Chapter 167 English Conversation
Zhang Boming finally got rid of the little girl's inquiry and ran to the dormitory area in three steps in two steps.
Looking around, after the garden that has been renovated for a short time, there are rows of bungalows. Their windows have small round chimneys protruding out, either spraying smoke from coal stoves, or shaking in the cold wind. Icicles, which are as long as 10 to 20 cm or even 30 cm, are shiny black and shiny, falling on the lower edge of the chimney. The icicles are formed by water droplets flowing down the chimney. If they are not broken, they can hang until the chimney can't stand it.
However, in the winter in the north, few people's chimneys will be damaged by icicles, because this is the game material for children. Whether it is tapping casually or picking off beautiful icicles carefully, it is an interesting game that is no less than a snowball fight.
Zhang Boming also grew up in the compound. He broke the icicle closest to him, and suddenly his face changed and he hid aside.
The icicles will make a crisp sound when they fall to the ground. Wouldn't it be bad if they are heard by Yang Rui and Jing Yulan?
Zhang Boming waited behind the wall for a minute and found that no one opened the door. He breathed a sigh of relief. He immediately smiled and thought: After all, the exercise is over. Who would prick up his ears every day and listen to the movements outside?
Thinking of this, he tiptoed to the door of the dormitory with 106 written on it, and then gently pressed his face to the crack of the door.
What is heard is a series of English.
Zhang Boming was stunned and listened again.
The volume is either high or low, and the tone is either rising or falling, but the English is correct.
Zhang Boming tried hard to listen for a while and then became confused. The sound coming from the room was very small, which made hearing even more difficult.
Zhang Boming was anxious, scratching his head, he wanted to know what was happening inside.
Yang Rui and Jing Yulan speak in English? Whatever you think is wrong.
In fact, Yang Rui in the room also felt that it was not right.
Jing Yulan knocked in and spoke English. Because she was a beauty, Yang Rui also spoke English with her. Now there is no entertainment, and chatting with beautiful women is obviously much more interesting than sitting with a slut.
However, when Jing Yulan told him in English and said, "I am the English teacher invited by your grandfather", the English conversation instantly became boring.
Jing Yulan used the method commonly used by English teachers at this time, which is a collection of various common conversations.
Starting from how?do?tuo?do, I ask about transportation and hotel accommodation, I also greet my families on both sides...
The grammar she used became more and more difficult. As soon as she could have two clauses in one sentence, Yang Rui was completely blind.
Many Chinese people are very proud and think that Chinese is extremely difficult. Of course, Chinese is indeed extremely difficult, but speaking Chinese must be more complicated than other languages, which is somewhat a bit of a matter of course.
The difficulty of Chinese is often due to the existence of hieroglyphs, idioms, idioms and ancient languages. However, since Chinese people with IQ 80 can learn Chinese, foreigners with IQ 80 cannot learn Chinese. In the final analysis, Chinese cannot attract more foreign elites to learn. Compared with modern Chinese, Chinese in the Tang Dynasty should be more complicated, but at that time, countless foreigners recite poems and write pairs in Chang'an, which can better illustrate this point.
English also has habitual usages, fixed languages and ancient languages that are confusing. At some point, complex clauses can make ordinary British people unable to understand. When a sentence is filled with three or five clauses and two British common sayings and ancient languages, the British people who can participate in the dialogue are probably only one percent left.
Jing Yulan's level obviously exceeded Yang Rui's expectations. In his opinion, Jing Yulan at this time had the strength of simultaneous interpretation at least in English. As for China's current desire for foreign language talents, this beautiful woman could find a job almost anywhere.
Yang Rui didn't want to keep having textbook-like conversations with her, so he took the initiative to ask in English: "Did you come to be a tutor for me because of my grandfather?"
While Jing Yulan was speaking, she was also conceiving the next conversation, thinking about how to fully understand Yang Rui's English level. After being asked by him, she said frankly in English: "Your grandfather promised to solve my brother's work, and I agreed."
She didn't hide it at all.
Yang Rui's attitude towards her improved slightly and continued to ask: "Your English is so good, it's a family skill. Why is your brother going to work as a worker?"
The jobs in Sanmao Factory provided by my grandfather are very good jobs in Hedong Province, but this is ultimately a worker job. It may be a lot of salary and benefits than Jing Yulan's own teaching position in Normal College, but the work intensity is much higher, and the social status cannot be compared.
With the current situation in China, ordinary jobs are naturally in short supply, and the national unemployment rate is also extremely high. It can be said that the streets are full of unemployed young people. But on the other hand, the domestic desire for high-end technical talents is unimaginable to future generations.
Take English as an example. If a Chinese in the 1980s could have the English proficiency of a mid-range overseas returnee in the 21st century, he could directly go to the Beijing Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek a job. Even if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs refused to accept it for various reasons, it would be easy for such an English talent to take a few turns in Beijing and find a job at a ministerial-level unit.
If the conditions are relaxed, the customs taxation and other units that graduates want to get into in the future will be more than enough for any low-level returnee. This year, Tianjin has recruited more than 3,000 unemployed young people to customs positions in one go, and their education is only required to be above the technical secondary school level. Although there is a problem that solves the children of employees in this system, it is inevitable to be eager to seek talents.
The country has just opened, and any industry has a strong demand for foreign exchange. Even in the traditional Chinese porcelain industry, if you can refer to the bone porcelain technology of the United Kingdom and Japan, you can earn more than one million foreign exchange in a year. An English talent can be called worth a thousand.
Jing Yulan understood Yang Rui's doubts very well and smiled beautifully, saying, "My younger brother is different from me. When our family was sent down, my younger brother was still young and was bullied in the village and was unwilling to go to school. At that time, I didn't know when the exercise would end. He didn't want to learn English, so he simply stopped teaching, so as not to be reported..."
She still used English, but after speaking, she felt happy.
The pressure on the family is huge. Compared with economic pressure, political pressure gives people a greater sense of powerlessness. In the past, Jing Yulan never dared to say such words, for fear of causing trouble for her parents. However, chatting in English is different, especially because she used more difficult sentences, even Yang Rui could not understand it, and there was no need to worry about having ears in the wall.
The same is true. Zhang Boming, who was separated by the wall, wanted to pull his ears off when he heard it, but he still couldn't understand the English sentence structure of normal speaking speed. What he regretted the most now was that he didn't learn more English from his mother back then.
Yang Rui listened to Jing Yulan's words and asked a little pity, "How old is your brother?"
"I'm 6 years younger than me, 20."
Yang Rui was surprised and smiled and said in English: "You have exposed your age."
"It's okay, I'm not going to get married long ago." Jing Yulan's voice was light.
Yang Rui was stunned: "Why?"
Yang Rui felt it was a pity and excited to be such a beautiful beauty who didn't get married.
Jing Yulan was not anxious or slow, but deliberately used increasingly difficult grammar and said, "In the early years, my mother wanted to wait for her father to be rehabilitated. She went back to the capital to find me a family with a good match. As a result, the movement was over for so long, and my father's rehabilitation had not yet been released, but the family couldn't even get the travel expenses. I wanted to work hard for a few years, save some money, and stay at home when my father came home, and be filial to my parents..."
The content that could have been expressed clearly was immediately mixed into a foreign language that normal people could not understand by Jing Yulan's attributive clauses, as well as the same-spoken clauses of attributive clauses.
She obviously regarded Yang Rui as the object of congratulations, but she didn't want to really tell him the details.
Yang Rui could only briefly understand a few specific uses, such as her father had not yet been rehabilitated and her mother was still running around. As for what Jing Yulan said, Yang Rui had no idea.
However, it doesn't matter if you don't understand the specific content. Yang Rui can guess what Jing Yulan is saying with just a few words. Unlike many people in later generations who imagined, rehabilitation after the exercise was not achieved overnight. There are various changes in the rehabilitation of people and how to rehabilitate them. For example, He Long was completely rehabilitated in October 1982. By the time of statistics from the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the 1983, there were more than 3 million people who implemented the rehabilitation policy. It would be a long time before this work could be completed.
Jing Yulan’s experience is unfortunate, but not lonely.
Yang Rui couldn't help but feel a little pity and advised: "The situation will always get better. Now that your brother has a job, your family members don't have to worry about you. In a few years, no matter whether your father's conclusion is good or bad, you will be able to take care of the elderly."
Jing Yulan was surprised: "Do you understand?"
Although she was understatement when she spoke and had almost no need to think, her language ability was far superior to that of ordinary people. After a conversation just now, Jing Yulan felt that Yang Rui could not understand, so she spoke happily.
Yang Rui wanted to make a joke, but when she saw her expression serious, she moved her heart and said, "I guess."
"How did you guess?"
Yang Rui smiled and said, "There are a few transliterated words in your sentence and specific usage. I know these words, and guess the context, and you will know what you are talking about."
This is the basic method of listening in English in later generations. Whether it is the college entrance examination English or the English CET-4 and CET-6, the questioner is not prepared to let students of moderate levels fully understand it. In some cases, excellent students cannot understand their listening skills. Seven points are considered to be a more conscientious test paper by listening to three points.
In contrast, although Jing Yulan uses difficult grammar and fast speaking speed, it is easier to guess because of its background in the times.
However, Yang Rui's listening and speaking ability was obviously beyond Jing Yulan's expectations. She looked Yang Rui again, smiled, and said, "You are indeed quite sensible. Well, from today on, I will be your English teacher."
"Hello, teacher." Yang Rui said hello again obediently, and honestly moved the stool to Jing Yulan's side, making the two sit shoulder to shoulder.
The stories of tutors and students are also the main types of films that have raised a generation and are worth looking forward to.
Chapter completed!