In any case, 1997 is coming, and Angela still can only stay in her grandfather's villa like in London and never go anywhere. The storm caused by "Titanic" is too great, and she is like a beacon in the dark as a target. Just as bright - a few nights ago proved this, even if you want to dress up and go out, you can easily escape the eyes of the paparazzi who are watching 24 hours a day, and there are many fans who come to Long Island, so even if you want to go out Natalie's family is also difficult.
Fortunately, if the mountain does not come, Mohammed can go to the mountain.
"Obviously, I can't come out until I leave New York... Yes, I'm sorry... Okay, then bye." Angela watched as the wireless phone slid away from her ear, closed the lid and placed it on the table .
"It sounds really regrettable, or can you invite him to your house?" Natalie's voice came lazily from the side. She curled up on the sofa in the bedroom like a kitten, holding her arms in her arms. This thick dictionary turned over.
"He has come to my house once in Los Angeles. It doesn't have to be that often. I don't want to be misunderstood."
"How? This only shows that your relationship is developing steadily, doesn't it?" Natalie snorted softly.
Angela couldn't help frowning slightly, but then stretched it out again, then raised her mouth and moved her knees to Natalie's side, lying on the armrest of the sofa and looking up at her: "Well, if you don't like it, I just broke up with him."
"Is it necessary?" Natalie didn't take her eyes off the dictionary at all.
"Of course, your tone is sour. Since you're jealous, of course I'll do what you want." The girl chuckled, her crooked eyes were full of narrowness, and Natalie couldn't help turning it over. Rolling eyes: "I'm not jealous!"
"You have."
"No!"
"Have!"
"No!"
"Have!"
"I made it very clear. I didn't!" Natalie closed the dictionary suddenly, and then glared at Angela angrily, but the girl immediately took her face and kissed her on the lips with a sigh.
"Don't deny it, and even if you deny this time, do you still want to deny the last time?" Angela took a little pride.
Natalie looked at her with some gritted teeth, and was about to say something when the girl's hand holding her face suddenly moved forward, kissed her on the lips, and then took the dictionary away from her hand: "Still do it. Order something else, don't think Chinese is easy to learn."
"Really? At least I can have a simple conversation with Mrs. Mason." Natalie retorted unconvincingly.
"Of course, of course, I know, but..." Angela sat cross-legged on the ground, raised her fingers and counted: "First, you only know thank you, please, and a few everyday expressions; second, your Pronunciation is not standard, very non-standard; third, your spoken language is mixed with the pronunciation of Chinese regional languages; fourth, don't think that you can speak it, even if you know how to pronounce it, it does not mean that when these words appear in front of you, You can still recognize it!"
At first, she was angry, then very angry and dissatisfied, but in the end she was helpless. After changing several expressions, Natalie said with a flat mouth and a little aggrieved: "Do you have to expose all my shortcomings? You know These square characters are so hard to read, God, even the difference between 'B' and 'R' can be pronounced and meant completely differently! It's harder than any foreign language I've ever learned!"
"It's normal, dear, both French and English have the same language base, and Chinese is an oriental language based on hieroglyphics, so it's inevitable that it's difficult to learn." After a small blow to Natalie After that, Angela began to comfort her softly again, which is a good method!
"I have studied Japanese for a while, and it should be an oriental language, but I don't have such a headache." Natalie rubbed her nose, still a little unwilling.
"At that time, because of the pronunciation of Japanese, many of them were changed from English pronunciation or in similar language families. There was basically no problem in learning listening. The basic communication was solved, and it was easier to read and write." The girl shrugged.
"I know this, but I've been to Chinatown to practice speaking, and occasionally I ask Mrs. Mason for advice, but I haven't made much progress. I really don't understand why. Didn't you say that you learned this way too?" Natalie turned her head and asked. road.
"Because I'm a genius." Angela smiled triumphantly, and after the other party rolled her eyes at her, she showed a wicked smile: "Do you know what is the hardest thing in Chinese, Nat? It's writing Chinese. poetry!"
Yes, in Chinese poetry, just figuring out how to face each other is enough to make Westerners with a certain level of Chinese squinting, not to mention writing appropriate poetry, which is a difficult problem for many Chinese people.
"You mean that in a sentence of just a few words, each word must be arranged according to a certain pattern, and at the same time pay attention to its rhythm and symmetry with the next sentence, which is really a little... a little... "
"Perverted, right?" Angela asked suddenly.
"...It can be said that, there is indeed a little bit." Natalie was stunned, then nodded.
"Well, what I want to say is that it is this kind of regularity and rhythm that gives Chinese poetry a beauty different from sonnets, a beauty that is carefully crafted." Speaking of this, the girl couldn't help but use I read it out in Chinese: "Thousands of mountains and birds fly away, and thousands of people disappear. Lonely boat and lily, fishing for cold river snow alone."
Natalie, who was listening intently, touched her chin thoughtfully, and after Angela explained the meaning of the poem in detail, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's incredible, just 20 words can contain so many meanings. ...To be honest, it's really strange, although I don't understand what you are saying, but from the tone of your recitation, I can feel the mood of this poem to some extent!"
She thought about it and suddenly asked with interest: "It seems that you have a good understanding of Chinese poetry, have you tried writing it?"
"Dear, most Chinese people can't write well... I just write a sentence randomly sometimes." Angela was a little distracted when she said the last sentence, and then blurted out: "Desolate and lonely girl, lonely bachelor. God's will, danger and danger lend a helping hand. Nuan Nuan gives birth to affection, and loves to express one's heart. When grievances are reported in time, the yin and yang have already been separated."
After a few seconds of silence in the room, the girl suddenly jumped up from the spot, jumping up and down in anger, and screaming in a sharp voice: "Damn it! Damn it! God! God! How could I... How could I... …”
She blushed and ran around the room like a headless fly, as if she had been exposed, leaving Natalie confused: "What's the matter, Angie? Did something happen?"
"No, no, nothing!" Angela waved her hand quickly, and then she remembered that Natalie couldn't understand, which made her somewhat relieved. This inexplicable poem was written on a whim when she watched "Leon the Killer" in her previous life.
At that time, I happened to be interested in ancient poetry, so I randomly wrote a poem imitating the "Yaoyao Hanshan Road" by Han Shan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty. My friends criticized me in a mess, so I suddenly read it out now, and in front of Natalie, I felt ashamed and embarrassed like a natural conditioned reflex.
"I promise, I'm just a little excited." The calm girl tried her best to pretend to be nothing, but in the eyes of the observant Natalie, the more she did it, the more she was covering up something, and she should talk to her before The Chinese poems you read are related!
"Then what did the poem you just read mean?" Natalie asked deliberately.
"Poem? The poem I read just now?" Angela rolled her eyes, and then showed a sweet, bewitching smile, "Don't worry about that poem, anyway, you can't understand the meaning of what you don't understand, why don't we play poker? Liv will come to see me tomorrow or the day after, how about calling Manny to do strip poker again? Haven't you always wanted revenge?"
Natalie's face was slightly red, and she hummed heavily: "As long as I don't team up with Liv, you will lose!"
"Really, mathematician, then I'll be partnering with Liv." The girl said with a smile, secretly delighted at the success of changing the subject, but Natalie immediately asked: "Are you sure you don't intend to make it clear to me? , what did you just read?"
Angela, who thought she had passed the test, coughed violently, as if she was choked on saliva. She looked at Natalie with a little annoyance and a guilty conscience, but she didn't know what to say, but the other party didn't seem to want to ask any further, she just smiled Laugh: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't say it, I'll ask someone else if it's a big deal."
When the girl was confused, she saw Natalie raised her hand hidden on the other side of her body, and then her eyes widened. Natalie was holding a small tape recorder in her hand, and the rotating tape was obviously working normally. .
"This... it's impossible!" Angela immediately called out, her voice terrified, she pointed to the recorder tremblingly: "When did you have this? You must have just opened your mouth and tried to tell me something, so I won't be fooled. Woolen cloth!"
"Actually, I didn't plan to bring this, I just put it in my pocket and forgot to take it out. You know, many people will record their own voice when they are learning foreign languages to practice pronunciation and compare it with the standard pronunciation. I don't either. Exception." Natalie looked at the girl with a smile, "Look, there is such a coincidence in this world, I want to know a few more words when you talk on the phone, and then I can ask you about your normal pronunciation, just right I found the tape recorder that was still on my body, and when I pressed it to use it, your call was finished again, so our conversations from just now to now have been recorded."
Seeing Angela opening her mouth and clamoring for her courage, Natalie immediately raised a finger in front of her: "Is it just opened, try it and you'll know!"
She said and pressed the stop button of the recorder, then rewind, stop, play! Angela's voice came out immediately, and what she was reading was the very first song "Jiang Xue".
"Give it to me!" The girl screamed and was about to step forward to snatch it, but Natalie, who had expected her action, turned over and jumped over from the sofa, then waved her hand proudly: "Don't be delusional."
hateful! Angela screamed in her heart and chased after it again. She didn't even know why she didn't want Natalie to know the content of this poem, just because it was written badly
It's a pity that in front of Natalie who was prepared and determined not to let her get the tape no matter what, everything she did was useless, and Angela had cornered Natalie several times. Or hug and press on the ground, but they let her escape.
The chase finally ended with Natalie escaping from the room under Angela's negligence. When the girl chased after the living room, the other party was already obediently talking to her grandmother, and then said goodbye to the girl in front of the elders on the pretext of something at home. .
"Angie, can I see you again tomorrow?" Natalie's smiling words blocked all Angela's excuses to keep her, and she could only stare blankly at her departure.
I'm going to make you pay, Nat! The girl, who knew that she could never get the tape back, wailed in her stomach as Natalie moved away from her back, although she always kept that reluctant expression and sent her to the door.
It's a pity that her wish didn't come true until she left New York, although Natalie kept her promise and did come to see her the next day, and not only that, she came over frequently in the days after that, but she never gave girls a chance to be alone in a room with her, or Always stay with other friends - such as Limou or Scarlett, or just where the elders or servants can see.
She is too familiar with Angela's little tricks, and besides, the relationship between the two has already been revealed, and Natalie, who is no longer in retreat, is undoubtedly more able to take the initiative, so unless the girl uses force - in fact, Angela almost It succeeded, she pressed her against the corner of the corridor on the second floor and teased her with her hands up and down, and then tried to push her into the room, but she got a little anxious and saw the wrong door. In the room she entered, Aunt Ruth was discussing with her husband Ed. What, fortunately it wasn't seen, but Tully took the opportunity to escape from her again.
Although Natalie was very angry, she was angry that she could not escape immediately, and she was used to the slapstick and teasing between the two lovers.
In short, with dissatisfaction and regret, Angela and her parents left New York on their way home. The only thing fortunate is that the girl can be sure that Natalie has not understood the meaning of the limerick, so - she will laugh at herself on the phone If so, you can hang up as soon as possible! This thought made her a lot better.
At the same time Angela arrived in Los Angeles, the North American box office of "Titanic" officially exceeded 200 million!