Chapter 66: British English
Sixty-six British English
It's really inconvenient to have a car in Hong Kong, no, it's very, very inconvenient, this is the first time that Zheng Xuanqi has the willingness to buy a car after crossing.
Drive from taxi into Hong Kong's Wan Chai district, one of Hong Kong's oldest and most culturally rich districts. Zheng Xuanqi knew that his "cheap teacher" was worth a lot of money outside of his reputation!
In his previous life, Zheng Xuanqi also came into contact with some wealthy people and cultural people, but he was not qualified to integrate into that class circle, and those people were basically in the mainland, and they basically became rich after the reform and opening up. Regardless of the cultural background and personal quality, the cultivation is far from the previous "cheap teacher", but ------ is not a problem for him today, the disguise under the young face makes him more than able to advance and retreat, and the mantra of the villain boss in the "man must rely on himself" has become his motto, and the idea of thick black makes him more appreciative of the "doctor".
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An almost brand-new HMV, once the best brand gramophone in Europe, immediately deeply moved Song Yalin, the "teacher" who was over half a hundred years old.
"Xiaoqi has a heart!" Song Yalin turned her head to look at her wife and said, "Old man, you are lagging behind, your student now knows me better than you, and it reminds me of the past, you ------"
"Remember, how can I not remember ------ Cambridge looking for "dreams", the ancient streets, the old buildings------ the yellowed dreams, an old story of a building, every step is so beautiful. The most impressive thing about the academic palace and the place of art appreciation is to hold a penny in the evening to explore the centuries-old dream of Cambridge in the soft waves of the Cam River, but these are far from being accompanied by a knowledgeable, gentle and amiable long-haired "Lian Li" beside him, and this is the most evocative ------" Liu Mingyuan looked affectionately at his wife Song Yalin, who had been with him for decades, and naturally held each other's hands tightly.
Time stood still at this moment, and the two looked at each other, completely forgetting about their daughter and student sitting at the table------
"Ahem, ahem!" Perhaps because the surroundings were too quiet, the two people who were immersed in their memories gradually woke up. Song Yalin was a little embarrassed, and slowly retracted her well-maintained rich and soft hands, while Liu Mingyuan coughed a few times intentionally to hide the scene just now.
"Daddy Mommy, you are so romantic------" Liu Yueyao crossed her fingers, looked cute, her eyes didn't blink, and said, "I'm so envious------"
"Okay, okay, I didn't see Xiao Qi there------ so, when your brother Zhicheng or Zhigao returns to Hong Kong, you will go to the UK to study again------ feel this romance, experience the artistic conception of Mr. Xu in "Farewell to Kangqiao", anyway, you have almost completed your studies here-------" Song Yalin never forgot that her daughter gave up the opportunity to enter the Royal Academy of Music, University of London.
"Well, gently I go, as softly I came, I beckoned softly, as a cloud in the western sky------- I feel that England beckons to me again------- hehehe. Liu Yueyao's bright smile couldn't tell her true thoughts, but Zheng Xuanqi could feel the steady rate of her heartbeat, and there was no major change.
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"Xiao Qi, from the fact that you specially selected a gift for me, a half-hundred woman, it seems that you should also know the traditional culture or history of Britain. Do you know the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?" Although she was very happy with Zheng Xuanqi's gift, she was satisfied, and the investigation still had to be carried out, and she used English with a London accent for a while.
Liu Yueyao was very strange and puzzled by the sudden reception of a teenager who looked younger than herself, but out of courtesy, she was still more polite, but politeness does not mean that she will be happy and acceptable. Intelligent, she can guess a thing or two from the communication between her father and mother.
"England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Irish, What the hell is going on?" Liu Yuemiao pretended to be a humble corporal and asked the teenager who was called Xiaoqi in the mouth of her parents, her eyes wide as if she was full of puzzlement, but the standard British English blurted out.
Liu Mingyuan looked at his baby daughter, who usually looked like a good girl, and wanted to speak, but was stopped by his wife's small actions-----
“We say the United Kingdom, from a political point of view, is actually United Kingdom (abbreviated as UK), the full name is The United of Great and Northern Ireland (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland). The UK is called the United Kingdom, because TA is not a single country, but by 4 independent countries. Britain is called "Britain" because it is not a single country, but is made up of 4 independent countries) ------- "Zheng Xuanqi knew that what should come would definitely come, he imagined many scenes, many conversations, and naturally this kind of tracing the origin of the inquiry was also filtered, put down the dining tools in his hand, wiped his mouth and hands, and began to answer in standard British English, "In addition, Welsh is the first to join, in 1536; and in 1801 Ireland last joined into United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, by 1922, the Irish 5/6 and declared independence from Britain, so there is now the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. )”
And at this time, the opening of the chatterbox can be regarded as the real entry into the progress of this family banquet. Suddenly, you said everything to me, she asked me and answered, and the content of the conversation involved British politics, economy, culture, history, society, music, film and television and many other contents. Especially for the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, and the European financial family (Rothschilds), they expressed their opinions.
Until the end, Liu Mingyuan, who was really not used to the habit of not curling his tongue in British English, interrupted this English show, which was mainly with his wife and students------ and the mother and daughter started the inquiry in English, or the discussion, but in the end, his daughter almost became a real escort------
Except for the first ten minutes, Liu Yueyao interjected about British society, culture, music, film and television, and then became an audience in politics, history, economics, etc., watching the communication between his daddy mommy and the teenager, and from time to time Daddy's lame British accent, curiosity turned into many questions.
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Zheng Xuanqi did not stay to continue tasting the snacks after dinner. Although this was slightly inappropriate, it was because he suddenly understood a problem.
Although he has also considered this issue------ the differences between Hong Kong and mainlanders, regardless of identity, materiality, or even consciousness, have a feeling of being stuck in their throats, and it is difficult to coordinate and integrate. This needs a period of time, otherwise why is it that before 20 years have passed, some people in Hong Kong are shouting and shouting for Hong Kong independence and Hong Kong independence!
He came from the 21st century, born under the environment of the red five-star national flag, and now in the 20th century, in 1997, the British flag has just been dropped----- this ideological difference is especially evident in Hong Kong's elite and wealthy class-------
He saw the problem from Liu Mingyuan's desire to remind but was stopped by his wife's small movements. At that time, I didn't think much about it, but after a series of discussions and exchanges in English, Zheng Xuanqi slowly woke up, maybe the "cheap teacher" was really happy to see the hunt, but his family's circles were different, and the cultural differences were like a ravine fiercely drawn on the same yellow-skinned, black-eyed Hong Kong and mainland Chinese.