Early on Monday morning, everyone put on the Western-style school uniforms made by the school and embroidered with the school logo and gathered in the hotel lobby.

The boys wore black suits, white shirts and dark red ties, while the girls wore small black suits with a dark plaid skirt on the bottom.

In fact, China Overseas does not have school uniforms, in the words of Hu Lao, after four years of college life, just that set of camouflage uniforms that are barely school uniforms are all upside down by Xu Yiyang and sold to construction sites.

This time, the school customized such a costume for everyone, which is also to improve the overall image of the school.

Mr. Hu explained the details of the exchange to everyone last night, and the main person who communicated with them this time was the English Department of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Hong Kong.

In addition to some exchange activities, the 12 students will be integrated into the four grades of the English Department of HKU, from Year 1 to Year 4.

Like a transfer student, you should learn their courses and experience their teaching style.

At the same time, it is also necessary to export the teaching methods and concepts of China and Overseas to the students and teachers in the class.

For example, if you are studying English and American literature, the experience of students will be different depending on the teaching materials and education methods.

Overseas students can compare the teaching methods of the two schools when they join the English Department of HKU to attend classes, and then feedback their real thoughts to the professors of HKU and their professors in CUCL.

One of the key points that Mr. Hu has always explained is that HKU has always adopted all-English teaching.

Not only English majors, but in addition to other language majors, other science and engineering, economics and management, and law and medicine are almost all taught in English.

Therefore, not to mention the English department, the professors in the class and the communication with the students are basically all in English.

This is very different from that in China.

Domestic schools naturally teach Chinese, even if it is a language subject like English, it is also taught in Chinese and English.

Therefore, Hu Lao was worried that everyone would not be able to adapt to this rhythm of class, and he was also worried that everyone's English level was not enough to support all-English teaching, so he reminded everyone to keep enough attention, otherwise they may not understand what the teacher is saying.

Most of everyone is under a lot of pressure, but Xu Yiyang doesn't care at all.

Seeing that he seemed to be absent-minded, Hu Lao said: "Xu Yiyang, although you speak very well, you must also pay more attention, don't think that you can eat well in Hong Kong University if you are good at English, let me tell you, I am so old and have been learning English for so many years, and it is still very difficult to communicate with several old professors majoring in English at Hong Kong University, do you know why?"

Xu Yiyang shook his head.

The other students were also curious.

Hu Lao said: "Because although they learn English very well, but the spoken language really does not dare to compliment, many people's spoken language with a strong Cantonese accent, once the speech is fast, the wrong way, you don't understand what it means, and then the other party will feel that your English level seems to be not very good, which can not be understood." ”

Xu Yiyang suddenly realized.

Yes.

Everyone has an accent.

There are so many bigwigs worth tens of billions of dollars on the Huaxia Internet, and most of them don't speak Mandarin very well.

Mr. Lei, the founder of Xiaomi, is the one who is often ridiculed for his accent.

Can you blame him? Of course not.

As the so-called vernacular pronunciation is difficult to change, the problem of language and pronunciation habits is not something that everyone can overcome.

If nothing else, when Australians talk to Brits, they often don't understand what the other person is saying.

Although the same language is used, it feels like one speaks Mandarin and the other speaks Zhonghai, and the gap is still very large.

If you come to HKU for exchange, if you are a foreign teacher from Europe and the United States, it is better to say, if you are a local professor, it is really possible to mix the local accent in the spoken English.

Xu Yiyang has been in contact with businessmen in Guangdong Province or Hong Kong businessmen in his previous life, although he is not very good at speaking Cantonese, but he can still understand it, but when he heard Hu Lao say this, he nodded again and again and said that he must listen carefully.

Subsequently, Hu Laocai smiled and said: "Okay, the time is almost up, let's go, everyone must perform well, learn from others' advanced teaching experience, and don't embarrass us Zhongwai!"

Although the area of HKU is not very large, it is really much larger than the small China Overseas University.

Since we had already stepped on it in advance yesterday, we all came to the Faculty of Arts of HKU with ease.

An associate dean of the Faculty of Arts at HKU was in charge of the matchmaking, and he waited early in the administration building before enthusiastically introducing himself.

The vice dean's name is Huang Zongyao, about fifty years old, with a serious Mediterranean hairstyle, and he looks cute and cute, but he is an enthusiastic person.

Huang Zongyao's Mandarin is not very good, and everyone can't understand Cantonese, so after he explained, he simply used English.

As soon as his spoken language opened, Xu Yiyang secretly sighed that what Hu Bingwen said couldn't be more right, this uncle's English is so obvious that it can almost be compared with the English accent of Indians.

However, fortunately, the uncle seems to be self-aware, so he speaks slowly, and it doesn't sound too difficult.

The uncle said that the English Department of the Faculty of Arts had prepared a welcoming ceremony for everyone, so he took everyone directly to a small auditorium.

The small hall is not large, but it can accommodate several hundred people in total, and it is said that all of them are students from the English Department of the Faculty of Letters.

There was no communication between everyone, just standing on the stage, the person in charge of the other party first expressed his welcome, and then the person in charge of the two sides talked about the significance and importance of the exchange between the two places.

Next, the 12 students from China Overseas came to the stage to introduce themselves.

Xu Yiyang was arranged by Hu Lao to be the first.

At the same time, Hu Lao also whispered in his ear: "Your spoken language is the most standard in our team, and I will say a few more words later." ”

Xu Yiyang nodded, and it was no problem to say a few more words.

But what to say?

I didn't prepare any drafts myself.

I originally thought that I would go up and use English directly to make a set of polite words.

For example, hello everyone, my name is Xu Yiyang, I am honored to be able to come to HKU for exchange and study, and I hope you can take care of me in the coming days.

However, Hu Lao obviously wanted to let himself come a little more.

After all, he is a forty-year-old uncle, and at this time, although Xu Yiyang is not prepared, he has no stage fright.

So he was the first to walk to the center of the auditorium stage and said seriously: "Hello everyone, my name is Xu Yiyang, you can call me Jeremy." ”

Just this sentence suddenly made many people look surprised.

The quality of spoken language can be said to be a glimpse of the whole leopard.

If you want to know whether a foreigner speaks Chinese well, let him use Mandarin to say "hello", basically you can see how many pounds and taels he has.

If the pronunciation is pronounced as "Nihao", it is basically bad.

If the pronunciation is pronounced as "mud hao", it is not bad.

Why?

Because these two words look very simple, but the standard pronunciation is three tones, and you have to turn around.

Chinese has four normal pronunciations and does not bend, which means that a quarter of the pronunciations are not standard.

Such a colloquialism, of course, cannot be considered good.

The reverse is also true.

The quality of spoken English, a sentence, or even a word, is enough.

Xu Yiyang's sentence is basically the standard British pronunciation, because Hong Kong has only returned to the motherland for more than two years, and many professors at HKU are British, so HKU students are most familiar with the British pronunciation of English.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he could hear that Xu Yiyang's pronunciation was no different from those professors.

It is indeed difficult for Asians to learn a standard English accent in an Asian environment, and it is the same for Europeans and Americans to learn a standard Chinese accent in a European and American environment.

It is really rare to be able to say that there are very few native speakers.

And Xu Yiyang is such a mouthful.

Just when the audience was shocked, he deliberately lowered his voice, so that his voice was a little magnetic, and continued: "It is a great honor to be able to come to Hong Kong, to come to the University of Hong Kong to meet all compatriots and students face to face......

This time, some girls in the audience screamed directly.

The boys were speechless in shock.

What are you talking about? Aren't you talking about college students from the mainland? Are you sure this buddy on stage didn't come back from England?

Xu Yiyang didn't want to develop himself as a voice actor, let alone open his mouth, that is, the British accent that he had practiced with Gu Sijia for more than ten years, but the key was that he couldn't speak with other accents.

Besides, he still carries the sustenance of Hu Lao, this old man just wants to let himself come out to show off his oral strength, and he can't do it if he doesn't say it.

Besides, isn't it just to come in handy on such occasions when people go to such lengths to open the back door for themselves and recruit themselves to China and overseas?

is the so-called raising soldiers for half a year, used in one day, I really want to satisfy the desire of a large number of old Hu to pretend to be forced.

So, in the stunned eyes of everyone, he continued: "Confucius once famously said: "There must be a teacher for a threesome. My classmates and I, with a humble heart, are looking forward to learning from you in the next three weeks, learning more knowledge and experience from you in this exchange, and looking forward to becoming friends with you. ”

While speaking, Xu Yiyang almost did not pause, nor did he need to think about it, and continued: "At the same time, I also hope that this exchange of ours can open the prelude to the long-term exchange between the China Overseas Chinese Academy and the University of Hong Kong, a well-known Asian university, so that the two universities can have more exchanges and discussions in the future, and the friendship will last forever, thank you!"

The person is quite tall, the face is very handsome, the voice is quite magnetic, and the spoken language is surprisingly good.

As soon as Xu Yiyang appeared, it caused a commotion in the audience.

Many students of Hong Kong University in the audience have never heard of China Overseas Chinese University, and Xu Yiyang is a college student from the mainland, which makes some people feel that distant relatives from the countryside have come to the city.

Therefore, some people instinctively feel that these people must be much worse than themselves, especially English, which cannot be compared.

As a result, when Xu Yiyang went to this station, there was a series of self-introductions without manuscripts, pauses, and stumbles.

The spoken language is impeccable and authentic.

The vocabulary is also large, and many grammars and sentence structures are beyond the scope of books in the first year of college, but seem more flavorful.

It can be said that as soon as Xu Yiyang came up, he smashed the sense of superiority in the hearts of some people.

Hong Kong university students, who didn't look down on these exchange students, couldn't help but take it seriously.

Hu Lao was particularly satisfied.

This is the reason why he would rather die begging for nothing, and he also wants to get Xu Yiyang to China and Overseas!

What a face for the school!