英雄来自人民：84岁奶奶每天到书店刷数学题，活到老 学到老
Heroes come from the people：Age Is No Barrier to Learning，84-Year-Old Grandma’s Daily Math Routine at Bookstore
极目新闻记者 李庆
实习生 余佳雪 王慧
通讯员 况昕昀
翻译：陶然 黄蕾 卫拉 （湖北大学）
Jimu News Reporter: Li Qing
Intern: Yu Jiaxue, Wang Hui
Contributor: Kuang Wei
Translator: Tao Ran, Huang Lei, Lisa M.K (Hubei University)
Grandma Li works on math problems. (Photo by Li Qing, Jimu News reporter from Chutian Metropolis Daily) 李婆婆在解数学题（摄影：楚天都市报极目新闻记者李庆）
“今天有新书到了吗？”每天早上9点，位于武汉市武昌区中南路的外文书店准时开门，第一批进入书店的读者中，总有一个店员们很熟悉的人——84岁的李琰华婆婆。作为这家书店的铁杆读者，李婆婆和这里的店员都很熟，大家都知道，她最喜欢看数学书做数学题，很多新到的数学类书籍，她几乎都是第一批阅读者。
“Any new books today?” At 9 a.m. sharp, as the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Zhongnan Road in Wuchang District, Wuhan opens, one familiar face always stands out among the early visitors—84-year-old Li Yanhua. Grandama Li, a devoted regular, is a familiar figure to the staff. They all know her passion: poring over math books and solving problems. In fact, she’s often the first to dive into newly arrived math titles.
最爱看的是数学书
Math Books are Her Favorite
6月11日上午，老人又拖着一辆小拖车，麻利地来到二楼，在这里，她在书架上浏览后，取出一本《数学提分笔记》，随后找到一处空闲的书桌坐下，再从小拖车里拿出笔记本和笔，开始边看书边做起笔记来。
On the morning of June 11, Grandma Li wheeled her small cart briskly to the second floor. After scanning the shelves, she pulled out a copy of Math Score-Boosting Notes, settled at an empty desk, and retrieved a notebook and pen from her cart—ready to jot down insights as she read.
书店负责人李童菲热情和老人打招呼，叮嘱她走路时要小心。
Li Tongfei, the bookstore manager, greeted Grandma Li warmly and reminded her to watch her step.
Grandma Li works on math problems. (Photo by Li Qing, Jimu News reporter from Chutian Metropolis Daily) 李婆婆在解数学题（摄影：楚天都市报极目新闻记者李庆）
在书店二楼的数学书籍专柜旁，靠墙的老位置上，摆着老人的“装备”：磨边的老花镜、泛黄的草稿本和一本数学真题集。
Beside the mathematics book section on the second floor of the bookstore, at its usual spot against the wall, lie the old lady's "equipment": reading glasses with polished edges, a yellowed scratch pad, and a collection of past math papers.
李婆婆是湖南一所初中的数学老师，2000年退休后，就来到武汉的女儿家帮忙带孩子，闲暇时间，老人就喜欢看书，家里的大小柜子里，装满了各类书籍，但李婆婆最爱看数学书。
Grandma Li was a math teacher at a junior high school in Hunan. After retiring in 2000, she came to Wuhan to live with her daughter and help take care of the children. In her spare time, the elderly lady loves reading, and the cabinets big and small in her home are filled with all kinds of books, but Grandma Li loves math books the most.
“我教了一辈子的数学，也只对数学感兴趣。”李婆婆告诉记者，只要有时间，她经常到周边的书店看书，去年春节期间，她第一次来到武昌中南路的外文书店，发现这里的环境很好，而且数学类书籍很多，于是每天都来这里看书。
"I taught math all my life and am only interested in math," Grandma Li told the reporter. Whenever she has time, she often visits nearby bookstores to read. During the Spring Festival last year, she first visited the Foreign Languages Bookstore on Zhongnan Road in Wuchang, discovered that the environment here was excellent and the selection of math books was extensive, so she started coming here to read every day.
“环境很安静，而且书籍更新很快，所以我就成了常客。”李婆婆笑着说，从家里到书店，要坐公交换地铁，路上大概要花个把小时，但她乐此不疲，“既能学知识，又能预防老年痴呆，活到老学到老嘛。”李婆婆说，她坚持每天上午来“打卡”，下午就在家里看书，有时候也在网上“刷题”。
"The environment is very quiet, and the books are updated quickly, so I became a regular customer," Grandma Li said with a smile. Getting from home to the bookstore requires taking a bus and then the subway, a journey that takes about an hour, but she enjoys every minute of it. "It both allows me to learn and helps prevent dementia. You live and learn into old age!" Grandma Li said. She insists on her daily morning "ritual" here, while reading at home in the afternoons, and sometimes she also practices math problems online.
尽管头发早已花白，几年前还做过手术，但李婆婆的精神状态很好，走起路来完全不像一位八旬老人。不少认识老人的读者说，真是活到老学到老的模范。
Though her hair has long been gray and she underwent surgery a few years ago, Grandma Li is in excellent spirits and walks with a vigor that belies her octogenarian age. Many readers who know her say she truly is a role model for lifelong learning.
除夕还来书店看书
Reading at the Bookstore on New Year's Eve
最让李童菲印象深刻的是，今年除夕，店内读者很少，老人仍来到书店做数学题，“她说要赶在新年前攻克一道数学难题，我们听了很感动。”李童菲说，书店里经常有很多孩子来看书，大家慢慢都知道李婆婆是一个退休的数学老师，也很愿意帮孩子们辅导作业，于是大家都喜欢找她求助。
What impressed Li Tongfei most was this year's New Year’s Eve. When few readers were in the store yet the elderly woman still came to work on math problems. “She said she wanted to solve a challenging math problem before the New Year. We were deeply moved,” Li recalled. The bookstore is often full of children coming to read, and gradually everyone learnes that Grandma Li is a retired math teacher who is always willing to help them with homework. Naturally, the children grow fond of seeking her assistance.
由于长期伏案看书做题，老人的视力不好，但她自言每天不看几个小时的书，心里就不踏实。“有时候在公交地铁上，我也会用手机刷数学题，或者和原来的老同事交流学习心得。”
Years of reading books and solving math problems on the desk have influenced the elderly woman’s eyesight. But she confesses, “I feel unsettled if I don't spend at least a few hours reading every day.” Even when on a bus or subway, she either works on math problems via her smartphone or exchanges academic insights with her former colleagues.
这种“无我”的学习，让李婆婆收获的，不仅仅是知识上的增长，更有一份心态上的满足感。
This state of “with no view to the Self” in learning has brought Grandma Li not only intellectual enrichment but also profound spiritual fulfillment.
去年，她在书店做往年的一套高考数学试卷时，发现运用初中数学知识，巧妙地解答出了一道全国高考数学题，这个灵光乍现的解题思路，最终被她形成论文，并被《中小学数学》期刊刊发。
Last year, while working on a math paper of the past national college entrance examination the bookstore, Grandma Li found that she could solve a problem in the math paper only using middle school knowledge. This flash of insight finally was integrated in her thesis, which was published in the journey of The Primary and Secondary Mathematics.
李婆婆向记者展示自己的成果——笔记本上，密密麻麻地写满了笔记。
Grandma Li presented her results to reporters - her notebook was filled with notes.
李童菲说，书店非常欢迎老人来看书，“她学习的精神和状态令人钦佩，也把坚持的力量，写进了旁观者心里，岁月虽老，但她求知的火焰永远年轻。”
Li Tongfei said that the bookstore warmly welcomes senior citizens to visit. “Her passion and state to learning is truly inspiring. She brings forward perseverance to everyone who notices her. Though time goes by, her thirst for knowledge remains young forever.”