The "English Corner" is a strange place. Most of the people who come here are obviously Chinese, but they are required to speak English.
In order to practice their spoken English, students at Pingcheng University spontaneously organized gatherings. Everyone got together to speak English, just to create a better context and practice their speaking skills.
Then this form became popular in society.
"Every more foreign language you learn opens another window to the world." This is a saying that foreign language teachers say every day, and it is also recognized by most people.
It has been closed for too long, and the world has been divided into two parts in the minds of many people. One part is domestic, and the other part is called foreign country, and foreign country represents advancement.
The importance of mastering a foreign language is self-evident to young people striving to make progress. As early as a few years ago, learning foreign languages became a fashion.
There are more and more places like foreign language corners to practice foreign language speaking skills.
The largest English corner in Pingcheng is in Zizhu Park. There are a few pine trees growing sparsely on a small hill. Every Sunday, many people will appear on the hill and gather here.
Most of these people are young people, including students, employees, workers, and government workers. Occasionally, you can see some old people with gray hair coming to join in the fun.
This is a good place to practice your spoken English, and it is also a social place for the general public. No matter you are high or low, you only need to speak English. There is no barrier here and everyone can speak freely in English without buying tickets.
Michelle spent every Sunday recently at the English corner of Zizhuyuan.
Ever since I kicked Yao Yuan, I have completely broken up with this grandson.
Mi Xue has been relatively precocious since she was a child, and looks down on those boys who only know how to make jokes. Yao Yuan is the only one. Mi Xue discovered some time ago that he is a little different. He is the only one among his peers who has a maturity and stability beyond his peers. .
In addition, I heard that Yao Yuan's parents were both senior intellectuals and held important positions in the army, so Michelle deliberately got close to Yao Yuan for a while, and even took the initiative to express her intention to make friends.
However, this grandson is just stupid, no, he is a fool! He is a fool like Zhu Bajie. Yao Yuan, who had always been quite smart in other matters, actually kept ignoring Michelle. Even though several of his best friends had made it very clear, he still kept pretending to be stupid.
Originally, Michelle had a little bit of patience with him, but she didn't expect him to act like a pig in front of her face to the beautiful women she met on the street, and she didn't hide it.
This kind of person should be kicked! Even if you kick him to death, he won't be able to kill you!
That kick to the ground was quite real, but it didn't completely relieve the hatred. Then Yao Yuan's reaction finally made Michelle see this product clearly. He was just a street stall selling dirty materials. He had no quality at all and would not have much future.
Therefore, Michelle gave up this idea.
Although my heart is dead, there is suddenly one less person around me, and I always feel a little empty.
Michelle is a good student and a good girl. While other students are still playing around in ignorance, Michelle has already made a clear plan for her future, which is to go to college first and then go abroad no matter what. Study abroad, earn a lot of money and get ahead abroad!
If you want to go abroad, you must first pass the language barrier. After hearing about the English corner in Zizhu Park, Michelle spent every weekend in the English corner to practice her spoken English.
Slowly, she found that going to the English corner to practice speaking was a bit addictive.
Nowadays, young people have little chance to communicate with outsiders. The smoky roller skating rinks, dance halls, and video halls outside are simply not places where a good girl like Michelle can go.
I can only go from home to school at two o'clock every day, and then back home from school. I have few opportunities to talk to strangers, let alone in English.
When I went to the English Corner for the first time, the hill next to the big lake in Zizhu Park was crowded with strangers. When Michelle saw this scene for the first time, she felt so nervous and excited that she couldn't say hello to others at all.
Beautiful girls attract attention wherever they go, especially in this loose social environment.
First, one or two people took the initiative to chat and ask questions, and Michelle also answered seriously in broken English. Then more people came around. With more people coming, a circle was formed with Michelle as the center. Small circle.
After a short period of time, I got used to it, and when I heard that many people whose English skills were not as good as mine were struggling to express themselves, I felt a little relieved, and my speech became much smoother when we communicated again.
As I slowly let go of my courage, I was delighted to find that many words that I couldn't remember or use before could actually pop out of my mouth. This is the progress that context brings to people.
Moreover, everyone will be more patient with beauties. If Michelle expresses something incorrectly or has hearing problems, someone will always come out and patiently provide guidance.
With the language environment, Michelle's speaking level feels like it has improved by leaps and bounds, her language ability has improved, the content of communication has become broader, and the topics have become more and more interesting.
Coupled with the fact that she meets interesting so-called "coner friends" every time, Michelle's going to the English Corner has become a required course every weekend, and it's a bit addictive.
Until two weekends ago, Michelle met Andy from Australia here.
Andy has been in Pingcheng for more than a year. He is a professional writer. He traveled across the ocean to Pingcheng alone, found a job teaching English, and settled in Pingcheng just to learn more about this mysterious East. ancient country.
The English Corner is also one of Andy's favorite social places. He said that the people he met here were all kinds of ordinary people, and he could see the real life in the city directly.
When a foreigner appears in the English corner, he will naturally attract people's attention. When this handsome foreigner stands in front of everyone and appears in front of Michelle, Michelle is lucky to have the opportunity to meet one of the best English teachers.
Then naturally, a beautiful woman and a foreigner struck up a conversation, and the conversation became more and more lively.
When the two met at the English corner for the second time, they felt that there were too many people around and they were too noisy to talk properly. Moreover, the wind blowing from the lake was too cold.
They had such a tacit understanding that the place where they chatted was moved to the cafe of Victory Cinema. With Richard Clayderman's piano music in the background, French fries, red wine braised sausage and a glass of vermouth, the two of them chatted more and more. The more comfortable you are.
Everything was so natural. When Michelle saw that Andy's big nose was getting more and more handsome, his blue eyes were getting more and more charming, and even his body odor was not that bad, Andy also felt attracted to Michelle. Expressed love.
After calming down, Michelle panicked. Things were going beyond her imagination, so she could only seek help from her mother.
Today's family dinner is specially designed for this handsome young man from Australia. This is a major event that determines her daughter's life. Her mother must come forward to check it, and it is also a test that Andy must pass.
Unlike other mothers-in-law who summon their future lame son-in-law, Andy is a foreigner. Even his well-informed father attaches great importance to hosting a foreigner at home. I hope Michelle has not lost her mind and met him. The Australian who arrived can be reliable.
If it is really reliable, Andy can help her realize her daughter's dream of studying abroad early, and even establish some connections with Australia, which will also be of great help to her father's foreign trade work.
As soon as the hot pot started boiling, voices came from the gate.
Don't tell me, foreigners are really punctual. The agreed time was six o'clock. At five fifty, Andy appeared in the corridor at the door carrying a gift box.
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Class 3, Grade 3, No. 98 Middle School now has three great immortals who always take the unusual path.
One is Yao Yuan. Needless to say, this grandson is always messing around in the sky and on the ground. He sets up a stall to sell stewed vegetables and finds someone to pick up review materials. These are barely understandable. After all, I heard that his parents are not around, and he himself It's not shabby to earn some pocket money by doing something. But you can’t delay studying!
Now is the most stressful review period before the college entrance examination. This great fairy has been absent from class for three days, which has had a very bad effect on the learning atmosphere in the class.
The second one is Wang Hongyu, who is now famous for his singing. I heard that he sings in three bars every week. He even performs at Casablanca Nightclub, the most exclusive nightclub in Princess Tomb.
So this Xian'er was absent from class almost every morning, which made his head teacher Lao Bai lose his temper at all. There was no point in calling his parents, because many of these performances were contacted by his parents in person. It seemed that he had no idea whether he would pass the college entrance examination. It's so important that even that high school diploma is dispensable.
The most outrageous thing was Xie Zhenhua. This grandson didn't miss school very much. He somehow found a way out and spent his spare time as an intern at the famous Yuehai Yangfan Computer Company.
Then he turned into a businessman. It sounds nice to say that he is a businessman, but in fact, he is like the old ladies at the train station who go around soliciting customers. He goes around the school selling computers to people regardless of whether they know them or not. He holds a handful in his hand and doesn’t know. Where did he get those waterproof, indestructible business cards printed all over the world? The dean of academic affairs, Shen Qin, personally caught him and talked to him several times, but to no avail.
Don't tell me, he actually sold a few computers. Nowadays, even if everyone doesn't understand computers, everyone wants to get one at home. Don't worry about whether it can be used, just put it on the computer table. As soon as it is displayed, this home will immediately reach a higher level, so some people really want to buy it.
Computers are expensive things. If an acquaintance introduces them, you can always get a little discount. If there is a problem with the quality, there will be someone who can tell the truth.
Even when the school plans to build a new computer room, Xie Zhenhua seems to have a hand in it.
Just these three great immortals have caused harm to the entire third class.
Now the entire third class, headed by the representatives of each subject, seems to have fallen into the eyes of money. The "three-year college entrance examination, five-year simulation" exercise book that every graduating class wanted has now become a commodity. If you want to get one, you have to spend money, without even a bit of negotiation.
Originally, the scores of Class 3's first mock test improved by leaps and bounds, from the bottom to the leader, and they were not modest at all, which made other graduating classes dislike it. Now that they continue to do this, Class 3's popularity has declined. It was completely collapsed, and even the head teacher, Lao Bai, was a little isolated in the teaching and research office.
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