture of you." Looking closer, it turned out to be a photo of me falling to the ground on the beacon tower. "Why didn't you compare to V this time?" Nuan Nuan said. "You really don't see the forest for the trees. ’ I said, ‘My feet are wide apart, don’t they make a V? 』I laughed proudly, the laughter continued, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw my junior and Wang Ke sitting in the corner of the classroom. I was curious and walked over. Wang Ke was drawing with his head down, and his junior was sitting across from her, watching her draw with his head down. I inserted the head between the two, and the heads of the three just formed a regular triangle. It was a sketch, the Great Wall winding on the ridge like a dragon, and the crowds visiting the Great Wall were dotted with Jackie Chan's scales. "It's a great drawing. ’ I sighed. Wang Ke raised his head and smiled shyly at me. "Senior." The junior also raised his head and said mysteriously, "It's very bright." "OK. ’ I nodded to him, ‘I understand. 』When he turned to leave, he found Wang Ke's eyes were a little confused. "My junior means that I am your light bulb." ’ I said to Wang Ke, ‘The so-called light bulb is…’ ‘Senior!’ The junior was a little out of breath. Wang Ke understood, his face was a little embarrassed, and he lowered his head to paint again. I leave with a satisfied smile. "You are a bad person." Nuan Nuan said. "A thief? ’ I said, ‘What do you mean? ""Thief means very, very much in Northeast dialect." "Oh." ’ I suddenly realized, ‘Nuan Nuan, you are so beautiful.Is that all right? ’”The statement is okay,” Nuan Nuan laughed, “but it’s not appropriate to describe me.” 『Since it’s not appropriate, why are you smiling so happily? "Cool cool!" Nuan Nuan called out. I quickly slipped to Xu Chi's side and pretended to be busy. Everyone chatted late in the classroom until the teachers came in to chase people away. Back in the dormitory, as soon as I jumped into bed, my eyelids became heavy. "Lao Cai, next time you come to Beijing, I will take you to climb the Simatai Great Wall." Gao Liang said. Gao Liang said that it was the Wild Great Wall, and there were very few tourists, and most of them were foreigners. He also said that the Simatai Great Wall is more majestic and steep, and it is a paradise for explorers and so on. I can't remember clearly, because I fell asleep halfway through his talk, and people who fall asleep don't have a long memory.