In a school in Cairo, a group of junior high school students were taking a history class.
The weather was very hot. Even though electric fans were installed in the classroom and the huge windows on both sides of the walls were wide open, the sweltering heat still left the students below lifeless in the sun.
"The Second World War was the largest war in human history, with the widest impact and the highest number of casualties." The teacher on the podium also seemed a little weak, and the sultry weather made it difficult for him to cheer up.
But he still insisted on explaining the content in the textbook: "This battle
During the war, the World Anti-Japanese Alliance and the Communist Axis of Germany, Italy and Japan engaged in an arduous struggle. The war ranged from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and involved 60 countries and regions.
, more than 2 billion people were involved in the war..."
The teacher on the podium was speechless, and the students in the audience were also drowsy.
Although the war has only been in the past ten years, for these children who were born after the war, the war is already a very distant thing.
After all, as a country that has not suffered too much from the war, it is also one of the biggest victors after the war. It did not fight any particularly tragic wars and suffered huge casualties. It is indeed difficult to have any painful memories of the war.
This has resulted in many younger generations having no interest in the war that spread across the world ten years ago. The next generation born after the war can only learn about it in history books and some post-war film and television works.
It’s time for that war.
However, no matter how little they care about the war, as a major historical event in human history, students still have to study this period of history in history classes.
And this is also one of the key points of the exam, and it is a must-test item in every exam.
Because in any case, in World War II, Egypt, as one of the participating countries and the main victorious country, still exerted a huge influence in the war.
"Jason, please answer the important role that our country played in World War II." It seemed that it was too boring to talk like this, so the teacher asked the most sleepy student to get up and answer the question.
"Our country's main contributions in World War II are..." The student who was called by the teacher obviously hadn't woken up from his nap, but he still answered the question vaguely and instinctively: "Defeated the Communist Party..."
"As one of the main victorious countries, our country's main contribution in World War II was indeed to defeat Japan, but I can't say you are right about this answer, so you might as well stand for a while and wake up from drowsiness." The teacher looked at the student helplessly,
Although he knew he was dozing, he didn't take it too seriously. After all, he wanted to go back to the office after class to cool off on such a hot day.
While the students who did not answer the correct question were punished to stand, the teacher also began to answer the correct answer to this question: "Our country's main contribution in World War II can be divided into three aspects. One is to defeat the Axis powers as a communist party at the beginning of the war.
of Italy, which greatly weakened the German forces; the second was to defeat the German army in the North African battlefield and thwart the Nazi conspiracy to occupy Africa; the third was to work with the Soviet Union to attack Germany in the counterattack stage in the later stages of the war.
Launched a general offensive and participated in the battle to capture Berlin.
Also because of our country's contribution in the war, at the Cairo Conference, Yalta Conference, Potsdam Conference and other high-end summits held in the late war, our country was the main victorious country, together with Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union, to defeat the Soviet Union.
and made important contributions to postwar international peace."
The teacher was talking about these knowledge points. When he saw that the students below were still indifferent, he knocked on the blackboard helplessly and said to them: "These are the key points. Why don't you take a pen and write them down? There is a final exam.
of."
Under the urging of the teacher, these students reluctantly took out their pens and recorded what the teacher said in their textbooks.
It's just that these rigid book contents are obviously unlikely to interest these children. The teacher glanced at the clock hanging in the classroom and saw that class was about to end. He estimated that the content of the class was almost covered, so he put the chalk
Throwing it back to the podium, he sat on the podium and said to the students: "Okay, it looks like you don't want to listen to my class anymore, so let me tell you a story? What do you want to hear?"
When the teacher said he wanted to tell a story, all the students' eyes suddenly lit up.
This teacher is young, but very knowledgeable. He often tells some interesting stories to students in class to assist teaching.
For example, when talking about a certain historical figure, some anecdotes about the historical figure will be interspersed, or anecdotes about what happened in a certain historical event, and this part is exactly what students love to hear.
Therefore, when the teacher said that he was going to tell a story, all the students immediately chased away their drowsiness and concentrated on listening carefully.
This made the teacher angry and helpless, but he still planned to fulfill his promise and tell stories to the children.
"Teacher, let's tell the story of Ramses II!" "Radius II told it last time, teacher, let's tell the story of Moses' parting of the sea!"
"No, let's tell the story of His Majesty the King's founding of the country!" "Teacher, let's tell the story of the war!"
Obviously, for this group of children, listening to stories is also something they like very much, so everyone wants to hear the story they want to hear the most.
However, the teacher obviously couldn't satisfy everyone's wishes. After thinking about it, he followed his usual habit and chose a girl who didn't talk much in the class and asked her: "Jesse, what story do you want to hear?"
The little girl whose name was called was very shy, but under the gaze of the teacher and classmates, she still timidly said: "Teacher, can you tell me the story of Mr. Diamond?"
"Mr. Diamond, the famous spy who betrayed the king?" The teacher also showed a surprised expression. He did not expect that the little girl would actually want to hear this story.
Although it is not impossible to talk about it, in a sense, the existence of Mr. Diamond is already considered a taboo topic in Egypt.
after all……
"A person who betrays the country, a traitor to His Majesty the King, the first mage to be deposed, a person who pursues his ideals, a red spy..." The teacher spoke softly of Mr. Diamond's many comments and titles, and gave a slight push.
He put on his glasses and sighed and started telling the story: "Where should I start? The life of Mr. Diamond is really legendary! How about we start when he became a student of His Majesty the King..."
