Chapter 6 The Role of the English Corner
The English Corner was a place in every university in this era, in the small garden in front of the administration building of Kyoto University. Every morning, students from all departments come here and communicate in English.
Pan Yuan is one year older than Su Buregret, and he is the first person in the village and even the whole township to be admitted to Beijing University. The two families have lived next to each other for many years, and Granny Hua once saved Pan Yuan's life, and Pan Yuan's parents treated Su Buregret as their own daughter. The two grew up as childhood sweethearts, and their relationship is very deep.
Su Buregret's life story was revealed, and the two of them tacitly maintained a certain distance in the school. Pan Yuan has always taken care of Granny Hua, and for many years after that, he silently helped Su Buregret. Pan Yuan is the last retreat and harbor for Su Buregret in this world.
When he came to the English corner, Su Buregret saw Pan Yuan at a glance. He has dark skin and a tall stature, and his muscles are strong and well-developed because he has been working in the fields all year round. Thick eyebrows and big eyes, high nose bridge, heroic and energetic. He was leaning sideways and talking to Chu Jiayi, the flower of the Department of Foreign Languages. His eyes glanced at Su Buregret's side and then turned to her, and after a second, he quickly looked back at her.
Su Buregretting stood at the corner of the small square, looking at Pan Yuan and smiling gently. Pan Yuan's eyes lit up first, and when he saw the wound on Su Buregret's forehead, a trace of yin flashed in his eyes, and he walked towards Su Buregret: "Nian Nian, how did you get hurt?" ”
Pan Yuan's hand brushed away Su Buregret's hair, and frowned at the red and swollen wound. He asked in a low voice, "Did they do it?" ”
"No, I touched it myself." Su Buregret pushed Pan Yuan's hand away indifferently and looked behind him. Chu Jiayi walked over and stood in front of Su Buregret and looked her up and down.
"Classmate, which department are you from?" Su Buregret could clearly feel the hostility on Chu Jiayi's body, and as a person who came over, she instantly understood. glanced at Pan Yuan funny, and said to Chu Jiayi generously: "Hello, I am Su Buregret from the Department of Journalism." ”
"Oh!" Chu Jiayi nodded clearly, glanced at Pan Yuan and then at Su Buregret, still full of vigilance: "You are not from the same department, how did you know each other?" ”
"We were neighbors who grew up together." Su Buregret watched Chu Jiayi's face become more and more solemn, and he wanted to do something. I heard Pan Yuan say: "Chu Jiayi, you wait and ask." Then he anxiously asked Su Buregret: "How can such a serious injury be touched by yourself, you are so perfunctory, I can do it, you are so perfunctory to Granny Hua?" ”
"If you don't say it, I'll just go over and show her first, won't you?" Su Buregret glanced at Pan Yuan disapprenously: "Do you have to sue?" ”
"Of course not..... I want to ......" Before Pan Yuan finished speaking, Su Buregret interrupted: "The English corner is for practicing English, and it's not for idle chat. ”
Chu Jiayi nodded: "Yes, it's better to use English if you chat." ”
Su Buregret suddenly shouted to the students around him who were practicing English: "Students, I have thought of a better way to practice." It's called 'I'll guess you'll guess', and we practiced speaking together by playing games, and I thought it would be better. ”
Someone next to him immediately came over curiously and asked, "What do you mean?" How to play? ”
"Let's say we're split into two teams, and each team has two people. As the host of the game, write a noun on the paper every time and show it to everyone and the performers. Then the performer asks his teammates to guess what the term is through English expressions. Three minutes is a time period, and the person who guesses correctly the most times is the winner. What do you think? "Fresh way, naturally someone likes to participate. Originally, everyone came here in the morning to practice English, and to be able to play and learn, of course, it was good.
In an instant, several people raised their hands to sign up to participate, and Su Buregret pulled Chu Jiayi with one hand and Pan Yuan with the other: "Okay, you two will demonstrate first, and I will be the host." Pan Yuan, guess it, this big beauty is here to perform. ”
Chu Jiayi is beautiful, and it is not false that she is the flower of the Department of Foreign Languages. But she had never been called 'beauty' in public by a girl, and she immediately blushed. As soon as he said 'beauty', he was much less hostile to Su Buregret.
She took out a small notebook from her trouser pocket and handed it to Su Buregret, who quickly wrote a word on the notebook.
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”。
Chu Jiayi glanced at this word with everyone, and nodded their heads to indicate that this word was simply too easy.
Is it really easy? Explain this in English
ule
This is much more difficult than using Chinese. In this era, everyone memorizes words by rote and knows what the Chinese translation of this word is, but rarely pays attention to the English explanation in the dictionary.
Although Chu Jiayi is a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, her thoughts for more than a year have been on Pan Yuan, the vice president of the student union. The degree of dedication to academics is far from comparable to others. She stammered and explained that there were a lot of mistakes due to lack of skill. The more Pan Yuan listened, the more confused he became, and he didn't guess it for a long time.
The person next to him was eager to try, and after repeated reminders, Pan Yuan finally guessed that the word was '
ule
'That's it. Later, everyone drew a scoop according to the gourd, and began to guess the words in groups of two and two. After a few rounds, I was surprised to find that this game is far more difficult than everyone imagined. And in the process of communication, everyone also found errors in the grammar of the presenter. Problems are found on the spot, pointed out on the spot, and solved on the spot, and the onlookers benefit far more than the participants.
In this regard, everyone is very grateful to Su Buregret as the host, and they are all praising Su Buregret's idea is very good. And Su Buregret's randomly selected vocabulary is becoming more and more tricky, what cutting board choppi
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d, shovels and spades and other daily necessities.
Originally, the English corner lasted for 20 to 30 minutes, but everyone played for a whole hour and still felt that it was not enjoyable. Until someone shouted: "It's time for class, let's come back tomorrow when everyone leaves." Then I realized that time flew by, and it was time for class before I could do anything.
Su Buregret walked to the teaching building with everyone, joking with his classmates as he walked. When they arrived in the classroom, many people saw the injury on her forehead and became concerned: "No regrets, how did you get it?" It's too serious. ”
"I was out playing with my aunt yesterday and accidentally rolled down the stairs and bumped into it. It's okay, it just looks serious, it doesn't hurt much! Su Buregret didn't care about it, but suddenly stood up and asked for leave when he was halfway through the class: "Report to the teacher, I'm a little dizzy, I want to go to the infirmary." ”
She pointed to the wound on her forehead and said weakly. The teacher immediately greeted the female head of Su Buregret's class: "Wang Xiaoya, you quickly accompany this classmate to the infirmary." ”