Chapter 109: Three Questions
"Thank you, I felt the enthusiasm of everyone from the applause of all the students. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Tang Song waved his hand after coming to the stage, and the applause of the students also stopped.
Today's Tang Song is no longer the Tang Song who used to be nervous when he stood in front of many people and spoke, but at this moment, Tang Song's mood will inevitably be excited and nervous.
"I saw a lot of familiar faces from the students here, and many of the students present had listened to my class. Before the formal theme began, Tang Song said some digressions, and by the way, he soothed his emotions, "You may think that today I want to talk to you about the topic of the Three Kingdoms, but in fact it is not, the theme I want to talk about today is the beauty of the Chinese language." ”
The theme of this lecture appeared on the huge projection behind it, and several huge Chinese characters once again aroused warm applause from the students.
Whether the Chinese language is beautiful or not, this question or everyone present has not considered it, but as a Chinese, as a student of the Chinese department, this statement will be supported by everyone whether it is correct or not.
"Before we get into today's lecture, let's do a little game. Tang and Song knew that the most important thing for a good lecture was interactivity, and a lecture without interaction could only be mediocre even if it was overly spoken.
"I remember that two months ago, our Chinese Department held a Chinese basic test, and unfortunately in the end, foreign students did better than most of our Chinese students. As soon as Tang Song's words fell, the atmosphere of the scene immediately changed.
Two months ago, the Chinese department did a test, the content of the test is the basics of Chinese, specifically pinyin, typos, sick sentences and other tests, similar to the basic multiple-choice questions of the college entrance examination, the results of the test are surprising, most foreign students are better than Chinese students, this matter has caused a certain upsurge of discussion on the Internet after the announcement.
For the students of the Chinese Department, this is a very humiliating thing, Tang Song is revealing the scars, naturally will be cold.
"I noticed that there were a lot of foreign students on the scene, did they think that they had a very good grasp of Chinese, and I needed three to five classmates to cooperate with me to complete this game. Tang Song motioned to foreign students who were willing to participate in the game to raise their hands.
Foreigners still like to behave very much, and immediately many international students raised their hands to signal, Tang and Song randomly picked three blonde and blue-eyed European and American students, and did not pick Asian international students because they have a great influence on Chinese culture, and the effect may not be so good.
"It's a very simple game, I'll give you two sentences later, and you just have to tell me what they mean. Tang Song smiled, "Then are you ready, let's start now." ”
Tang Song pressed the laser pointer in his hand, and two words appeared on the screen: "I almost fell" and "I almost didn't fall".
"My question is which of these two sentences means that he fell, and which one did not fall?" Tang Song's question caused laughter from the students at the scene, and everyone focused on the three foreigners.
"Teacher Tang is really bad, this question is really lacking in morality. ”
"I'm curious to see how these international students will answer. ”
Similar words were exchanged privately among the students below, but surprisingly, no one reminded the three international students, and everyone was waiting for the answers of the three foreign students, obviously trying to find a way back.
"Almost doesn't mean nothing, almost falling down means not falling, and almost not falling means falling!" The American student gave his analysis very confidently, and the other students in the lecture hall laughed after listening to the American student's explanation.
Although it is not obvious why the Chinese students present are laughing, the analysis of the American students is very reasonable, and they themselves think so, so they are still firm in their answers.
"Your explanation makes so much sense that I almost believed it. Tang Song's words once again caused laughter from the classmates at the scene, "Then let's look at the second question, what do these two sentences mean?"
Tang Song pressed the laser pointer again, and two words appeared on the projection again, "so lively" and "so lively". When these two words appeared on the projection, the laughter on the scene became even louder, not only the three selected international students were inexplicable, but the other international students who were not selected were also inexplicable, and they didn't understand what was funny at all.
"Fortunately, it does not mean good or bad, but very much, so if it is very lively, it is very lively, and if it is not lively, it is very unlively!" The British student felt that his explanation was perfect, but the other Chinese students present still burst into laughter, which made him inexplicable.
"Do the other two students have different opinions?" Tang Song asked the other two international students with a smile.
The two hurriedly shook their heads, saying that they had no different opinions, in fact, they were already laughing at the classmates around them and were not confident.
"So now is the last question, may I ask which side of these two sentences means that the two sentences have won?" Tang Song pressed the laser pointer again, and two lines of words appeared on the projection: "The Republican Party defeated MJD, the Republican Party defeated MJD Seeing the two lines of words on the projection, the laughter of the students present has broken through the sky.
"Isn't that embarrassing!"
"When I was a kid, I couldn't tell the difference, and then I realized the difference between a big win and a big defeat. ”
"If I were one of these foreign students, I guess I would want to die!"
The whispers of the classmates in private made the three international students completely lose their hearts and lose their confidence at the beginning.
According to the literal meaning, the above sentence is that the Republicans won, and the following should be the Republican defeat. The Australian student replied uncertainly.
"So do you have anything to add to the other two?" Tang Song asked with a smile.
"Nope. The two of them quickly shook their heads.
"Okay, thank you very much for your participation, please take a seat. Tang and Song officially began the content of the lecture.
In fact, the meaning of the three groups of words just now is the same, and the Chinese students present all understand, if you don't understand, you can ask your classmates or teachers around you, and I won't explain it here. Tang Song explained, "I know that many students are very disgusted with learning English, but through today's three questions, I want to tell you that you should be glad that you were born in this country, if you are a foreigner, then you will have more headaches in learning Chinese!"
As soon as Tang and Song Dynasty's words fell, the lecture hall erupted in warm applause, which greatly satisfied the national pride and self-esteem of these young and enthusiastic teenagers present.
Through three questions, Tang Song not only completed the interaction with the students and enlivened the atmosphere of the scene, but also led to the first major content of the theme of this speech, the difficulty of the Chinese language!