Saturday, eight o'clock in the morning.

Wesley drove his Ford pickup truck to the University of the Eastern Pacific to begin his journey of studying Chinese.

The name of the University of the Eastern Pacific sounds atmospheric, but it is actually just a community college, and in domestic terms, it is a typical foreign pheasant university.

After a twenty-minute drive, Wesley arrived at the community college, which has only one three-story building and fewer than 10 classrooms.

Community colleges in the United States are a very magical existence, they are numerous, there are nearly 2,400 in the whole country, there are four or five in almost every city, its duration is generally two years, and the average age of students is 29 years old.

Yes, 29 years old, in simple terms, they are similar to adult skills training centers, and they generally teach some vocational training, such as cooking, computer use, dance and yoga, official writing, etc., so that people can learn these skills to find suitable jobs.

Of course, the entry threshold for these community colleges is also extremely low, and you can enter after graduating from high school, and you don't need to provide ATC or SAT college entrance examination transcripts, and some community colleges located in black communities don't even have any academic requirements.

Wesley's class was on the second floor of the school building, an ordinary classroom, and the words "Mandarin Training Class (Entry-level)" were written on the outside of the classroom door.

As soon as he walked into the classroom, he saw the teacher on the podium.

As he expected, he was a yellow-skinned young man, and Bacheng was a Chinese student at the community college.

Wesley didn't understand why these Chinese people traveled thousands of miles to the United States and spent a lot of money to attend such a so-called "university".

But he didn't say anything, found a seat and sat down.

Since the class didn't start until 9 o'clock, the students hadn't come to the classroom yet, and the people who came to the classroom first gathered in twos and threes to chat.

Wesley didn't join them, staring at some strategy stickers on the screen of his phone, just listening to what they were talking about:

"Oh, Farke, these Chinese people are so arrogant, they sell things to us in Milican, why don't they even do an English interface?"

"Yes, they don't use advanced English, they still use their ancient and complex Chinese, what do they think?"

"That's right! This is simply a step backwards in human civilization, and there is no future for countries that do not speak English! They must attach the same importance to English as Ah San does, and make English their official language in order to become civilized. ”

"I think the current situation should be temporary, and sooner or later they will update the virtual reality world to English!"

……

"I've always wanted to buy a costume from the game, do any of you know how?"

"It's very easy, play games to earn points, and then go to exchange for the draw, the result of the draw is random, if you don't want random, you can also charge money to go to the virtual auction house, buy your favorite clothing......"

"It's not that complicated, you just need to hook up with a Chinese girl in the game, and she will naturally buy it for you."

"Oh? How? ”

"These Chinese women are really good, many of them can understand English, you just need to praise her for being beautiful, you are my muse and so on, and then make up the identity of a rich person for yourself, tell them that they don't know Chinese, don't know how to charge money to buy clothes, they will naturally help you buy, and even directly help you charge money......"

"Really? Are they so stupid? ”

"It's so stupid, I even think that if that feature is turned on in this game, it won't be difficult to bring them to bed."

"Hey, everything is good in this virtual reality world, but it doesn't have that function, you can't even touch someone else, or even touch your girlfriend! What a fake! ”

"It's true, but I've heard that legally registered couples are okay, and even inside is unlimited physical strength, and you won't get tired after playing for a long time."

"It's amazing! Well, I guess it's time for me to think about proposing to my girlfriend. ”

……

"I think it's more fun to play the game "Battle Royale" with a group of people, and it's too difficult to play alone."

"It's true that if someone helps out, the difficulty drops a lot, by the way, do you have a fixed team? Why don't we add a friend? ”

"Oh, I'm sorry, I have it, we're planning to hit the 100 million rice prize!"

"It's not an easy thing, I don't know how many people in the world are staring at this 100 million, so I don't ask for more, and it's good to get 20 million for the second place."

"Hehe, isn't it easy to take 20 million? You don't know how popular this "Battle Royale" is now, our country is okay, those hairy bears in Tsarist Russia are simply crazy, and the fight is completely deadly, yesterday I met a hairy bear team, one of them took two machine guns, and we couldn't raise our heads. ”

"That's no way, you don't know the situation in Tsarist Russia, the economy is sluggish, young people's incomes are low, people are poor and afraid, they don't dare to fight, how can they get rich?"

……

"Oh, I found out that I fell in love with Chinese food, and I could eat in it all night!"

"Oh, so did I! The food of the Chinese people is really amazing, it is obviously the same food, and they can make different flavors. ”

"Yes, yes, the auxiliary functions in the key are also very easy to use, a little bit, shrimp, crab, the shell is all gone, plus some sour sauce, a spoonful of a big bite, a spoonful of a big bite, it's really a pleasure to eat."

"Yes, although the food in China is not as exquisite as the French meal, the taste is really good! I love that little loft so much. ”

"I didn't know how to use chopsticks before, but I have eaten the magical hot pot of Huaguo a few times, and my chopsticks are much more proficient, have you ever eaten hot pot?"

……

The classmates talked about a lot of things, but most of them didn't make any sense to Wesley's ears.

Only when the woolly bear is mentioned in it, there is a reminiscence in his eyes.

Time passed quickly, and by 9 o'clock in the morning, the students in the classroom were almost all there, and the young Chinese student on the podium also cleared his throat, called his name, and began today's teaching:

"Hello everyone, I am an international student at the University of the Eastern Pacific, and I am also the lecturer of today's Chinese training class, everyone can call me Aiwen."

As he spoke, he turned his head and wrote something on the whiteboard behind him with a pen: "Okay, today's teaching has officially begun, since everyone is a beginner, let's start with the basics." ”

After a while, he turned around, and twenty-six uppercase and lowercase letters appeared on the black and white behind him: "What we are going to learn today is the pronunciation of these twenty-six letters." ”

"Do you still have to learn this?" Someone laughed immediately: "We learned it before we even went to kindergarten, okay?" ”

"No, of course I understand what you mean." The Chinese student shrugged: "What I teach today is the pronunciation of these 26 letters in China. ”

"Everyone read ...... me," he said, and he took out a whip: "This, pronounce 'Ah'!" This, pronounce 'wave'! This, pronounce 'test'! This, pronounce "喚"! ”

Listening to his pronunciation, everyone's eyes widened in the audience, even the well-informed Wesley: "What? Twenty-six letters have another pronunciation! Am I not dreaming? ”