“象牙宝塔”本指文艺家超脱社会现实的艺术天地 ,“十字街头”即指现实生活。这是两个带有比喻意义的概念。我这里借用来指中学作文教学的两种境界 :前者指封闭式的作文教学 ,着眼于让学生应付考试 ,把作文训练空间完全限定在语文课堂上 ,偏重形式 ,忽视内容 ,一味围绕考试指 The “Ivory Pagoda” refers to the art world where the literary and artistic artists are detached from the social reality. “Cross Street” refers to real life. These are two metaphorical concepts. I use here to refer to the two realms of secondary school composition teaching: The former refers to closed composition teaching, focusing on allowing students to cope with examinations, and confining the space of composition training to the Chinese language classroom, focusing on forms, ignoring content, and focusing on examinations.