Time passed by minute by minute as Zhou Yu was correcting the test papers with a pen.

When Zhou Yu raised his head again and glanced at the alarm clock on the desk, he found that it was already 11:43:47 in the middle of the night.

Zhou Yu put down the pen in his hand and watched the second hand move towards the 12 position slowly.

48, 49, 50......

Zhou Yu's eyes followed the movement of the pointer and he counted silently in his heart. When he counted to 60, Zhou Yu nodded in satisfaction and looked away.

The weather these two days has not been very good. Not only is the sky gloomy, but there is also a biting cold wind blowing directly.

The cold wind outside the window blew through the tightly closed glass, and waves of whimpers sounded in the house, like low howls.

After Zhou Yu took a look out the window at the dark and quiet place, he stood up, picked up the washbasin and walked towards the sink outside the house.

After a simple wash, Zhou Yu returned to the bedroom, turned off the lights and prepared to rest.

Before going to bed, Zhou Yu turned on the system as usual. But when he turned on the system, he was a little surprised.

These kids are so hardworking~

On the system page, the growth point column clearly shows that today's growth points have accumulated to 163 points.

Zhou Yu glanced at the specific situation.

Zhou Yu discovered that although Liang Yin, Liu Lin, Zhou Tao, Li Shuangshuang, and Wang Jingqi had already finished their exams, they were still contributing growth points steadily tonight.

Zhou Yu was very satisfied with their learning attitude.

Liang Yin and the others did not think about taking a good rest just because they had just finished the exam today, but continued to study hard to enrich themselves. This made Zhou Yu sigh that if they continued like this, by the time of next year's college entrance examination, it would be easy to complete the system's scheduled tasks!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu felt full of energy again. He wished that the next day's class would start now so that he could fill his beloved students' little brains with knowledge.

After quickly adding the accumulated 163 growth points, Zhou Yu quickly took off his coat, turned off the lights, got into bed, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

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The next day.

In the classroom of Grade 10.

"The first mock exam is over, which means our first stage is also over. Starting today, we will officially enter the second stage." Zhou Yu said as he picked up a piece of chalk from the chalk box on the podium, turned to face the blackboard, and began to write on the blackboard.

Zhou Yu held a piece of chalk between his slender fingers and wrote a few large characters on the blackboard in a flamboyant manner.

Zhou Yu turned sideways and showed the words on the blackboard behind him to the students. Then, the small regular script characters "Ancient Poetry Appreciation Preparation" appeared in their eyes.

"Today, let's talk about the appreciation of ancient poetry and preparation for the exam!" Zhou Yu threw the chalk back to the podium and said to the students who picked up their pens and were ready to take notes at any time, "Put your pens down first, don't rush to take notes."

Seeing that the students below all put down their pens obediently and focused on the blackboard, Zhou Yu continued, "We often say that ancient poetry is very difficult! It is very difficult to understand!"

"But have you ever thought about why ancient poetry is so difficult to read and understand?"

"Apart from the classical Chinese part, what else is difficult about ancient poetry? For example, new words and background knowledge?"

"In addition to what I just mentioned, what other parts make the ancient poems and classical Chinese in our textbooks, as well as those that we have read outside of class, difficult to understand?"

'Ancient poetry has fewer words and is shorter.'

As he spoke, Zhou Yu picked up the chalk, turned around and wrote on the blackboard.

After finishing writing, Zhou Yu turned around and began to explain, "Due to the limitations of technology in ancient times, before paper was invented, writing materials such as silk and sheepskin were relatively expensive and difficult to obtain; another type of bamboo slips was also used as a writing material, but it was not easy to carry."

"Therefore, in order to reduce writing costs, people at that time tended to use more refined language to express their central ideas."

"For example, the idioms we often use nowadays are the product of this kind. They use the most concise words to express something that can only be translated into a long paragraph of vernacular Chinese."

"For example, we can see the leopard through the tube. With just four words, we can understand the meaning. But if we use vernacular Chinese to explain this passage, how should we translate it?"

"Then let's ask a classmate to try to translate this idiom into vernacular Chinese!" Zhou Yu picked up the chalk and pointed at Liu Lin who was eager to try. "Liu Lin, since you want to show off so much, you should do it!"

Liu Lin, whose name was called, stood up happily and said loudly, "Seeing a leopard through a bamboo tube means that if a person only looks at a leopard through a small hole in a bamboo tube, he can only see a pattern on the leopard's body!"

"This idiom also refers to the fact that one can only see part of something and cannot fully understand the overall situation! It reflects the limitations and one-sidedness of people's understanding of things!"

Liu Lin said a lot, Zhou Yu nodded with satisfaction and waved to Liu Lin, "Very good explanation, sit down!"

Liu Lin slowly sat back in her seat with a smug smile on her face. She looked at Liang Yin and raised her eyebrows at her proudly.

It's just that her good deskmate was busy listening to Teacher Zhou's lecture and had no time to look at Liu Lin beside her, so Liu Lin's eyes were just thrown to the blind man.

Zhou Yu continued with Liu Lin's words, "So, everyone has heard Liu Lin's explanation just now. If we use classical Chinese to express the meaning of "seeing the leopard through the tube", it can be expressed in just four short words."

"But if I use vernacular Chinese," Zhou Yu stretched out his arms and gestured, "it's very long!"

"So, let's go back to our previous topic. Ancient poems have fewer words and are shorter in length. In this case, there will be a lot less content in the poems. When we read, we need to use our own understanding of ancient poems to supplement it!"

"For example..."

While Zhou Yu was explaining, he was writing and drawing on the blackboard, and the 45-minute class passed quickly.

'Ding ding ding ding'

The familiar and shrill bell for the end of get out of class rang on time, reminding Zhou Yu that it was time to end get out of class.

Unlike other teachers who rushed to take away students' time after class, Zhou Yu threw the chalk back into the chalk box and said to the students who were still listening and taking notes attentively, "Let's stop here for today. We'll cover the rest next time."

After saying that, Zhou Yu clapped his hands, picked up the lesson plan and textbooks, and prepared to go back to the office.

Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by Liang Yin from the second row, "Teacher, teacher! I have a question!" Liang Yin was holding a small notebook in her hand, and she looked at Zhou Yu with wide eyes and asked.

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I added a little bit of the class content, not too much, so you can eat it with confidence.