The actor's thing is finalized.

Lu Shi distributed the script, and then said: "Everyone, tomorrow you will take the train to Cambridge City, and then settle in Harvard University." ”

Li Dai and Zhou Zhou couldn't help but glance at each other,

Their two little hearts swelled up like balloons that were constantly being inflated,

excited

Pleasure

craving

……

All kinds of positive emotions, and so on.

Li Jie asked, "Mr. Lu, will we go to Harvard tomorrow?" ”

Lu Shi nodded,

"Yes. I've been in contact with two great theatre companies, and they have to get used to the venue first, and they have to make all kinds of props and sets, and I'm sure you have this need too. It's okay, I'm not in a hurry, you can do your best. ”

Li Jie was under great pressure in an instant,

He already knew that Lu Shi did not live in the United States, but went to the United States as a visiting scholar.

In other words, after a while, I will return to England.

So choreographing Upside Down is a time-limited mission.

Li Jie pondered for a moment,

"We ...... We don't have to. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he immediately attracted angry eyes from his daughter,

Li Dai's eyes were like knives, staring at her father, as if she wanted to take out her soul full of crimes from her father's eyes and wash it.

Li Jie was speechless, lowered his voice,

"Girl, what are you doing?"

This was in a dialect, and even Lu Shi could hear it vaguely.

Li Dai said: "We can! ”

This sentence is in English,

Yes，we can！

Elliot couldn't help but laugh and quipped, "Miss's spoken language is very authentic." ”

The speed of these words was a little fast, Li Dai couldn't understand it, and couldn't help blushing.

Seeing this, Li Jie could only sigh,

He is old and serious, and his thoughts are more complex than those of his daughter,

Lu Shi is undoubtedly a person with a high status, if the Jie Li Circus spoils Lu Shi's big event, it will be very unbeautiful.

The so-called "meeting old acquaintances in other places",

In a foreign country, Li Jie didn't want to cause trouble for such an excellent fellow.

Li Dai thought simply,

She wants to act!

That's why.

Lu Shi said: "It seems that there is no problem. So, let's go first and see you tomorrow at Harvard. ”

After saying that, he left with Elliot and Wardhouse.

He had to send a telegram to London to report on the global university rankings, because the Ivy League appeared ahead of schedule, and the rankings are now almost certain.

Seeing Lu Shi's back, Zhou Zhou muttered: "It's really handsome." ”

Li Dai glanced at her,

"Is there one?"

Zhou Zhou's eyes widened in surprise,

"Don't you think?"

Li Dai tilted her head and thought about it, and then said, "Is there one?" ”

Again, those two words.

Because she was all focused on the drama, she didn't even observe Lu Shi carefully.

I only remember that it was a well-dressed and graceful young man, and as for the appearance, she vaguely remembered the outline, as if she was indeed handsome.

Zhou Zhou sighed,

"Dai, you're such a nerd."

Li Dai rolled her eyes even bigger and complained: "Can't you put your mind on the script?" ”

At this time, Li Jie interjected and came in,

"To be honest, it would be good if you could marry that Mr. Lu as his aunt's wife. However, looking at him, he looks like a lack of middle feed, maybe he can become the wife of the main house. Alas...... Forget it, this is the United States. ”

Li Dai felt that her friends and father were a little stunned.

She exalted the script,

"It's still important."

Li Jie is actually joking,

He knows very well that cultural people like Lu Shi don't look down on their kind of drama the most.

My aunt and wife are choked enough, and the main room is naturally a fool's dream.

Li Jie said: "Yes, yes, you should really take a good look at the script. ”

Li Dai nodded,

"Then I'll go back to my room...... Not...... Didn't perform today? ”

Li Jie shook his head,

"Nope. No matter how much tickets are sold, they don't make much money from a performance at Harvard. $100...... Alas...... Let's focus on that. ”

Li Dai didn't say much about this,

She knows how difficult it is to feed a circus, so she doesn't complain about her father falling into the eyes of money.

"I'll try," she said. ”

After saying that, he went straight out of the backstage, returned to the room, and then began to study the script.

however

The ideal is very plump,

The truth is skinny.

Turning to the first page of the script, the girl was a little confused,

Too many words you don't recognize!

Coming、tonight、Saturday、gonna……

Li Dai: ???

The difficulty of this script is seriously underestimated.

She hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted her teeth, ran out to find her father, and asked, "Dad, can you read this sentence?" ”

Li Jie glanced at it and said, "You, you don't know how to learn." ”

Li Dai was dissatisfied,

"Will you?"

Li Jie nodded,

"Of course I will! That's what we say almost every time we perform. ”

As he spoke, he cleared his throat,

“

‘Thank you all for coming to see us tonight . It's Saturday night ! We think you're gonna have a great time tonight .’

”

This sounds very familiar,

Li Dai was stunned,

"Ah, I see, that's what we said at the start of Saturday!"

Li Jie smiled,

"That's right, the meaning of this sentence is simple, 'Thank you all for enjoying the light, tonight is Saturday night, I hope you all have a great time tonight!' Got it? ”

Li Dai's eyes were full of admiration when he looked at his father,

Li Jie couldn't help but laugh, and said in his heart that it was rare for him to be so useful.

He said, "If there is anything you don't understand, continue to ask me." ”

Li Dai pointed to the second sentence,

"What about the back?"

Li Jie squinted his eyes, and there were words in his mouth,

And then

"I'm going to pee."

Li Dai: ???

Pee!?

Li Jie waved his hand, and then left in a puff of smoke.

Looking at her father's back, Li Dai really had no choice, so she had to turn over a dictionary, and then read the script carefully.

In this way, I don't know how long it has been,

There was a knock at the door outside,

"Xiao Dai, it's time for us to go."

Li Dai raised her head, only to feel a little groggy, and asked, "Have you had dinner?" ”

"Dinner!?"

Zhou Zhoudian pushed the door and rushed in,

Seeing Li Dai's dark circles, she couldn't help but be speechless and complained: "Don't tell me you haven't slept all night and have two meals empty." ”

Li Dai looked at the sky outside,

"So, we're going to go to Harvard now."

Zhou Zhou nodded,

"That's right! But before you do that, you need to eat a little bit to fill your stomach. Then get on the train and sleep well...... No, it's impossible to expect you to sleep anymore, and you're bound to be on the train and can't help but look at the scenery outside. ”

Zhou Zhou forcibly pulled Li Dai up.

At this time, Li Dai had already seen the second act, which was written and painted with lead.

All kinds of lines, all kinds of circles, and words that don't know are marked.

Zhou Zhou said: "What are you doing here? Some lines aren't yours, why do you have to figure them out? ”

Li Dai yawned,

"You know what!? Those actors who perform Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera, which one doesn't memorize the script like a stream? The same must be true for acting in Western dramas, otherwise you will not be able to become a corner for the rest of your life. ”

Zhou Zhou said: "American ghosts are not called 'horns', they are called 'stars'. ”

Li Dai corrected: "Actually, it's a 'star'." ”

While chatting, the two threw all kinds of clothes into the suitcase,

Li Dai ate a little food, followed the circus to the train station and boarded the train.

As a result, she didn't look at the scenery at all along the way, but concentrated on studying the script, until she was taken to Harvard University by a carriage, and she suddenly came back to her senses.

Unlike big cities like Boston, the environment of Cambridge is very good.

The aroma of grass is pervasive, strong and fresh, like a clear spring, refreshing, refreshing, comfortable and quiet.

Li Dai's exhaustion all night seemed to have been taken away.

The clerk led them to the auditorium.

At this time, Lu Shi, Eliot, and Wardhouse were already waiting.

Lu Shi stepped forward,

"Guys, this is the stage for you to perform."

The stage on Harvard's campus is not comparable to the circus stage in terms of scale, but the facilities are better, and the heavy wooden floors are expensive at first glance.

Elliot explains: "You're going to spend the rest of your time here. ”

He looked around,

"Okay, if you have any questions, you can ask them."

As soon as the words fell, Li Dai immediately raised her hand,

"Yes!"

Lu Shi was quite impressed by this little girl and said, "You are quite lively. What's the problem, say it. ”

Li Dai immediately lifted the script,

"There are a lot of words I don't recognize."

Immediately afterward, many people echoed the girl's words and raised their hands.

Lu Shi's head is big,

He didn't expect that he was teaching acting in London to teach method or experience, but when he came to the United States, he had to teach pronunciation.

This is a degeneration from an acting teacher to a Chinese teacher.

He waved at the other,

"Give me the script."

Li Dai stepped forward, opened the script, and handed it over.

Lu Shi glanced at it and immediately had a headache,

"So much!?"

Li Dai's face couldn't help but turn red, and she lowered her head,

"Aang."

The voice is weak, and the mosquito is there.

Lu Shi ran out of tricks, so he took a pen and paper and wrote the words and phonetic transcription on the side.

Elliot leaned over curiously,

"Professor Lu, I didn't expect you to understand such trendy things."

"Trendy?"

Lu Shi was stunned for a while, and then reacted, the other party said phonetic transcription.

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) was established by language teachers from some schools in London, England in response to the disorder of the phonetic scheme of the language at that time, which was not conducive to research and teaching.

They discussed and developed a set of international phonetic alphabet schemes.

This program was completed in 1888 and published in the Society's journal, The Teacher of Phonetics.

This is the first IPA in history.

Since then, the association has gradually developed, teachers of Chinese phonetics have joined, and in 1897 the association was renamed the International Phonetic Association.

Lu Shi couldn't help laughing,

"In China, there is a saying that 'sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter.'"

This is not difficult to understand from the literal word,

Elliot nodded his head,

"What you mean is that if you learn phonetic alphabet well, you can get twice the result with half the effort if you learn the language."

In this regard, Lu Shi has a positive attitude,

"Of course, if you master phonics, you won't have any problems using English on a daily basis. But if you want to read and spell without barriers, phonetic transcription is very important. ”

Lu Shi thought for a while, for example: "If you haven't learned phonetic transcription, you will make a lot of stupid mistakes at the beginning of accumulating vocabulary." ”

He wrote three misspellings on a piece of paper,

angery、

hungery、

angele、

……

"Poof!"

Elliot couldn't help but laugh out loud when he saw the three mistakes.

Subsequently, he said, "Is this possible?" ”

Lu Shi said: "Mr. Principal, you are an American, born in an English-speaking environment, and the likelihood of making mistakes is low. But what if it's a foreigner? Now that we are going to do global university rankings, we have to consider the feelings of international students, right? ”

Elliot fell into deep thought and did not say anything.

Lu Shi continued: "It is impossible to make such mistakes if you have studied phonetic transcription. Because it is natural to 'spell' first, rather than 'spelling' directly, the former focuses on pronunciation and can avoid many mistakes. ”

Elliot is still thinking,

Long

"You go on."

He nodded at the pen and paper in Lu Shi's hand, and motioned for Lu Shi to continue teaching Li Dai's words.

Lu Shi didn't think much about it, and worked hard to write.

After a few moments, Elliot suddenly patted him on the shoulder,

"A couple of questions."

Lu Shi: "Huh? "With a bang,

"How?"

Elliot pointed to a tone mark and asked, "Professor Lu, what is this?" ”

Lu Shi's pen froze,

There are only 8 tonal symbols in the IPA, which is not enough to study the description of tonal language.

Later, the Chinese linguist Zhao Yuanren proposed the Latin alphabet for tonality, making it applicable to all tonal languages, which was later adopted by most scholars in the world.

And those additions by Zhao Yuanren were published in the 1930 "Phonology Teacher".

It's only 1901.

"Goo......

Lu Shi swallowed his saliva and stumbled to explain.

Elliot nodded his head,

"So, what about this?"

He also pointed out a symbol that is not currently in the IPA.

Lu Shi scratched his head and said, "Half-open central non-round lips vowels." ”

Eliot was puzzled,

"Why is "" on the left side of the line, and "" and "" on the line?"

Lu Shi: "Hiss......"

Completely embarrassed.

He didn't expect the other party to ask such a deep question.

I'm just a translator who knows how to use phonetic transcription, but I don't know anything about the history of phonetic transcription.

Lu Shi asked, "Mr. Principal, aren't you from a chemistry background?" How can you understand so much? ”

Elliot spread his hands and said: "I still know mathematics~ Besides, I'm a 'famous American educator', shouldn't I know a little about linguistics?" Also, wasn't the ",,," pattern eliminated in 1889? Why are you using it again? ”

What else can Lu Shi say?

All he could say was, "It's convenient." Phonetic transcription, educational tools, of course, how convenient and how to come. ”

Elliot looked at Lu Shi,

After a while, he said, "Professor Lu, no wonder you can switch between British pronunciation and American pronunciation freely, it turns out that you have your own phonetic transcription table." Now it seems that you alone are better than the entire Phonics Teachers Association. ”

Land time:

"Ah......h

I didn't dare to say more.

Eliot picked up the piece of paper, studied it carefully for a moment, and suddenly said, "Professor Lu, you should know about the dispute between Newton and Leibniz, right?" ”

Priority disputes are very common in the history of science, and the Newton-Leibniz dispute is one of the most well-known cases of priority disputes in the history of science.

The two published papers on mathematical analysis almost simultaneously, which dealt with calculus,

However, because Leibniz gave a set of symbolic expressions at the same time when he proposed calculus, he took the lead, resulting in the world using Leibniz's set of mathematical symbols when using integrals.

Lu Shi was stunned,

"What do you mean, Mr. Headmaster?"

Elliot folded the piece of paper, stuffed it into the front pocket of his clothes, and then said, "I think Professor Lu, your set of phonetic symbols is very good." ”

Land Hours: ???

"What...... What do you mean? ”

Elliot chuckled,

"Don't worry, we at Harvard University will endorse Professor Lu, and the Phonics Teachers Association will not do anything to you."

As he spoke, he took a deep breath,

"I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that Professor Lu is really a generalist. Who would have thought of a home, a poet, a playwright, a historian, a popular science writer, an educator, and at the same time a linguist? Hehe...... Hehehe......"

Elliot walked slowly towards the gate.

Seeing his back, Li Dai looked confused,

What's going on?

What are those strange witchcraft symbols that Professor Lu just wrote?

Why did the old man in the United States take those witchcraft symbols and laugh like a treasure?

One by one, strange thoughts emerged in the girl's mind,

I heard that there are witchcraft and shamans in the western United States, could it be that Professor Lu has played a trick on those Americans to make them respect themselves so much?

Li Dai's gaze changed when she looked at Lu.

(End of chapter)