Although I once overlooked the panorama of London in the observation room at an altitude of 10,000 meters, but when I was really in it, I walked through the streets, and felt the British style with the pedestrians and buildings on the road. The city is strange to him,
No sense of direction, no destination, no idea where the road ahead made him feel that the whole of London was like a huge maze.
Well, to put it simply...
He is lost.
Originally, he just wanted to find a supermarket, but he kept walking straight and it became more and more deserted. Then he turned around and found Fangran who had returned to the original point, covered his face and collapsed in a low voice.
"Yaoshou, where the hell are these!"
Unlike other big cities I have been to before, Fangran didn’t see many modern high-rise buildings in London. Most of them are typical European-style buildings with about four floors of white or dark yellow, triangular roofs or pointed hats. They are very compact. lined up together,
Then he turned dizzy and couldn't find the north.
Although Fangran admits that his sense of direction is a little weak, he thinks he still has the level of a normal person to find his way. As for why he still gets lost...
You told me that there is no mobile phone and no map navigation, can you find the way if you throw you in London (pat the table)!
grunt
Ah, no, if this continues, I will really starve to death...
Baby doesn't want to be the first participant in history to starve to death, so... .
Fangran, who stood in the crowded streets of London and couldn't even find the north after walking around for more than an hour, now that he deeply understood how important mobile phones are to human beings, he looked at the streets of London sadly and made up his mind with difficulty. .
Sure enough, I can only find someone to ask the way.
Standing in a leisure plaza in some commercial area, Fangran looked around the crowd and continuously screened the targets. After excluding women, passers-by who were busy on their way, young people shopping together, etc., he finally turned his attention to Locked in a kind-faced person who is easy to attack alone... Cough! On the grandfather who is easier to talk to alone!
It's the first time I've talked to an ordinary foreigner like this, but I can't help it, I don't have any room to hide my strength anymore,
Hum, it's time to show real technology!
Taking a deep breath, Fangran first glanced tactically, looked left and right at the nearby streets and pretended that he couldn't find it... In fact, he really couldn't find his destination, then sighed anxiously pretending to be distressed, and finally pretended to see the nearby There was a grandpa's surprise, and the foreplay was finished before I added the drama to myself,
Hmm... why do you think this is weird...
But anyway! Acting like a normal person who wants to ask for directions, Fangran finally gave himself a hint of 'don't be nervous', then took off his hood and strutted towards the lonely foreign grandfather!
What? Why did you take off the hood, you ask
щ(°Д°#щ) On a sunny day, won’t you be suspicious if you wear a hood and ask someone for directions?
In fact, many thieves in London take the opportunity to steal by asking for directions and using newspapers to block their sight. Therefore, when you are at home or traveling, please remember to keep an eye on your belongings and don’t hold unnecessary kindness...
"That... e... excuse me... ?"
(*;) Um....Great, fortunately, I learned the dialogue about asking for directions in high school, so that the baby can remember that the opening remark is excuse me and didn't just say hello...
He came to the foreign grandfather with gentle steps. Although his pronunciation was slightly Chinese and had a bad taste, Fangran selectively ignored the tentative opening that he believed that the other party would understand, and let his daughter and son who were waiting After returning from shopping, the old man gave him a surprised look, and when he saw that he was a foreigner, he replied with a smile of enthusiasm and interest:
"Oh, good morning, young lad. Welcome to London. It's a fine day today. What can you do?"
Fangran: (°°) Amount... .
"hello...?"
Foreign grandfather: "..."
"???"
To be honest, Fangran was thinking that he was also a high-achieving student in a famous school in Beijing University, and asking for directions in English should not be a problem. After listening to the words 'good morning, wele, today, what' and 'to', I feel that I have been impacted by language differences.
And coincidentally, after seeing him tentatively replying 'hello' after he finished speaking, the old man felt that he had also received the same shock.
"Ah, I want to ask....I'm sorry, i... wantgo to... no, it's not this sentence pattern, that how can i... um, I remember the go supermarket is... Su. ..Supo mother kt...?"
Fangran felt that the other party might be saying hello, so after replying hello, he felt the atmosphere was awkward. After expressing his intentions halfway through, he realized that he couldn't understand Chinese. He searched the remaining English in his mind. What is more polite? I forgot all the modal verbs and modal particles and even made gestures. Finally, I managed to hold back a sentence of English that I could eat without grammar.
Let the opponent's grandfather directly succeed in being confused.
Then after thinking for a long time 'why is it a rhetorical tone', I slowly came to understand and watched him tentatively return:
"You... you want to ask me how to get to the nearby supermarket?"
Although he didn't understand every word of the old man at all, Fangran managed to grasp the other party's understanding of his meaning with the English language sense he had cultivated since he was basically ignorant in the listening comprehension of the English test in high school, and quickly pecked like a chicken. Nodding his head, he was moved to tears.
I'm sorry, English teacher, I shouldn't think it's sick that English takes so many points in the exam, and I will definitely listen to your class if I have the chance again (tears run)...
Seeing him nodding his head quickly, he knew that this was a foreign young man who didn't understand English, and the old man didn't talk nonsense, so he used as simple words as possible to point him in a direction that was completely opposite to Fangran's walk just now.
"Go straight in this direction, then turn left, pass a crossroad and turn right, continue straight and you will see it."
In the London accent that the other party deliberately slowed down, he finally heard the familiar phrases of 'go straight, turn left, turn right' and other basic and simple phrases of the junior high school level, and finally solved the second goal, Fangran hurriedly fucked himself Thank you for your site English.
"Thank you... no, that three grams of oil is very much."
Then, taking advantage of the sequence in his mind, he hurriedly walked towards the direction his grandfather pointed him to, and asked exactly where he was going. Finally, he didn't have to worry about starving to death. Fangran was slightly relieved, and turned to look behind him at the person who had just left. that street.
My own kind of construction site plastic English was successful for the first time, and I ran into an unlucky thing last night,
Looks like good luck...
Then fifteen minutes later.
Except for the road coming behind me, I didn't recognize the surrounding streets and compact urban buildings, and I couldn't find the supermarket...
Fang lost his way again: "..."
Sorry, I take back what I just said (with a deadpan face).
do it! Could it be that there is something wrong with my ears, don't I go straight, turn left, turn right, and then go straight again!
At this moment, Fangran had deep doubts about his construction site English at the junior high school level.
I wonder if I have degenerated into elementary school.
Looking at a new block in front of him, a new group of passers-by, and Fangran who continued to get lost in another place, the corners of his mouth twitched almost trembling. It was only at this moment that he realized that the biggest real crisis he was facing at the moment was not at all. No money, no mobile phone, no ID, no shelter and no food,
But don't understand English! ! !
I can't understand what other people say, I don't know the fancy shop names on the street, I can't communicate, I can't communicate, this is the reason why the whole London is so strange that I can't understand it, and being on the street is like being in a maze reason!
It wasn't until this moment when she experienced it personally and was at a loss what to do, that Fang Ran realized from the bottom of her heart that
It is really important to master a foreign language.
If it was Ye Sheng, Su Qun, or even Qing Ning and Gou, even if Meng Lang had encountered the current situation, Fangran could believe that they would not be stuck on the threshold of not knowing English...
To be honest, Fangran was actually very curious, what would happen if Ye Sheng encountered his current situation instead.
Hmm... I always feel that I can't imagine Miss Yesheng's flustered appearance...
But I don't want those who have nothing, looking at the maze-like streets of London in front of me, Fangran lost his way again at this moment, his heart is ashamed, and he plans to survive in London before finding a way to return to China.
It gave him the feeling that it was not only a hell difficulty start with zero money and zero level,
And it doesn't support Simplified Chinese...
"Ah, I can't..."
His stomach couldn't help making the sound of a dove. Although he wasn't dizzy yet, Fangran sighed helplessly with his stomach twisting, looked at the nearby street and muttered to himself as he pressed his forehead.
"I can only find a way to find someone who can speak Chinese..."
Otherwise, it would be impossible for me, who knew almost nothing about the cultural environment in London, to escape hunting and survive here.
Although there is no way to swear without the king of the gods, Fangran absolutely prayed sincerely from the heart at this moment.
Destiny Baba, please, give me a passing Chinese compatriot!
Even if it's just a girl, I must muster up the courage to go up and talk to her!
But I don't know if the goddess of fate really heard his prayer, or he was really lucky after Tokyo. After talking in my heart, I didn't have any expectations to be honest. I sighed and thought about what to do. ,
What made Fangran slightly stunned for a second was that on the opposite side of the street where he was,
Walking out of the corner is a girl who is a little different among a group of foreigners. She is about 1.7 meters tall and has a thin body. Whether it is a bright red coat with a cartoon pattern or a swaying ponytail, she exudes her charm. With a sunny and cheerful personality, he hummed a tune and walked away in a good mood.
I was stunned for a moment, but I didn't 'fuck it, a girl really appeared! 'Fangran, who subconsciously and instinctively chased after him,
Crossing the pedestrian crossing on the streets of London, passing through the passing crowd under the British buildings, reaching out to pat her on the shoulder among countless people... .
Until many, many years later, thinking back to this scene in his memory, Fangran couldn't help but think of a sentence.
The most beautiful encounter in the world is probably meeting another self...
"That, this classmate...."