Ye Ziliang quickly said, "Don't call me Mr. Ye, I look so old. I just graduated with a master's degree last year, and I'm only a few years older than you. If you don't dislike me, you can call me 'brother'."
Sun Weiwei pondered for a while, "Brother Ziliang," she called out quite smoothly, "Should we sign the contract now?"
"I'll go back first to confirm the final version of the contract, and I'll ask you out to sign the contract tomorrow," Ye Ziliang said to her, "Please come back tomorrow, please."
"It doesn't matter, anyway, I don't have much to do during the summer vacation," Sun Weiwei didn't care.
In this way, the cooperation between Ye Ziliang and the "Miss and Sisters" team was officially finalized.
On Tuesday, Yu Zhan went to Liu Man's home to teach English on time. Liu Man made a lot of preparations in advance, and was very nervous, worried that he would show timidity in front of Yu Zhan.
The two of them sat facing each other in the study room, looking decent, just like a teacher and a student.
Yu Zhan came to the United States when he was in high school, and he didn’t know much about the deconstruction of English textbooks in domestic universities, so he first flipped through the four English textbooks of Liu Man. same status.
Liu Man became even more nervous, his eyes were fixed on his fingers turning the pages of the book, and his heart was pounding. For no reason, Yu Zhan gave her the feeling of being a strict teacher.
After Yu Zhan finished the book, he looked up and saw Liu Man looking at him, pitifully,
He chuckled, "Don't act like you are facing an enemy, your textbooks are not difficult."
"It's not difficult for you, but it doesn't mean it's the same for others," Liu Man wrinkled his nose.
"Why are you stumped by English when you are so smart?"
"I probably haven't found the rules yet," Liu Man said depressedly, "I can understand the meaning of these words individually, and I have memorized them, but I can't understand them together."
"That's because you don't understand English grammar and rhetoric."
"I know grammar, and I have also studied grammar. I have compared English, Chinese, and ancient Chinese." In order to learn English well, Liu Man worked hard.
In her previous life, there was no such thing as grammar. She learned to speak at a young age and began to recite the Four Books and Five Classics. This is a cultural person. No one has ever asked why everyone speaks and writes like this. They just accepted it. own language and writing.
Liu Man said, "I studied the grammar of modern Chinese specifically on the Internet, and I compared these grammars with English."
"No wonder you can't learn English well. When learning a second language, it is most taboo to apply it to your mother tongue," Yu Zhan said seriously, "Since you insist on comparing, let me tell you the biggest difference between Chinese and English. English words There are differences in case, sex and number. To give an example, 'I' refers to '我', which is the nominative case, and 'me' also refers to '我', which is the accusative case, but in Chinese, there is only this kind of 'I' The way of writing is 'I', can you find other words?"
"Yes!" Liu Man hurriedly replied, "Bengong, I, my servant, my humble servant, lonely, widowed person, and I... all refer to 'I'"
Yu Zhan: "..."
He found that his and Liu Man's thinking seemed to be in a different dimension.
"Either the words you said were only used by people with a certain status, or they were spoken by ancient people. Now you try to call yourself 'I' or 'I' with others?"
Liu Man imagined that scene, I'm afraid I'm not a fool...
"I know your hobbies are more retro, but let's talk about modern Chinese and modern English, don't talk about ancient Chinese," Yu Zhan continued, "The part of speech in English, the noun '我' is 'mine', the adjective 'my' 'is my, these words have a difference between singular and plural, 'my' is singular, 'our' is plural... "
Yu Zhan spoke very carefully and clearly. Many points that Liu Man didn't understand before suddenly became clear. The more she listened, the more absorbed she was, taking notes while listening.
After explaining part of the grammar, Yu Zhan began to compare the textbooks and explain the texts to Liu Man. What he said was much more vivid than the female teacher. After Liu Man's half-knowledge of the article, after his explanation, she understood it smoothly. The structure of the room is also figured out.
She looked at Yu Zhan's eyes, which were shining with admiration.
This fills Yu Zhan with the satisfaction of being a man. He likes the feeling of being admired and appreciated by Liu Man.
"You read this text, the first paragraph to me."
The light in Liu Man's eyes stopped abruptly, "Uh..."
"Shy, afraid to speak?" Yu Zhan laughed at her, "It's just the two of us here, and I won't laugh at you."
Liu Man felt that he was laughing at her now!
"Can I read it later?" She said weakly.
"When is the future? An ugly daughter-in-law has to see her in-laws."
Liu Man: "..."
"On Valentine"s Day... More than a million roses... will be sold poison ring this festival for lovers... the biggest day of the year for the nation "s rose in poison strenuous..." Liu Man stammered, with I had to give up several times, but I gritted my teeth and persevered when I met Yu Zhan's encouraging eyes.
After finally reading the whole text, Liu Man breathed a sigh of relief, and Yu Zhan immediately praised her, "You have to talk like this often, and don't read it silently. If you talk too much, you will have a sense of language, and your English will naturally get better and better."
"Well, I will read it out in the future," Liu Man always thought her pronunciation was funny, and was ashamed to speak, but Yu Zhan gave her a lot of confidence.
"You can translate this article to me again."
"Okay," Liu Man nodded and translated, "On Valentine's Day, millions of roses will be sold to lovers, and this is the most important day of the year for the country's rose industry. "
Yu Zhan laughed and said, "Your translation is a typical copying. Although there is no problem in understanding, it does not conform to the way we Chinese speak. Don't you think it's weird?"
"It's kind of weird."
"You should adjust the format of the sentence and translate it like this: Valentine's Day is the biggest sales day of the year in the national rose industry. On this day, they can sell millions of roses to lovers. Doesn't this make it much smoother? "
"You are amazing!" Liu Man admired Yu Zhan even more.
Yu Zhan was secretly delighted, it turned out that it was so simple for this omnipotent girl to worship herself.
At the same time, he also thought that China's Valentine's Day, Qixi Festival, will be next month. What kind of surprise should he prepare for Liu Man
Liu Man and Yu Zhan just taught the other to listen, concentrating on each other, their gazes would meet from time to time, looking into each other's eyes, Liu Man was always the first to be unable to resist his gaze, lowered his head, and shyly staggered away. , After a while, he stopped looking at her, and she quietly raised her head and peeked at him again, and this went on and on again, with a faint affection lingering around them, unaware of the passage of time.