It was the day when Zhao Anran and Natalie met to practice speaking, and they made an appointment to meet in the small pavilion next to Swan Lake at the school. Natalie told Zhao Anran about some of the preferences of the British, she said that when she first came to China, she would always be said by the Chinese that her skin was white, but in the UK, if someone is white-skinned, it does not mean a compliment, but that person is sick. So, every time she goes out, she wears a tanner to make her complexion look a little healthier.

This is just the opposite of the aesthetics of Asian girls, Zhao Anran told Natalie that most Chinese people are beautiful in white, so there are sayings of "white skin and beauty" and "one white covers a hundred ugliness". Women in China, Japan and South Korea pay more attention to whitening, and even go out with makeup to make their complexion whiter.

The two-hour conversation allowed Zhao Anran and Natalie not only to connect with the spoken language, but also to learn about the customs of the two countries. When saying goodbye, Natalie gave Zhao Anran a beautiful little notebook and a small card, telling her that today is Thanksgiving, and there is a habit of exchanging gifts in the UK, and she wants to thank Zhao Anran for helping her during this time. Zhao Anran was pleasantly surprised, but she didn't prepare a gift for Natalie, so she wanted to take Natalie to her hometown and take her to taste the special snacks of her hometown. She happened to be driving back to Wenshi for Huansha's birthday on the weekend, and she invited Natalie to go back with her, and Natalie gladly accepted her invitation.

Early on Saturday morning, Natalie came to Zhao Anran with a cake, saying that it was for Huansha's birthday celebration, and she also bought a ragdoll rabbit as a gift for Huansha. Zhao Anran didn't expect Natalie to be so attentive to preparing gifts for children who had never met before, she was really touched.

When I got home, as soon as I entered the door, Huansha ran over and hugged Zhao Anran's legs with both hands, and kept shouting: "Mom, Mom!" Zhao Anran squatted down and hugged the raccoon yarn and kissed her little cheek, "Baby, do you miss your mother?" Huansha also kissed Zhao Anran heavily on the face, and said loudly: "I think about it, I think about it!" After saying that, he saw the tall woman next to his mother, and it was the first time for Huansha to see a foreigner, and her curious little eyes rolled slightly, and then she hid her body behind her mother, only poking out a small head.

"Baby, this is Aunt Natalie." Zhao Anran introduced, remembering that Huansha didn't know English pronunciation, and added, "You can call her Aunt Natalie." ”

Huansha didn't speak, still shy behind her mother, looking at the blonde aunt with blue eyes.

“Hello， happy birthday to you， pretty girl.” Natalie took the initiative to greet Huansha and then said in Chinese: "Happy birthday to you!" Then hand it to the rabbit puppet of Huansha. Huansha saw the cute rabbit puppet, slowly walked out from behind her mother, and then hugged the puppet and kissed it.

"Baby, what do you want to say to your aunt?" Zhao Anran asked softly.

Huansha looked at her mother, then at Aunt Blonde, and then whispered, "Thank you, Aunt Na." ”

"You're welcome." Natalie replied with a smile.

In the evening, Grandma Huansha, Mom and Natalie help Huansha celebrate her birthday together, they light two candles, and then sing a birthday song, and Huansha and Mom blow out the candles together. Huansha, who has just turned 2 years old, doesn't know what a wish is, but only knows that the cake in front of her looks delicious.

After her birthday, Huansha didn't want to sleep yet, she was very interested in the blonde aunt, and took all her stuffed animals to the living room to share with Natalie, although there was a bit of a language barrier, but the two had a good time. Natalie also took out the pen and paper in her backpack and drew cars, trucks, buses and ambulances, and taught Huansha to read them in English.

“Car， truck， bus and ambulance.” Natalie taught patiently.

Huansha also read along, but the pronunciation of "ambulance" is still a bit difficult for the two-year-old Huansha, but she is also willing to try to speak, which makes Zhao Anran feel extremely gratified, but she didn't expect that Huansha's English enlightenment teacher is British and authentic British pronunciation.

Zhao Anran asked Natalie if the children in the UK should learn phonetic alphabet, because when she was learning English, the teacher had to teach phonetic transcription. But Natalie told her that British children don't learn phonetic alphabets, they all learn phonics. According to Zhao Anran's understanding, that is, like Chinese Hanyu Pinyin, the initials and finals are spelled out to produce a pronunciation.

On Sunday morning, Zhao Anran took Natalie and Huansha to go shopping together, and also took them to the most famous local food street, so that Natalie tasted local snacks one by one.

Zhao Anran is very satisfied with his current state, he can go home to accompany his children on weekends, and he also has foreign friends to accompany him. It's nice to be happy with such simplicity.