Chapter 364: Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world]
Luminous took the stage. , the first to reach out to Leon and shake it, "Hello, I'm Luminous." ”
Luminous is in Chinese.
Leon was slightly startled, how to say Chinese, Chinese Leon can understand and speak, but on this occasion, many countries around the world gathered, although there is no rule that English must be spoken, but English is an international lingua franca, and speaking English on this occasion is an unspoken rule that everyone has agreed upon.
Luminous didn't have a microphone, and his voice wasn't loud, and the audience below didn't hear what he said clearly, Leon didn't say much, smiled politely and shook hands with Luminous, and said in English, "Welcome, Night." ”
Yeguang was actually just awake, and a little confused, and when he greeted Leon, he naturally popped out of Chinese, otherwise he was also ready to communicate in English.
The words have been spoken, and they can't be taken back.
On the contrary, it was the night light, after popping out a sentence of Chinese, I remembered the English speech in my mind, and I felt a little irritated for no reason, why is it clear that I am Chinese, but I am not allowed to speak my own language, and let me adapt to speaking English?
After this thought flashed through the night light's mind, it couldn't get rid of it.
The master of ceremonies brought the glow-in-the-dark letter of appointment, as well as seals, medals, and other items.
After signing the letter of appointment and going through the process of awarding and sealing, Leon asked Luminous to give a speech.
Luminous took the microphone and faced the reporters and viewers below, with a smile on his face, but he had made up his mind in his heart.
Luminous: "Hello everyone, I'm luminous. ”
As soon as he spoke, the audience and reporters were stunned.
How do you speak Chinese?
Although there are no rules, subconsciously, everyone feels that the international lingua franca should be spoken on such occasions.
Liu Cheng and Tang Tao's eyes were also a little strange, obviously they had explained that he was going to speak English before, why did this mouth pop out of Chinese?
However, everyone just felt a little surprised, in fact, it doesn't matter what language they say, perhaps, people don't speak English, some people guessed.
Yeguang ignored what they thought, and said to himself, "It's an honor to be appointed as a global environmental ambassador today, and the world needs to work together on environmental issues...... I'm going to ....... May the world ...... Thank you. ”
The speech was not adjusted by himself, but he translated it into Chinese according to the content on the card that Tang Tao gave him.
After the speech, the audience remembered a polite round of applause.
Next, reporters and viewers will be able to ask simple questions about the glow-in-the-dark.
A group of reporters all raised their hands, and many guests also joined in the excitement and raised their hands high.
Ryan looked at the crowd and noticed that Wilson, who had first come to the stage, also raised his hand, so he said, "The first question is given to Wilson, who is also an environmental ambassador." ”
A staff member brought Wilson a microphone.
Wilson said in pure rice-style English, "MR. Night, hello, I'm Wilson, just now you spoke in Chinese, I want to ask if you don't speak English, or do you deliberately not speak English?"
This question was not only puzzled by Wilson, but also by many people present, and Wilson was the first to ask it.
Before Luminous could reply, Wilson continued, "Can you understand my English? Do I need a translator for you?"
This sentence made many guests and reporters present laugh.
Tang Tao's brows furrowed, it is nothing that the luminous speech is in Chinese, although there are rare examples of speaking the mother tongue on such an international occasion, but it is not uncommon, and there is no fuss.
However, Wilson's casual but practical but sharp question was thrown, and Tang Tao was worried that Yeguang would say the wrong thing.
Luminous looked at Wilson with the microphone and said, "Mr. Wilson, thank you for your kindness. ”
At this time, Yeguang spit out English with extremely accurate pronunciation, and the question of whether Yeguang can speak English no longer needs to be answered.
Yeguang smiled in English and said, "Actually, I still want to use my native Chinese, but in order for everyone to understand what I mean, I will explain in English." ”
Nightlight smiled and continued, "Today is a beautiful day, so I want to express my good mood in the best language in the world. Mr. Wilson, I don't know if you're happy with this explanation?"
Wilson looked at the night light, "MR. night, your reasons are very good, but why do you say that Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world? Is it just because you are Chinese and Chinese is your mother tongue? If a professional linguistics master said such a thing today, then I may not question it, but you don't know other languages and cultures, so you made such a conclusion, MR. night, I think you are disrespectful to other languages by saying this." ”
As soon as Wilson's words came out, many people at the scene suddenly became energetic, and their eyes became a lot warmer.
The reporters' eyes are even brighter, this is the rhythm that may catch the big news.
Tang Tao and several ambassadors of the Chinese delegation had a bad face, and if Wilson did not answer this question well, it was guaranteed that tomorrow's international news would be overwhelmingly full of negative news about China.
News with headlines like "Global Environmental Ambassadors Discriminate against Its Chinese Language and Culture".
Liu Cheng was also frowning at this time, in his opinion, Yeguang was almost approaching a dead end, Wilson's words were very sharp, Liu Cheng felt that no matter how Yeguang answered, it was inappropriate.
If Yeguang replied, yes, I just think that Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world, then I will definitely be criticized for disrespecting his Chinese language and culture and being arrogant.
However, if Yeguang changes his mind at this moment and is vague, the scene can be passed, but then it will become a laughing stock, and there will even be people with good deeds who forcibly buckle their hats, which directly leads to the fact that Yeguang admits that Chinese is not good, and this kind of topic goes up.
Regardless of the answer, it seems that the situation is not in favor of the luminous.
Liu Cheng secretly pinched a handful of sweat for him, and also complained a little about why he didn't follow the established path, just speak English honestly, why not speak Chinese at such a time.
The night light seemed very calm, as if he didn't realize the hole dug in Wilson's words, but this made Tang Tao and Liu Cheng secretly worried.
Luminous said with a smile: "Mr. Wilson, you may not know much about our Chinese. My country, with a history of 5,000 years, is by far the world's most complete civilization and culture of ancient civilization, our language is the same, I know our culture, understand our language, so I know the greatness and beauty of this language. ”
Wilson continued to argue: "But you only know the language of your country, which does not mean that Chinese is the most beautiful voice in the world, and you do not know other languages, how can you say such things?"
Nightglow looked at Wilson and smiled, and asked rhetorically, "Mr. Wilson, how do you know that I don't know other languages?"
Luminous paused, "Mr. Wilson, you said before that if a master of linguistics said that Chinese is the most beautiful language, you would not question it, then I will tell you now that in terms of language, I should be regarded as a master." Luminous said this quite confidently.
Wilson was stunned, and without waiting for him to speak, he continued, "I can tell you that so far, I am proficient in the top 50 different languages in the world, in order of scope of application and number of speakers, and this number is still increasing as I learn. And it is precisely because I know so many voices, after comparison, that I dare to say that Chinese is the most beautiful language in the world. ”
As soon as the luminous words came out, the stage fell silent for a few seconds, and the reporters forgot to press the shutter.
Proficient in 50 different languages?play?Who to fool?
Everyone's first reaction was that the glow-in-the-dark was bragging about the pen.
"Impossible!" shouted someone else.
"How can anyone speak 50 languages, and still be proficient!"
"Lie!"
The scene suddenly became noisy.
Many of the guests and reporters shouted.
The cameras on the scene also 'clicked', and the frequency of the flash was so frequent that it was a little dizzy.