Chapter Eighty-Eight: No English Name
Before the third English class started, Chen Wusheng was called out by the head teacher, Mr. Zhao Jie.
Zhao Jie's husband is a colleague of Chen's father, and he also works as a teacher at Zhangping Normal School. With this relationship, she also took good care of Chen Wusheng in her previous life. It's a pity that after arriving at the second year of high school, Chen Wusheng went to the liberal arts class and parted ways with this teacher. It wasn't until long after graduating from college that he learned that Zhao Jie had died of leukemia. At that time, I felt uncomfortable for a long time.
"Chen Wusheng, tell me what you are doing? Why did Yang Kang'er and Zhang Yida say just now that they wanted you to be the class representative of their class? ”
Chen Wusheng said with a smile: "Aunt Zhao, it's not like you haven't heard my dad say that I, how honest I am, what can I do." I just happened to answer the questions of the two teachers, and they thought I was more serious. ”
Zhao Jie was stunned. She had met Chen Wusheng twice, but she never thought that he would come to her class one day. The two didn't even have a decent conversation. But whether it is listening to Chen's father's introduction or looking at his own appearance, this is a very introverted child, but he didn't expect that this first time he chatted, he was quite familiar.
"Then what do you think, which one do you like more than math or Chinese, I will let you be the class representative of this course. You also know that your score in the exam is not high, and if you have a good relationship with the teacher, you may be able to help you open a small stove. It's also a good thing. By the way, remember to call me teacher at school, you know? ”
Chen Wusheng thought for a while and said, "Teacher Zhao, I understand that you are for my good." But I can't do all the tedious things like sending and receiving homework. Forget it. ”
Zhao Jie was stunned again, he couldn't imagine that the reason for Chen Wusheng's refusal was that he didn't want to send and receive homework.
"How do you ask me to say hello! Forget it, I'll tell your dad to go. ”
Chen Wusheng didn't follow: "Teacher Zhao, this can't be done. If there's anything going on at school, you can come to me. I'm this age, don't call me a parent for anything. ”
Zhao Jie was completely speechless.
Just then, the class bell rang. She had no choice but to say, "Let's talk about this later, let's go to class first." ”
Zhao Jie is the teacher of the English class.
Unlike many English teachers in the school, Zhao Jie studied in the UK as a child. She also knows how important it is to learn a language and create a good environment. So, from the very first class, she indicated that she would teach in English. If she really wanted to speak Chinese, she didn't say it, just wrote it on the blackboard.
For that era of exam-oriented education, this teaching method actually had its drawbacks. That is, students with poor foundation will have a particularly difficult time to understand. Although Zhangping No. 1 Middle School is a key high school, there are many people who are partial to the subject.
Zhao Jie didn't come hard, and when she encountered a slightly more difficult sentence, she would ask the students who understood to translate it by name.
As the head teacher, Zhao Jie has already done some understanding of the new students in the class in advance, especially English, and she basically knows which people have scored high in the high school entrance examination.
A good student like Dong Yishu who got a full score naturally attracted the most attention from her.
At this moment, Dong Yishu was translating what Zhao Jie said just now.
"Students, in order to better integrate into the environment of learning English, each of you should give yourself an English name. In the future, when we communicate in class, we will use our English names to address each other. For example, you can call me MrsZhao or Julia. ”
For Zhao Jie's class, Chen Wusheng is actually very face-saving, and he has never flipped through the book "Looking for Qin". But when he heard that he wanted to come up with an English name, he couldn't sit still.
In his previous life, it was also at this time that he gave himself the English name Gordon, and as a result, someone called him "dog" for three years. Moreover, Mr. Zhao, your English name may not be good, although Jingxiang Julia is very sexy, does it have anything to do with you?
Seeing Chen Wusheng raise his hand, Zhao Jie motioned for him to stand up and asked in English, "Do you have any questions?" ”
Chen Wusheng also replied in English: "Yes." I would like to use my real name in English class. And not those weird English names. ”
Zhao Jie said in his heart, this kid has a standard London accent. It seems that there is no shortage of tapes. Lao Chen said that he worked hard, but it was not false.
"Can you tell me why?"
"I don't think you have to have an English name to learn English. In fact, in English, there is already a convention for the name of the Chinese people. For example, I think it's good to call me WuShengChen. Learning English is meant to be better integrated into the international community in the future. It is also a link in the process of internationalization of China. But in the process, it doesn't mean that we have to become foreigners. Our identities will not change, and neither will the names given by our parents. I'm sorry, maybe I'm on the line. I have no objection to some students who like to give themselves English names. But please also give me the authority to use my real name. ”
Speaking fluent English, most of the students seem to understand it. Even Dong Yishu didn't fully understand. Zhao Jie was not unhappy because of Chen Wusheng's opposition, but nodded approvingly. For the first time, he personally acted as an interpreter for him, and told everyone what he had just said again.
The teacher felt that Chen Wusheng was very reasonable. Therefore, it is up to everyone to decide whether to choose an English name or not. The teacher also appreciated his spirit of daring to express his opinions. In addition, I would like to say a word. WuSheng, your spoken language is fantastic. Let's all applaud him! ”
As she spoke, Zhao Jie took the lead in applauding.
Then, thunderous applause rang out from the classroom of the fifth class of high school.
After class, Zhao Jie walked up to Chen Wusheng and said, "What you said before is right, at your age, it's time to make up your own mind." I'll go and explain it to Mr. Zhang and Mr. Yang. However, you really don't think about it, such as being an English class representative? I think you have a great talent for learning English. If you didn't do well in the high school entrance examination, maybe it's just that this exam system is not suitable for you. ”
Chen Wusheng still smiled and declined.
In the fourth chemistry class, a small note reached Chen Wusheng's hand through one relay after another.
He opened it and saw that there were a few words written on it.
"Let's have a late-night snack after evening self-study."
The signature is Dong Yishu.
Chen Wusheng directly wrote the word "don't go" on it and passed it back.
After a while, the little note came back to me.
"Go! I might even ask you for help in the evening. ”
Chen Wusheng frowned.
After thinking about it, I finally wrote on the note: "Okay." ”