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12月23日 星期日 阴转多云间晴
圣诞节前话计划生育
下午，天转晴，直升机又送走十名队员上新站。我和小李送走他们后，回到了宿舍。我在想：何时才能让我们俩上新站呢？
明天是圣诞节（Christmas Day），队里已扎好圣诞树，放在食堂里。午饭时，以圣诞树为引子，福西先生和我们展开了一场争论。
午饭时间到，我和小李步入食堂，福西先生与我们同行。当我看到美丽的圣诞树时，情不自禁地说：“Oh！
It is Christmas tree.”“Yes，tomorrow is the Christmas Day”福西先生高兴地接下了我的话题，稍一停顿，他立即问：“How
about in China?”“No body remember the Christmas Day ，
probably.”我回答。“Do you believe religion?”“No!”我很干脆地回答，“How
about Mr. Li?”“Same as me， I think”我替小李回答。“Nobody
believe religion in China really?”福西进一步问我。“Very
few!”我进一步补充说，“Every body can believe it， if
you want.”停了一会，福西突然话题一转，说：“Your
government just allow one baby for a family. That is no good， I
think.”他的问题提得很突然，我只好反问他：“Why?”“It
goes against the doctrine of religion.”福西理直气壮地说。“I
do not know any religion doctrine，but I can not agree with you.
You know there are too many people now in China. If every family
can get babies as they want， it will be no place to keep life
for people in the future， which should be a big problem. Do you
think so?”我这样反问福西，他稍停了一下，话题又转：“In
China， everthing just decides by a few leaders. People only
follow them. And people do not know why need they do， how to
do”“I do not think so”没等福西先生说完，我接下了他的话：“That
situation as you said has finished since 1979. Now， every thing
is changing very quickly. People， most of them， can know why
need they do and how to do. Maybe you should visite China.”“I
hope so!”福西笑了。我们结束了争论，一道进餐。
饭后，我想，国外的朋友对中国这几年的变化确实不了解，他们还深深地保留着“文革”时代的印象。
下午五点，因准备继续飞行，甲板上堆着准备运走的东西，无处可打网球，我和小李准备打网球的计划只好作罢了。
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哈得雷企鹅在休息 |
南极夏天的阳光照在船周围的浮冰上，实在刺眼。一只哈得雷企鹅在船的西南侧嬉戏，时而匍匐前进，似乎是用脚趴在浮冰表面的雪上划行，白白的肚子磨擦着雪面运动，时而站起来，扇动着小小的翅膀，摇幌着肥胖的身躯，像卓别林大师走方步一样移动，真逗人喜爱！猛然间，想起小儿子前几天来信上说的几句话：“爸爸，南极的小企鹅很可爱，他们走路摇摇幌幌的样子太让我喜欢了，您多给我拍几张企鹅的照片吧！”小儿子对企鹅的描述太准确了。我举起像机，用长镜头拍了几张，这是专为小儿子拍的。
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