书名：《相约星期二 》(Tuesdays with Morrie)
An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson.
作者：米奇．阿尔博姆(Mitch Albom)
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【简介】
《相约星期二》记录了著名专栏作家米奇．阿尔博姆(Mitch Albom) 的一段难忘经历。米奇在离校十六年后，意外地得知一位曾经十分爱护他的老师－－布兰戴斯(Brandeis University) 大学社会学教授莫瑞．斯瓦茨(Morrie Schwartz) 身患绝症，米奇从底特律飞到波士顿近郊的牛顿市(Newton) 看望莫瑞。从此，莫瑞与米奇相约在每个星期二一起讨论生活的意义，包括死亡、恐惧、衰老、欲望、婚姻、家庭、社会、宽容、人生的意义等话题，课程总共上了十四周，每个星期二，米奇都飞越七百英里来到莫瑞的病床前聆听他的教导。莫瑞去世后，米奇将听课笔记整理出版，定名为《相约星期二》。本书一出版，立即引起全美的轰动，连续40周名列美国图书畅销排行榜。译本出版后，也引起了中国各界的广泛关注。
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【第一章：必修课程】
我的老教授一生中的最后一门课每星期上一次，授课的地点在他家里，就在书房的窗前，他在那儿可以看到淡红色树叶从一棵小木槿上掉落下来。课在每个星期二上，吃了早餐后就开始。课的内容是讨论生活的意义，是用他的亲身经历来教授的。
不打分数，也没有成绩，但每星期都有口试。你得准备口答问题，还得准备提出问题。你还要不时于一些体力活，比如把教授的头在枕头上挪动一下，或者把眼镜架到他的鼻梁上。跟他吻别能得到附加的学分。
课堂上不需要书本，但讨论的题目很多，涉及到爱情，工作，社会，年龄，原谅，以及死亡。最后一节课很简短，只有几句话。
毕业典礼由葬礼替代了。
虽然没有课程终结考试，但你必须就所学的内容写出一篇长长的论文。这篇论文就在这里呈交。
我的老教授一生中的最后一门课只有一个学生。我就是那个学生。
The last class of my old professor’s life took place once a week in his house, by a window in the study where he could watch a small hibiscus plant shed its pink leaves. The class met on Tuesdays. It began after breakfast. The subject was The Meaning of Life. It was taught from experience.
No grades were given, but there were oral exams each week. You were expected to respond to questions, and you were expected to pose questions of your own. You were also required to perform physical tasks now and then, such as lifting the professor’s head to a comfortable spot on the pillow or placing his glasses on the bridge of his nose. Kissing him good-bye earned you extra credit.
No books were required, yet many topics were required, including love, work, community, family, aging, forgiveness, and, finally, death. The last lecture was brief, only a few words.
A funeral was held in lieu of graduation.
Although no final exam was given, you were expected to produce one long paper on what was learned. That paper is presented here.
The last class of my old professor’s life had only one student.
I was the student.
终归一句，要感谢黄色老人。 