关于初中英语课程的印象，回忆起来竟只剩下一句：Long long ago ,there lived a king. He loved horses。 说起来还有一个故事呢。
    记不清是初几的事了。班里有一捣蛋鬼，英语学得一塌糊涂，课堂上还经常搞些小动作惹老师生气。某一日英语课，老师查问课文的背诵情况，为了让这家伙当众出丑，第一个便点了这厮的名，并且发狠地说：你要是能背得下来，我把我的姓倒着写。然而让所有人无比惊讶的是，这厮从容地站了起来，快速流利而又一字不差地背诵了整篇课文，全班同学哗然，老师愕然，嘴巴大张，眼睛瞪得跟铜铃似的，呆立着半天回不了神。
    同学的“壮举”让老师出了丑，顿时成了全班的英雄，令人刮目相看。这厮后来解释说：老师每堂课都拿自己当反面教材，着实令人恼火，于是下定决心排除万难，把这篇文章背得滚瓜烂熟，专等老师上钩。老师也真给脸，毫不费力钻进了人家设好的圈套，落了个大难堪。
    从此，“Long long ago ,there lived a king”成了全班同学的口头禅，见面打招呼，只要这句话一出口，大家都会相视大笑。我也因此永远记住了这句英语，现在说出来， 仍然是非常流利呢！

    幸亏有了网络，能够让我再次找到这篇文章，特附上全文，加以纪念：
    Long long ago， there lived a king. He loved horses. One day  he asked an artist to draw him a beautiful horse. The artist  said, "All right, but you must wait." So the king waited. He  waited and waited. At last, after a year he could not wait any  longer. He went to see the artist himself.  Quickly the artist brought out paper and a brush. In five minutes he finished drawing a very bea，utiful horse. The king  was angry. "You can draw a good horse in five minutes, yet you  kept me waiting for a year. Why?" "Come with me, please." said the artist. They went to the  artist's workroom. There they saw piles and piles of paper.  On every piece of paper was a picture of a horse. "It took me  more than a year to learn to draw a beautiful horse in five  minutes." the artist said.