Liangqin glanced at Meng Xiaojun, and after receiving a nod in response, she frowned and said, "Come out."
"Apollonian."
The people in the book club looked at each other in confusion. Some knew the word, and some did not.
Meng Xiaojun thought for a while and said hesitantly: "Dionysian."
"Yes, Dionysian." Lin Yue's eyes swept over everyone's faces: "This is a very interesting set of antonyms, Apollonian, orderly, rational, Dionysian, crazy, fanatical. The root of the former is Apollo , the root of the latter is Denissus. Yes, it is the sun god and wine god in Greek mythology. In Greece, people worshiped the sun god Apollo and the wine god Denissus in a temple. Thos represents the madness of pain and indulgence in a matriarchal society, while Apollo represents the rationality, wisdom and balance of a patriarchal society."
No one spoke, they were all attracted by his explanation. Unexpectedly, there was a big story behind this pair of English words with positive and negative meanings.
"Okay, second question, virtual."
Meng Xiaojun hesitated: "actual?"
Lin Yue said: "The word virtual is quite interesting. In the dictionary definition, it has both real and virtual meanings. At first glance, these are two opposite meanings, but in fact these two meanings are unified. Yes, the 'real' here means 'this thing is virtual, but infinitely close to reality'. Of course, this word is mostly used in the field of science and technology."
"Since the second question is virtual, the third question should be sanction."
"Sanction." He pronounced it again solemnly.
Meng Xiaojun's face turned dark. He thought to himself that this guy came out of nowhere. I never saw him working hard on English. Why did he keep asking such weird questions one after another?
"prohibition?"
Lin Yue smiled at him and looked at the people around him: "Do you know? The word sanction comes from religion. It means both punishment and sanction, but also approval and encouragement. I think it will inevitably cause a lot of trouble to you in the future. This is a word that often needs to be read back in articles. In fact, to understand it, there is a very good angle. You can imagine yourself as God. Do you have an attitude towards human beings that is both approval, love and care? Managerial emotions that would impose constraints and sanctions?”
Everyone said nothing and stared at him blankly.
"Confused? Don't understand? Then just remember this. If you see more in the future, you will naturally have a correct understanding."
Lin Yue looked at Meng Xiaojun and said, "The fourth question is dog-days."
At first glance, it seemed that they were two words, dog and days. Meng Xiaojun was confused by his question, and the others also frowned and thought hard, searching their memories to find its explanation.
Cheng Dongqing muttered on the side: "Dog, dog, days, days, dog days... Dog days, why are you scolding people?"
Meng Xiaojun thought over and over again, hesitated again and again, and groaned for a long time without coming up with the reason.
"No?" Lin Yue smiled: "It's right to say dog days, but I prefer the meaning of 'hot dog days'. The word dog-days is used in English to describe July and July in the northern hemisphere. August, the two hottest months, if translated into Chinese, should be dog days. Then its antonym should be 三九天, The third period of nine days."
Meng Xiaojun wanted to say something, but he didn't know what to say. If he didn't admit defeat now, he would be told that he couldn't afford to lose. If he did, he would feel suffocated.
Liangqin stood up and pointed at Lin Yue and said, "I talked about spelling words, but your word is a compound word and doesn't count."
The scene was quiet, no one spoke, and the atmosphere was quite awkward anyway.
Of course, everyone expressed their understanding. After all, they were childhood sweethearts, and she was the one least able to accept Meng Xiaojun's failure.
"Liangqin, I lost." Meng Xiaojun stood up and pushed her to the seat, turned around and entered the inner room. When he came out again, he held a copy of "Oxford Modern Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary" in his hand.
"I'm willing to admit defeat. From today on, it's yours."
While speaking, he pushed the thick dictionary in front of Lin Yue.
Yes, it was frustrating to lose the game, but this incident made him realize the fact that the reason why the guy opposite him always skipped professional courses to learn French, German, Russian and other languages with no future was not because his brain was burned out. , because people don’t need to waste time on English classes.
You must know that Meng Xiaojun's grades in the English class were way ahead of the classmates in the class, and the person opposite was way ahead of him.
"Thank you." Lin Yue took the "Oxford Modern Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary" and handed it to Cheng Dongqing: "It's yours."
Cheng Tuntie, who was still struggling with the relationship between the words dog-days, dog-days, and dog-days, looked up at his profile, his forehead covered with question marks.
Lin Yue said: "The version you are using now is too old."
Cheng Dongqing looked at the English-Chinese dictionary she brought back from her hometown, which had no cover and the paper was yellowing, and then looked at the nearly 90% new "Oxford Modern Advanced English-Chinese Dictionary" in her arms. She was very happy. Without thinking much about it for the time being, I casually opened the title page and saw a red seal with the words "Meng Xiaojun's books are never loaned out".
He was a country bumpkin, but not a fool. After thinking a few times, he suddenly came to his senses. He raised his head again and looked at Lin Yue in shock.
Could it be that he knew Meng Xiaojun's problem, so he took the opportunity to ask for an additional bet and get the book in this way?
Meng Xiaojun's books are not allowed to be borrowed, so those who win will be fine.
"Lin Yue, this..."
Cheng Dongqing looked across: "Xiaojun, return the book to you."
He always felt that it was not good to do this. After thinking about it, he still felt that he should return the book to please him.
How could a country bumpkin think of a question that a smart man like Meng Xiaojun could not think of? He pushed back the book handed to him and said, "What do you think I am, Meng Xiaojun? I will only win back what I lose to others."
Cheng Dongqing was a little embarrassed. In fact, he had good intentions. He was afraid that Meng Xiaojun, a book lover, would hate Lin Yue because of this. However, he was afraid of what he was afraid of. Judging from what Meng Xiaojun said, the book club's small game was just the beginning.
Lin Yue didn't want to talk to Meng Xiaojun, and thought that having his own pressure might be a good thing for his growth, so he got up from his chair and walked to Wang Yang.
"Okay, you can hide it deeply and make a big splash. You didn't see the expression on Meng Xiaojun's face just now. I've only seen it when he was scolded by his father. But I'm curious, why is your English so good?"
As a rural person, it is not logical for him to learn French at home, and it is even more unreasonable for his English level to be better than Meng Xiaojun's. Speaking of speaking, it is impossible to develop that kind of flavor without communicating with foreigners frequently. Will any foreigner come to the ravine to talk to him? Absolutely impossible!
Lin Yue said: "Have you forgotten what you said to Meng Xiaojun? There are always some people you can't catch up with in your life."
"You said you were fat and you were breathless."
"Don't believe it?"
Lin Yue opened the dust cover of Liangqin's piano.
Wang Yang glanced back and saw that Meng Xiaojun was sharing a book he had been reading recently with people in the book club. Afterwards, he asked everyone a question - I would like to ask everyone to use one word to describe our generation.
He actually understood Meng Xiaojun quite well. He was defeated by Lin Yue in the professional class, so he would come back from other aspects. Among the four of them, he is good at picking up girls; Cheng Dongqing is an honest person (if this can also be called an advantage); Lin Yue now seems to have a strong learning ability, but is low-key; Meng Xiaojun is enthusiastic , and the leadership provided by passion that can ignite the passion of those around you.
Yes, he was giving a powerful speech again.
"Have you ever thought that we have talked about too many ideological trends, doctrines, and methods here? Why? Because we all want to find a ready-made answer, and we all hope that someone can tell us how to live, but actually? No one We can give an answer that satisfies us. Life is a big proposition, but how to live life is a very personal thing, so I think this question should be answered by ourselves. So I think that in this ever-changing society, we What needs to be done is to change, change everyone around us, change everything around us, the only thing that remains unchanged is the courage at this moment, if we can do this, we will change the whole world."
Either Wang Yang is unwilling to come to the reading club, because every time it ends, it will turn into a scene like this. In his opinion, it is more meaningful to spend his time attending a dance party or composing a love poem.
Change? Where to change? How to change it? It seems impassioned, but in fact, what he said is equal to what he didn't say.
This is also Lin Yue's idea. Instead of letting everyone listen to Meng Xiaojun's nonsense, it would be better...
