Chapter 430: Open House
Muyang was resting today and was reading a book in the dormitory, the internal phone on his desk rang, Muyang picked it up and answered, it was Liu Ru from the office calling.
"Muyang, Mr. Cui asked everyone to gather in the conference room to arrange some specific work on the 'open day'."
The Cui in Sister Liu's mouth is the consul general of the Consulate General in Houston, Director Cui Mingxue.
"Okay, Sister Liu, I'll go over right away."
Muyang put down the Arabic books in his hand, got dressed and prepared to go to the conference room.
Recently, Mu Yang is mainly learning Arabic in his spare time, and the system has strengthened Mu Yang's mental power, making it easier for him to learn, a book can basically be read three or four times to memorize a rough idea, through more than three months of study, Mu Yang has mastered more than 3,000 words, some simple newspapers and books can be understood.
Although Mu Yang's learning speed is faster than others, it is still not enough, listening, speaking, reading and writing, Mu Yang can now do simple reading at most, and the others are still very lacking, Mu Yang now hopes that the system can give him a language reward.
Arabic is spoken primarily in the Middle East and North Africa and is now the official language of 22 Arab countries and 4 international organizations.
With more than 200 million native speakers and more than 400 million speakers worldwide, Arabic is a minor language in China, but it is not widely spoken in the world.
The languages that Muyang now masters, Japanese, English, German, French, Hindi, Malay, plus the extension of these languages, are enough for Muyang to be used in most areas. However, it is necessary to learn Arabic, after all, the Arab region is the most lively region on earth. It may not be that one day I will be sent there, and it will be a little late to study again.
But there's no end to learning. The world's languages are very complex, some experts estimate that there are 5,000 to 7,000 languages in the world, and German Chinese linguists have identified 5,651 languages according to 1979 statistics.
There are more than 6 billion people in the world, more than 200 countries and regions, and more than 2,500 ethnic groups, so it is not surprising that there are thousands of languages.
The best-selling book in the world, the Bible. Translated into 2,197 languages, you can see the complexity of the world's languages.
To learn every language in the world is wishful thinking.
The Consulate General is a bit busy these days, because the Consulate General has an 'open day' event, to receive a group of American students to visit the Consulate General, although the main work is in charge of the office and the education department, but because it is the first time to hold such an event, the curator attaches great importance to it, so let everyone participate.
Muyang came to the conference room. Greeted his colleagues, and then went next to Qian Chang, before Director Cui came, Muyang whispered to Qian Chang: "Brother Qian." How's that handling yesterday? ”
"This is just the beginning, I have communicated with the local overseas Chinese association, and I am ready to have the victim file a lawsuit against that medical institution in his own name. Then our embassy and the overseas Chinese association expressed concern to the local government and put pressure on the local government. Qian Chang said.
"Medical malpractice. That's all there is to it. Muyang nodded and said.
Muyang has been working for three months, and his brain is learning quickly. I have systematically studied the local laws and customs of the United States, as well as some styles of conduct, and now I can handle consular relief cases independently.
After all, manpower is limited, and every diplomat must have the ability to handle things independently, and there are naturally employees for miscellaneous matters, but it is still diplomats who really need to handle the decision.
Don't underestimate Muyang, the lowest-level diplomat, the attaché is also a serious diplomat, who has diplomatic rights, and can represent the consulate, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the country after going out.
Consul General Cui Mingxue and three deputy consul generals came over, everyone was not talking, Mr. Cui is usually very modest, he said: "According to the requirements of the ministry, in order to let countries around the world know more about China, understand China's literary language, the consulates general in various places organized 'open day' activities, this year is the first time, we invited the students of Houston Brannor Middle School, this time about 30 people participated in this event." ”
"Our event will be divided into several sections that will explain Chinese culture, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, and some Chinese history, such as Qin Shi Huang, Confucius, Genghis Khan, etc."
"Visit the open area of the Consulate General and learn about the situation of the Consulate General."
"Display some Chinese cultural items, such as calligraphy and painting, face painting, Monkey King, etc., so that children can feel and experience Chinese customs."
"The performances are mainly based on opera, and the specific repertoire has not yet been determined, and then there are Chinese musical instrument performances."
"Then arrange a lunch and treat the children to an authentic Chinese meal."
"That's the general situation, about two and a half hours in total, and the children will be sent back after lunch."
Speaking of this, Consul General Cui's expression became more serious, "In fact, the open day activity is not our original China, other countries have had this activity for a long time, and our country used to hold some drinking parties, Spring Festival parties and other activities, inviting local dignitaries and some overseas Chinese to participate." ”
"But there is an essential difference from this 'open day' activity, the previous activity was to build relationships, and the main purpose of this activity is to publicize, publicize China, promote Chinese culture, and let American children have a positive understanding of China in their hearts."
"Don't feel that the number of people is small, it is a drop in the bucket, what we need to do is to try to influence every child who comes to visit, so that they can have a positive understanding of China, instead of relying on one-sided information and speculation to become an inherent understanding of China."
"The number of people this time is not large, and this is also the result of communicating with the local government several times, after all, for cultural export, all countries attach great importance to it, although it is not a strict defense, but it will definitely not open the door to us."
"So we have to seize every opportunity, and that's what the embassy and the ministry ask of us, okay, now let's discuss the specifics."
The meeting lasted for more than an hour, and the task was arranged, and Mu Yang and Qian Chang were responsible for contacting the opera performers, both Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, and the number of people was not large, probably only about 1 or 2 people.
Mu Yang and Qian Chang came to the Houston Chinese Association and contacted a Chinese opera performance group, but when Mu Yang saw it, there were only six people, and they were all old people, and they also scored different types of operas.
The old man was full of anger, and when his throat came down, Muyang was shocked. (To be continued.) )