Things were in a hurry, and Yang Guo didn't have time to say hello to Zheng Yujie, so he was enthusiastically pushed to the door of the library by Uncle Jin.

There was a blonde foreigner standing at the entrance of the library, and when Yang Guo saw it, he understood why the staff of the Education Department were making such a fuss. This old-looking foreigner was dressed elegantly, wearing an elegant top hat and carrying a shiny red cane, looking like the princes and nobles of medieval Europe.

Soon, Yang Guo also understood what Xiao Li meant by the foreigner's English accent that was difficult to understand. It's hard to understand, it's just lame! His English grammar does not follow the routine, and he is also mixed with self-righteous yin and yang suffixes, Yang Guo thinks that domestic primary school students may speak better than him.

Yang Guo even guessed and confused, and only then did he figure out what he meant, and as soon as Yang Guo came out of English, his fluent and good-sounding rice-style English attracted a lot of admiring eyes at the door at once.

"He said that he was a representative sent by the Swedish Academy, and he had some more important things to discuss with Master Mo Yan in private." Yang Guo whispered to Uncle Jin to translate the past.

"Ask him, can you tell us what it is?" Uncle Jin said.

Yang Guo translated the past in English originally. However, Yang Guo spoke a little faster, and Professor Anderson couldn't understand it very well, so he said in Swedish in a hurry: "Sir, please speak slowly." ”

It was only then that he realized that he had just spoken Swedish, and then again in his broken English.

Yang Guo was happy in his heart, and muttered secretly: "This old gentleman, you don't need to say it anymore, I understood it very well just now, and if you change your English, I will guess again!" ”

Of course, he didn't say it directly, just smiled, and directly changed his Swedish language to Professor Anderson and said, "Your Excellency Anderson, our supervisor wants to know, what kind of thing are you going to tell Mr. Mo Yan?" ”

"Turns out you know Swedish, and thank goodness you don't have to struggle to speak English so hard!" Professor Anderson's mouth became flexible at this point, and the Swedish language jumped into a long line.

He complained to Yang Guo about the difficulty of learning English: "I know French, German, Spanish, and a little bit of ancient Greek, but I haven't learned English, and their grammar is too weird." ”

Yang Guo believes that 90% of Chinese people will agree with the difficulty of learning English, but if he complains about the strange grammar of English, it is really a very funny thing!

Is Swedish grammar disgusting? Yang Guo thinks about the time when he was learning Swedish, and he had a headache when he saw the deformation of their vocabulary, and the nouns, adjectives, and verbs of Swedish could all be deformed!

The noun is divided into two sexes, not like the French side of yin and yang, it is divided into general (non-neutral) and neutral. Most nouns are universal, but there are no rules to follow for the nature of nouns, and they must be memorized. However, some ancient terms and ritual terms retain the yin and yang of the old Swedish general nouns.

Adjectives are more complex, they have sexuality, number categories, and affirmative, indefinite forms. The adjective definite article is placed before the adjective. Similarly, personal pronouns also have sexual and number variations. Verbs have no verbal conjugation, but grammatical categories such as sometimes, tenses, tenses, etc.

In comparison, English is relatively simple! I guess this old gentleman is more receptive to more complex grammatical changes!

Yang Guo didn't break it, just talked to him for a while, and then asked the question just now.

"I came this time to discuss with Mr. Mo Yan about his Nobel Prize title." Professor Anderson gently tugged at his top hat and made a polite gesture to show his respect.

Yang Guo whispered this sentence to Uncle Jin, and Uncle Jin was immediately excited, he pulled Yang Guo to the side, lowered his voice and said, "Really? Is this news accurate? Is Mr. Mo Yan really going to win the Nobel Prize? ”

Yang Guo looked at him with a smile and said in a low voice: "It's not to win the Nobel Prize, it's just a nomination now!" ”

Uncle Jin doesn't understand, but Yang Guo, who is well-read and strong-remembered, understands, and the Nobel Prize is not so simple to be selected.

Every September, the Nobel Prize jury sends invitations for nominations to all over the world. Of course, not everyone is eligible to make nominations, but only academicians of the Swedish Academy and the equivalent of academicians from various countries, professors of higher education and linguistics, Nobel laureates and presidents of national writers' associations.

Then, at the beginning of February of the following year, the nominator must submit a formal nomination letter with the relevant information of the candidate (such as the original book or translation), otherwise it will be considered as a waiver or transfer to the next year's list.

After that, the qualifications are confirmed, and the jury will clear out the ineligible nomination letters, and finally it will be boiled down to a "long list" of about 200 people. Then there are primaries, which weed out most of the candidates based on a variety of criteria, and by April, there were only about 20 people left on the list!

"It will only be later that we will really enter the stage of various PK voting runoffs!" Yang Guo smiled bitterly.

"And what are the nominations now?" Uncle Jin asked.

"It's just the initial stage, and we haven't even reached the qualification review yet!" Yang Guo explained.

Uncle Jin suddenly asked, "How credible do you think this person is?" ”

Yang Guo thought for a while and said, "I think it's very high!" He speaks Swedish very authentically, and there are many words that use more classical words, which is rare now, at least, the identity written on his business card should not be wrong. ”

Previously, in the face of the importance of this nomination, Yang Guo made a judgment based on the knowledge in his mind, but in the end, Jiang is still old and spicy, Uncle Jin is an old fritter who mixes with officialdom, he can see the extraordinary at a glance, he said: "No, if it is just a simple nomination, it is not good for Sweden to send such a weighty person over in such a big way!" ”

"They sent a professor to interview Master Mo Yan, which shows that they value Master Mo Yan very much! This is no small matter. Uncle Jin said categorically.

Yang Guo listened to his analysis, and nodded suddenly in understanding, it is indeed not quite common sense in this matter, the Nobel Prize jury is so mysterious and bullish, how could he send someone to run because of a weightless nomination!

Uncle Jin said solemnly: "Don't spread today's matter, and don't let the staff below know, if the media exposes it in advance, we will not be able to operate." Because, this may be the closest we have ever come to the Nobel Prize! ”

(Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation, let's take a ticket and smash the cold door!) ≧▽≦）