Chapter 186: The Dean's Entrance Examination
Fang Beibei came back to class, so Yang Guo took Qiqi to find her and took the gold home by the way. However, before leaving, Yang Guo received a phone call.
The person on the other side of the phone claimed to be Huang Xueyu, this name, and this voice, Yang Guo is not unfamiliar at all. Because he was the head of the English Department where Yang Guo was in college, and he was also a doctoral supervisor, and he also served as a teacher of the professional course of linguistics in Yang Guo's class when Yang Guo was in his junior year.
Huang Xueyu didn't want to find Yang Guo himself, he just told Yang Guo that Dean Chen Zongdai wanted to meet him, and the place was the dean's office. Since he happened to go to school today, Yang Guo agreed to meet with the dean this morning.
As for the dean Chen Zongdai, Yang Guona has been admired for a long time, he is a world-class linguist, not only second to none in China, but also a member of the World Association for Functional Linguistics Research. It's a pity that in the four years of college, the dean has only appeared at the opening ceremony and graduation ceremony, and Yang Guo has never taken any of his classes.
After all, at that time, Yang Guo basically wouldn't go to the classes that he could skip, and it was impossible to expect him to audit the classes of doctoral students!
It's just that now he is learning more and more profoundly, isn't he? When he continued to study different languages horizontally, he would also study various linguistics and translation theories in depth, among them, functional linguistics, which is very helpful for translation, Yang Guo also studied it very seriously for a long time.
I completely agree that I can't talk about it, but I have benefited a lot, that's for sure, like the dean's 2003 book "From Tianjingsha? The English translation of Qiu Si looks at the essay "The Importance of Form Equivalence", which gave Yang Guo a lot of inspiration for translating ancient Chinese poetry.
As for why the dean Chen Zongdai looked for him, Yang Guo was very puzzled, because the dean did not take graduate students! Otherwise, Yang Guo would not have considered the dean when he was considering choosing a tutor before!
No matter what the dean is looking for him, Yang Guo still has to prepare, after all, this is also his "idol"!
Yang Guo also likes to listen to songs and watch movies, and he still likes some of those stars, but most of his idols are still from academia, and Song Zhiwen can't understand the world of this scholar.
It was not appropriate for Qiqi to bring it over, Yang Guo first ran to Fang Beibei's dormitory, entrusted Qiqi to Fang Beibei, and then Fang Beibei took Qiqi's little hand and clenched his fists to cheer him on, and walked towards the red-walled high-rise building where the academy was located with a smile on his face.
On the way, Yang Guo also met Mao Yanan, who also served as an assistant counselor after graduate school, and she didn't see her for more than a year, she seemed to be a lot more capable, and of course, she also made a lot of fortune.
"Yanan!" She didn't recognize Yang Guolai, but Yang Guo greeted her first.
Hearing the voice, Mao Yanan recognized it as Yang Guo: "Yang Guo? What are you doing here? โ
"There's something to do with the dean today." Yang Guo said simply.
"Wow, you're even going to see the dean? Some time ago, I heard Lao Luo say, you are doing a good job as a translator now! It's all out of the book! The future is bright. Mao Yanan smiled.
"No, no." Yang Guo smiled modestly.
"Yes, if you have something to do with the dean, I won't pull you to talk, we must get together when we are free!" Mao Yanan said with a smile.
"Okay!" Waving goodbye to Mao Yanan, Yang Guo looked at her back as she turned around and left in a hurry, and couldn't help but sigh at the creation of time. The fat girl who was a little shy in talking and doing things back then has now become a cadre in the Student Affairs Office, looking at this, it is not unlikely that she will stay in school after graduation!
The dean's office was on the fifth floor, and Yang Guo took the elevator to go up. The building of the academy has been around for some years, and even the elevator has a sense of age, but Yang Guo was still sent up safely.
Looking at the time on the phone, there are still fifteen minutes before the agreed time, but you can also go in. Yang Guo muted his phone and knocked on the dean's door.
The dean is a person who seems to be very learned, in his fifties and sixties, still in good spirits, wearing a gray blazer, but talking and walking very cheerfully, when Yang Guo came in, he immediately walked up from behind his desk and shook hands with Yang Guo with a smile.
Yang Guo was unexpected, holding the dean's hand, he was stunned and flattered for a while, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet when he sat down.
"Don't be inhibited, I'm not a big tiger! Hahaha! Chen Zongdai laughed heartily, he didn't sit back in his place, but dragged a swivel chair to sit next to Yang Guo.
"Actually, I've wanted to see you for a long time!" Chen Zongdai said directly.
Yang Guo has always heard of Dean Chen Zongdai's character, but what he has heard is better than what he has seen, and now he really feels his straightforward character of a northern man.
"Really?" Yang Guo smiled embarrassedly.
"Lao Luo of the Chinese University outside the capital told me about you last year, and at that time, the news also found trouble with the teachers of our college, and I had to ask if we would recruit you specially. At that time, I wanted to find you to see what kind of once-in-a-century wizard Lao Luo said? Chen Zongdai said.
Yang Guo is embarrassed, genius? Is it still rare in a hundred years? Professor Rollin really praised himself too much.
"However, at that time, because there were several seminars held in Yangcheng, I was so busy that I forgot about it. If Director Huang hadn't shown me the list of those who passed this year's preliminary examination, I wouldn't have remembered. Chen Zongdai laughed and said, "Lao Luo's optimistic person is really extraordinary, your preliminary test results are simply outstanding, too conspicuous!" โ
Chen Zongdai said narrowly: "However, it's just that this political test is a little worse, tsk! โ
Yang Guo scratched his head embarrassedly.
"Don't talk about useless things. Do you know what I'm coming to you for today? Chen Zongdai asked.
Yang Guo shook his head in confusion and said, "No, Director Huang didn't tell me in detail. โ
"Two things, but one by one! The former is the cause of the latter, and the latter is the effect of the former. Chen Zongdai said around his tongue.
Yang Guo listened intently.
"Let's talk about the first thing first, there are three test papers here, you finish it, there is no time limit, but, finish it early, and we will go to dinner early." Chen Zongdai grabbed three pieces of paper from the table, waved them, and said, "This is also a small exam. โ
It's actually an exam, okay. Yang Guo took the test paper and flipped through it. The first one is linguistic, half multiple-choice and half subjective. The second is the French test paper, Yang Guo glanced at it, it seems that the difficulty is much more difficult than the previous one! Yang Guo was surprised when he read the third test paper, it was actually in Swedish!
Chen Zongdai said proudly: "I didn't expect it, right? At the Department of Education, I learned about you from our institute last month, and I just learned that you can speak Swedish! I also went to find Lao Luo's friend to publish the papers. โ
After reading the test papers, Yang Guo became a lot more serious, it seems that today the dean is going to test his ability with real guns!
Chen Zongdai watched Yang Guo grab a gel pen and write, and asked with concern, "Do you want a dictionary?" You can use a dictionary. โ
Are you kidding? Is there a dictionary that can compare to Yang Guo's human dictionary? Yang Guo just shook his head.
"I do linguistics first, and I can wait while I criticize." Chen Zongdai said instigatingly, in fact, this self-published volume is the subject he wants to investigate.
Yang Guo nodded.
However, after reading this volume carefully, Yang Guo was stunned, this volume is so difficult! It's even bigger than what Professor Rollin asked him about at the press conference. The questions are not only about functional linguistics, but also about other schools of thought.
Even if Yang Guo is no longer the Yang Guo of a few months ago, he still has to spend a lot of time thinking about this scroll. However, despite frowning, Yang Guo still filled the volume.
Chen Zongdai, who was watching from the sidelines, became more and more satisfied, he took the scroll with a smile and read it seriously.
The volume of linguistics is difficult because it is purely theoretical, but the volume of French and Swedish has no resistance at all for Yang Guo! This difficulty may only be a little more difficult than the highest level of the domestic exam, and it is just a piece of cake in Yang Guo's eyes.
Who has ever seen that a foreign Chinese test paper will stump a Chinese person? Yang Guo's mastery of other languages is actually no less than that of a native learner.
It's just a multiple-choice question, so before Chen Zongdai finished correcting the first paper, Yang Guo had already finished the last two.
"So fast?" Chen Zongdai said in surprise. He had no choice but to put down the paper in his hand and scan the French and Swedish papers made by Yang Guo to the corresponding professor for approval.
"Better than I thought!" After Chen Zongdai finished grading the test papers, he put down his pen and smiled happily, "Lao Luo said that you are more powerful than ordinary graduate students, that is underestimating you, your level can be studied for a doctorate!" โ
Yang Guo glanced at the scroll that the dean had changed, and still marked out some deficiencies, Yang Guo didn't care much about Chen Zongdai's praise, he wanted to know what he was wrong about those places.
Chen Zongdai saw it and explained it to him with great interest.
After listening to the dean's explanation, Yang Guo suddenly realized, and he finally understood that on the road of academics, although he has the ability to remember without forgetting, there is still a big gap between him and a person like the dean who has been studying a knowledge for decades.
With these mistakes, on the one hand, he does not have enough knowledge, and on the other hand, he lacks the ability to connect them.
"But you're already good!" The dean was afraid of hitting Yang Guo, so he comforted him and said, "I can reach your level at this age, at least I haven't seen a second one in China, you are still young, you can learn more, compared to us old men who are in the twilight, you are even more promising!" โ
(Ask for a monthly pass, ask for a recommendation, let's take a ticket and smash the cold door!) โงโฝโฆ๏ผ