1. For him, schools are an out-of-date concept from the days of the town crier (市政传令员), when it was difficult to get information and a central person was needed to communicate knowledge.
    在他看来，从靠市政传令员口述传达重要信息的时代以后，学校已是过时了。当时人们很难得到信息，因而需要一位重要人士来传递信息。