The teacher paused and continued to explain the learning content of this semester to all students.
Dong Qiangqiang secretly took out the voice recorder from his schoolbag, preparing to record the teacher's words and listen to them slowly.
His previous preparatory study experience told him that German teachers have different standards for whether they can record lectures. The older teachers he has encountered are usually more tolerant and turn a blind eye and don't care about recording, while the younger teachers will He believes that the content of the lectures belongs to personal copyright, and stealing audio or video recordings without asking the teacher's opinion is an infringement, so he is very careful for fear of being caught.
But he soon discovered that he couldn't record, not because the recorder suddenly broke or the battery was dead, but because before, he mostly sat on a chair and put the recorder in a hidden part of the table to complete the recording. But today, he was standing in the corner and was called on by the teacher again. His every move and gesture was very eye-catching. He tried secretly several times but it didn't work. Instead, it attracted the attention of the classmate sitting next to him, so he had to give up.
Fortunately for him, the teacher in the seminar not only had standard pronunciation, but also spoke at a moderate speed. I don’t know if this was done intentionally to take care of foreign students of different levels, but Dong Qiangqiang could understand it without any effort. He spoke with him two days ago. The advanced level professional courses I attended were completely different.
After some explanations from the teacher, Dong Qiangqiang quickly figured out the main learning content of this semester’s seminar.
In total, he needs to complete a small report on a self-written topic independently, and a large report that needs to be completed jointly with other students.
The format requirements for both large and small reports are exactly the same, but there are differences in word count, content, and completion methods.
The topic selection for the small report is very wide. You only need to write about anything related to the national economy. When you submit the report at the end, you do not need to make an independent speech to the whole class on the content of the small report.
The report is not difficult for Dong Qiangqiang, but he does not intend to start anew. He has immediately thought that he can compile several exercises related to the RMB exchange rate that he has written in the preparatory course into one article, and then modify it according to the requirements of the report. and polishing is complete.
Dong Qiangqiang did not expect to be able to enjoy the dividends brought by preparatory courses after going to college. He couldn't help but be glad that he did not waste his time in preparatory courses.
But big reports are much more troublesome. In addition to more words, the teacher also restricted the topics of the report. Students could only choose one of the limited 20 topics. At the same time, they formed a topic group with other students who chose the same topic and wrote the entire report separately. Different chapters in the speech, and when the final report is handed in, the team assigns one person to complete the speech, and all members of the team can receive corresponding credits.
The teacher listed all the topics for the big report on the blackboard. After careful consideration, Dong Qiangqiang chose a topic that he was interested in and had dabbled in. According to regulations, only four people can form a group, and a group can only have five people. If they cannot form a group, they He had to re-select a topic and join another group, so he needed to find three more students who chose the same topic as him to form a study group before he could proceed to the next step.
But what surprised him was that there were very few students who chose the same topic as him. After waiting and asking for a long time, he finally found a tall and strong Italian girl and a Polish girl with a curvy front and back, but the three of them always There are not enough people to gather, and until the other students complete their groups, they still don't have enough people.
The Polish girl had a very active mind and immediately thought of changing the topic to join other people's study groups. However, after asking around, she either could not add her to the other group because there were already enough people, or she was directly declined by other groups. Now Dong Qiangqiang and the Italian girl also No need to ask, I can only ask the teacher what to do in this situation.
Finally, after a round of coordination, the teacher persuaded a short, fat German boy from a certain group to do the same subject as them, and their study group was established.
The topic was decided, and so were the groups. The teacher immediately asked each group to conduct a free discussion and submit a written paper idea and outline at the end of class. He also informed that the paper could be revised after submission, so everyone did not have to worry about affecting their grades.
Since this was our first meeting and we were not familiar with each other, the few people who came up first introduced themselves to each other.
The first girl in the group is called Sofia. She has thick, stylish waves and healthy bronze skin. She comes from Milan, the design capital of the world. She speaks slowly and often with a cute retroflex. This is her second year studying at the University of Trier.
The second girl in the group is named Joanna. Joanna has a face worthy of a celebrity. She has a slender figure and a well-proportioned figure. Plus, she is dressed up in a gorgeous way, especially her beautiful career line, which attracts the attention of the opposite sex. She is from Gdansk, a Polish city on the Baltic Sea coast, and this semester is her second semester.
When it was the German fat guy's turn, he didn't even look at Dong Qiangqiang and Sophia. He just stared at Joanna's career line and said, "Just call me Ellen" without saying a word.
Joanna made him look uncomfortable and didn't want to talk to her, so she had no choice but to talk to Sophia and Dong Qiangqiang.
When Dong Qiangqiang introduced himself, Ellen didn't listen at all. He only talked and joked with Joanna. Dong Qiangqiang saw this and felt contempt in his heart: This little German kid really didn't hide it at all. He stared at the girl so rudely. Ignoring him and Sophia seemed extremely self-centered and uneducated.
After exchanging names, everyone began to sort out the possible content of the paper chapters as required.
Sofia looked around everyone and then lowered her gaze on Ellen's face: "Hello Ellen! The teacher just said that a group discussion minutes will be handed in at the end of class today. You are the only German in the group. There is no doubt that your German mother tongue is He must be the best among us. Can you please be the writer today and give us a good start? Next time, the three of us will do it one by one. How about it?"
This suggestion was reasonable and reasonable, and Joanna and Dong Qiangqiang immediately agreed: the division of labor in the group should strive to let everyone play to their strengths, learn from each other's strengths, and work together to achieve better results.
Unexpectedly, Ellen, who had been looking at Joanna lovingly, rolled his eyes after hearing this, leaned back on the chair, crossed his hands behind his head, looked at the ceiling and said slowly: "I refuse. "
The other three were stunned for a moment.
"You refused?" Sofia couldn't believe it. "Why? It's not that we don't write, we just hope to leave a good impression on the teacher for the first time."
Ellen raised her eyebrows: "No, no, I think ladies should be given priority, and you will be the one to write this time. If you think your German is not good enough, then you should not come to Germany to study. You should go back to Milan, where you can't study." You need to be good at language and just know how to use scissors.”
Dong Qiangqiang was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect Ellen to be so unfriendly, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air with just one sentence.
Sophia's originally smiling face suddenly darkened. She stared at Ellen's face expressionlessly and remained silent for a long time. Dong Qiangqiang could see that she was trying to control her anger, but Ellen stopped paying attention to her at all. He returned to his previous sitting position and began to get close to Joanna and ask for the phone.
Seeing that Sophia had a dark face, Ellen was focused on picking up girls, Joanna was dealing with awkward situations, and the time was decreasing minute by minute. Dong Qiangqiang had to stand up even though he felt irritated: "Since Ellen doesn't want to, then I will write it today. Now. It's 10:12. I suggest that everyone thinks for ten minutes, and then everyone speaks in turn. The order of speaking is Joanna, me, Sophia and Ellen. I hope you pay attention to each speech and discussion. After all, the results of the final big report are the results of each of our group's speeches. personal."
What Dong Qiangqiang was thinking was: If the two of them continued to talk, they might get into a fight, so it would be better for them to calm down and lower their emotions first. Joanna seemed to be easy to talk to, so I arranged for her to speak first, and then I spoke. Sophia's mood should be about the same. As for Ellen, he seems to be a rebellious young man who is still in adolescence. He cannot be expected to make any contribution to the big report. I can only remind him that the big report is also crucial to him, and I must work harder to find ways to solve any problems that may arise. question.
Looking at the verdant green outside the window, Dong Qiangqiang was both happy and sad. His ups and downs in college life had officially begun.
