The morning class is "Macroeconomics 2". "Macroeconomics 1" has ended in the 2002 summer semester and will no longer be offered this semester. It will be re-opened in the 2003 summer semester.
Students of different colors filled the lecture hall with hundreds of seats. The professor's self-introduction lasted only one minute, without naming names (just like other people said), without any extra greetings or politeness, and went straight to the point, with pictures and texts (economics classes usually use a lot of pictures), and the two pieces of super When I was growing up, the blackboard was filled with writing, leaving no blank space at all.
Two hours passed quickly. There was no familiar bell or delay. The professor ended the get out of class on time.
The students put away their schoolbags and walked out of the classroom in twos and threes, talking and laughing.
Dong Qiangqiang sat in his seat, looking at the dense notes spread out in front of him and lost in thought.
He thought that with his listening skills and his background in domestic studies, he would definitely be able to understand what the other party was saying, not easily. Unexpectedly, after the class, what he listened to was completely confused. The part he understood was only 40%, not the 80% or more he imagined.
40%!
He knew in his heart: 40% means that he didn't understand more than half of it, and the reason why he could understand the 40% in a nutshell was mainly because of the help of charts.
He tried to analyze the reasons for this embarrassing situation: First of all, his inability to understand must be because his professional knowledge and professional German reserves are too small. Don't look at it. It's okay to talk to Germans in normal times. That's because it doesn't involve professional fields. The difference between professional courses and spoken English is greater than he imagined. Secondly, the instructor is Austrian, not German. Although the official language of Austria is also German, the two are clearly different. Dong Qiangqiang himself learned and spoke standard German, but the other party's German sounded quite rich with a local accent. Many words that Dong Qiangqiang knew were pronounced slowly because of the other party's dialect, so he could understand what the other party was talking about. It was just an extra word. The feeling of delaying time is similar to listening to Lu Shan speak Mandarin. In the end, he didn't do any previews and just came to the class with a straight face. To put it harshly, he was just looking for abuse.
Although many problems were exposed in the first class, Dong Qiangqiang was not too discouraged. After all, when he was studying in China, he still had trouble understanding the lectures in Chinese. It was normal not to understand foreign languages. Besides, he is just an auditor this semester. There is no exam pressure. It is a good thing to expose problems. If problems arise, solve them without breaking the rules.
The huge lecture theater became empty in the blink of an eye, and the few students who were communicating with the professor next to the podium seemed to be leaving.
The gray-haired professor pressed the button that raised and lowered the blackboard. While waiting for the blackboard to fall, he also put the slides on the slide projector into his bag one by one. Then he rolled up his sleeves, picked up the eraser, and skillfully began to erase the writing on the blackboard.
"Hello, professor," Dong Qiangqiang wanted to stand by the podium and ask questions directly like other students, but after seeing the chalk dust on the teacher's shirt and face, he suddenly couldn't bear it, so he simply picked up another eraser and helped the professor wipe it. He picked up the other end of the long blackboard and said, "I want to know how I can better understand what you are teaching in class."
The professor seemed a little surprised by Dong Qiangqiang's behavior, but he did not reject Dong Qiangqiang's kindness. He just kept wiping his hands and asked: "First time listening to it?"
"yes."
"Have you previewed (before class)?"
Dong Qiangqiang shook his head in embarrassment.
The professor smiled knowingly and asked, "Have you written down all the books I just listed?"
There are nearly thirty books on the book list. Dong Qiangqiang has just copied them once and was deeply impressed.
He nodded: "I remember everything."
The professor just finished wiping out one piece of writing on the blackboard. He walked to another piece of writing on the blackboard while doing chest-expanding movements. He looked at the writing on the blackboard and muttered to himself: "You should preview before class, think actively in class, and review what you have said in class after class." content and read the recommended books on the list, and attend every practice session. If you have done this and still have questions, you can come to the office to see me. But I hope you will try to solve it on your own before coming to me.”
Dong Qiangqiang kept the other party's words in mind and continued to ask: "Then if I want to read past test papers, where can I find them? Is it the library or your official website?"
Each professor in the Department of Economics has his own independent channel on the university website. Many professors will disclose their latest developments, teaching content, industry exchanges, etc. on the website. Of course, most of the content posted by professors is related to teaching. Some professors will also put some life essays on the website, but the proportion is very small.
"I won't provide past test papers, so you can give up this idea." The professor denied with a smile, "Why don't you look for answers in the book?"
This answer was somewhat beyond Dong Qiangqiang's expectation, but he knew that now was not the time to get entangled, and the top priority was to read according to the other party's suggestion.
After saying goodbye to the professor, Dong Qiangqiang rushed into the library, took the professor's book list and searched according to the pictures, preparing to borrow all the books recommended by the professor.
His thoughts were beautiful, but reality poured cold water on him.
Only two-thirds of the books on the list, about 20, can be found in the university library. The rest of the books are not available in the library. In other words, the library has never collected them. What made him even more depressed was that more than half of the 20 books had been borrowed.
Libraries usually store different versions of the same book. On average, each book stores 10 different versions. Now all the new and old versions have been borrowed, which means that Dong Qiangqiang can only wait for others to return the book before he can borrow it again. Lend it out.
Among the 20 books that can still be borrowed from the library, the German versions are no longer available, and only English books in different versions are left.
Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but smile bitterly: One of the reasons he learned German before was that he found English difficult, so he found a new way and learned German from scratch. Unexpectedly, after going around and around, I still couldn’t escape the mountain of English.
Life!
He called Zheng Chunhua and wanted to consult on how to prepare for the exam. Unexpectedly, the other party turned off his phone, so he could only leave a message in the other party's voice mailbox, explaining in a few words the problem he encountered.
After making the call, he felt ravenous, but the lackluster German food left him with no appetite. It was just a way to satisfy his hunger. He took a few bites in the cafeteria and then slipped out to the lawn behind the cafeteria alone.
The lawn area is almost as big as a football field, with a pond the size of a badminton court in the middle, and a lonely wild duck wandering on the water. The pond is surrounded by lush groves, and the branches are dancing in the wind with healthy, dark green and shiny leaves that Dong Qiangqiang has never seen before.
The weather was just right, and Germans have the habit of basking in the sun, so crowds of people could be seen everywhere on the lawn at this time. They were lying or sitting, reading, chatting, listening to songs, picnicking, and playing. Dong Qiangqiang was so envious of their leisurely state.
He found a shady place with flowers and lay down, with his hands under his head and grass in his mouth, he took out the phone from his pocket and dialed.
The first call he made was to the broadband installation service provider, and he made an appointment with the other party for on-site inspection the next day. If you can avoid drilling holes, you may be able to install the net directly.
The second call was made to Anderson again, but Anderson still didn't answer, so Dong Qiangqiang had no choice but to leave a message on his voicemail.
The third call was made to Du Lan, but Du Lan didn't answer the call for some reason. Dong Qiangqiang really didn't want to leave a message anymore, so he gave up in frustration.
The bright sun made his cheeks a little hot, and a small wind blew from a distance, bringing with it the fragrance of earth. As he smelled it, his eyelids unknowingly sunk. He was thinking about how to talk to Anderson, but he gradually fell asleep.
When he woke up again, it was already two o'clock. He immediately touched his trouser pocket. Fortunately, his phone was still there. He took out his cell phone and sat up, but there was no incoming call. He had no choice but to cheer up and go into the library to read some English books.
Dong Qiangqiang mainly read German textbooks before. The two reasons why he didn’t like English textbooks were that he felt that his English was not good, and secondly, English textbooks were usually very thick. Hundreds of pages were common, and thousands of pages were not surprising. .
But at this moment, there was no phone call, and he couldn't contact anyone he wanted to find. Instead, he settled down and focused all his attention on the book.
He put all the pictures that the teacher talked about during the morning class on the table, and then looked at the pictures to find the corresponding English explanations. When I first started reading, I felt that everything was awkward, and there were so many English words I didn’t recognize that I looked up more and more. In the end, he was too lazy to look it up (bored), so he just bit the bullet and read on. As he was reading, he suddenly felt at a certain moment that the English financial book in front of him was like some kind of instruction manual: first make a rigorous and lengthy derivation of the formulas involved in the concept, and then elaborate on the effects of changes in various parameters on the results. The impact, and finally summarize the exceptions involved in the formula. And after reading many new words, you can roughly guess the meaning.
This was really beyond his expectation. He didn't know whether this should be regarded as an "epiphany" or as others said, "the meaning of the book will become apparent after reading it a hundred times." In short, the time passed very quickly after reading it, except for two brief activities in the middle. Physically, he spends most of his time reading and looking for books.
By the time it was completely dark and it was almost 8 p.m., he had figured out most of the concepts taught by the professor during the day and organized his notes.
For the first time in his life, he felt the joy of learning and the sense of fulfillment after learning.
Still no call back.
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