The first English Corner activity of Huaqing University was held in Houhai Park at the weekend. Led by Wang Meihua and her roommates, a large group of bicycles set out from Huaqing.
Liu Meiyu returned to the military compound the day before and went directly there from her home.
The three Dabao brothers had nothing to do at home during the holidays and kept their grandfather awake, so Liu Meiyu simply took the three brothers and their uncle Bowen along.
Liu Meiyu even brought her home camera with her, thinking that this was her first activity planned at Huaqing, and she could take two photos and hand them back to the school as a souvenir.
The foreign teacher introduced by Song Qi was a teacher working at Beijing Foreign Studies University. He was exactly as Song Qi described, friendly and helpful. Not only did he come by himself, he also brought his friends.
The thirty or so students at Huaqing were all more or less nervous when facing the foreigners, except for Liu Meiyun. Although Huaqing also had foreign teachers, they rarely had classes like this where they sat in the park and communicated orally at close range. The feeling was totally incomparable.
Cyndi Lau took the lead and livened up the atmosphere. She communicated with two foreign friends in English without any problem. Her standard American pronunciation astonished the foreigners. When they learned that Cyndi Lau had never left the country and had practiced entirely by listening to tapes, they praised her genius again.
Liu Meiyu felt flattered and ashamed by the compliments, but she did not show it on her face. She had never been abroad in her life, but the headquarters of the company she worked for in her previous life was abroad, and she spent most of the year as a frequent flyer, running back and forth to the headquarters.
Inspired by Liu Meiyu, the other members of Huaqing gradually let go of their reservedness and timidity and began to try oral communication. Although they might not speak fluently and their pronunciation was not the most standard, their oral skills improved very quickly in this kind of actual exercise.
The three brothers Dabao, Erbao and Xiaobao seldom see foreigners and their mother's classmates, so they were particularly obedient today. They just sat in front of Liu Meiyu without making any noise or making any noise. They just stared at the foreigners with their big round eyes curiously. Occasionally, when they heard one or two words they knew, they would immediately compete to show off in front of Liu Meiyu.
Liu Meiyu brought them out today to cultivate their interests.
She didn't need to worry about her younger brother Bowen, as he insisted on memorizing words every day and was happy to learn new knowledge.
The triplets were not so good. They showed no interest and didn't even look at them. They just treated the small vocabulary cards that Liu Meiyun made for them as if they were a task and were just doing it perfunctorily.
Today, the three brothers took advantage of the freshness of the language and pulled out all the few English words they knew in their heads to familiarize themselves with them. Liu Meiyu only hoped that their freshness would last for a while.
"Meiyu, your children are amazing. They can speak a few words of English at such a young age." Zhou Yanhong herself has a pair of children who are being taken care of by their grandparents in her hometown. They are older than the three children in Liu Meiyu's family, but the difference is obvious at a glance.
It’s not the difference in food, clothing and daily expenses, but the difference in children’s personalities.
The triplets were placed in an environment full of strangers. Not only were they not shy at all, they also chatted with them in all sorts of imaginative ways like little adults. Even the two foreign teachers were led astray by the three brothers and had to be corrected for their mispronounced and inaccurate Chinese.
"They just exchanged two sentences and showed off." Liu Meiyu said this not modestly. As a mother, she knew best what each of the three brothers was capable of.
Normally, he would not memorize even one more word at home no matter how much you persuade him, but now when he is around others, he starts to act pretentiously.
"That's excellent too." Zhou Yanhong said with emotion.
Seeing how Liu Meiyun has taught her children to be lively and confident, the smart and energetic child is really lovable. Moreover, he can memorize words at such a young age, so when he grows up, he will know more than others from a young age.
Her two children are in her hometown in the countryside. Even if she is assigned to a job in her hometown after graduation and can take her children to the city to take care of them, her hometown is not as good as Beijing.
If possible, Zhou Yanhong would really like to stay in Beijing and let her husband bring their children to Beijing to develop in the future.
But it’s too early to think about these things now, as I still have two years before I graduate and get a job.
Liu Meiyun didn't know that in just a short while, Zhou Yanhong's previous idea of returning to her hometown after graduation was completely changed.
The first outdoor activity of Huaqing English Corner was a complete success. After it ended, the students couldn’t wait to ask when the next one would be.
As an event planner, it is impossible for Liu Meiyun to invite foreign teachers to help them every week.
Although we were unable to hire foreign teachers, we promoted the reputation of Huaqing English Corner and collaborated with other universities. Every time we held an event, there were quite a few people participating.
Stepping out of the classroom and books, we did not learn English in a monotonous way by listening to the radio, but instead practiced oral English with classmates one-on-one or many-on-one. In addition to oral communication, the activities also included situational drama simulations, learning English songs, playing games, and impromptu speeches.
In short, Liu Meiyun always has a lot of new ideas in her mind, and every activity she organizes can leave people wanting more.
Moreover, as more people joined, Liu Meiyu formed a management team to regularize the scale of the Huaqing English Corner. As the chief planner, she no longer had to get involved in things like interviews, finding venues, and writing activity plans. At most, she would just give some small suggestions each time.
The dean of Huaqing School never imagined that, when he just wanted Liu Meiyu to share her oral English learning experience with other students, Liu Meiyu would directly set up a Huaqing English Corner, and its fame spread outside the school. Many teachers and students from other schools not only inquired about it, but also participated in it.
Even a newspaper reporter wrote a special article about it.
By taking the opportunity to establish the English Corner, Liu Meiyun has made her presence felt at Huaqing University and feels that she is one step closer to graduating early.
While she was working hard to graduate early, her family called her and asked her to go back immediately.
Liu Meiyu thought that the triplets were causing trouble at school again and hurried home, but she found that it was not the case.
"Studying abroad on government sponsorship?" Liu Meiyu looked at her brother Bowen in disbelief.
The teacher who followed the home visit nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Bowen's parents, you don't have to worry about the tuition. The government will provide subsidies. Bowen is young and the teachers who followed him will take good care of him. You can rest assured about this."
Liu Meiyu was relieved, but she was more surprised. This boy was smart, but how could he have secretly earned a place for government-sponsored study abroad without saying a word?
She had been trying hard for a long time in Huaqing but hadn't gotten close to a spot, but Bowen gave her such a big surprise.
After asking his teacher, I learned that Bowen not only won first place in the math competition, but also got full marks, an amazing result. Several senior mathematics experts recommended that Bowen go directly to university to study mathematics. The current high school curriculum is completely unable to meet the child's knowledge reserves. As a result, Bowen never thought of becoming a mathematician. He had only one goal since he was a child, which was to build an airplane!
At present, the country is most in need of technical talents. People like Liu Bowen who are too smart might as well be sent abroad to learn technology, and then contribute to the country's technological innovation when they return. So, with the joint recommendation of several seniors, Liu Bowen became the youngest on the list of government-sponsored students.
"Teacher, regarding studying abroad, we respect Bowen's own ideas. If he wants to go abroad, we will definitely support him."
Liu Meiyu naturally cannot stop her younger brother from becoming successful, but Bowen is still too young and she is a little worried that he will not be able to get used to living abroad by himself.
"Sister, I want to go." Liu Bowen looked firm.
Building an airplane has always been his dream. When he was a child, he wanted to fly an airplane. When he grew up, he wanted to fly an airplane he built himself.
Liu Meiyun: "Then let's go! Call your parents and tell them before you go back to Shanghai."
"Yeah!" Liu Bowen nodded happily.
"I'm going to call my father-in-law too and ask him how he educated you. Why are you all so outstanding?" Grandpa Lu sat on the sofa, and was inspired time and time again by the excellence of the brother and sister. Now he could calmly accept the fact that Bowen was sent abroad to study.
Even if these two siblings were placed in the military compound in Beijing, it would be hard to find anyone better than them among their peers.
The old man felt that the most satisfying thing Lu Changzheng had done in his life was to marry such an outstanding granddaughter-in-law to their Lu family, and that her brother-in-law also brought honor to their Lu family.
So, the old man had just boasted to his old comrades in the compound about his grandson's wife having run an English corner newspaper in Huaqing, and now he was bragging about his grandson's wife's younger brother being sent abroad to study.
Everyone in the entire military compound was shocked. It seemed that all the talented people had gone to the Lu family!
Now that Bowen's going abroad was confirmed, Liu Meiyu had one more thing to do, which was to go to the bank to exchange foreign currency.
It is particularly troublesome to exchange foreign currencies at this time. Not only do you have to fill out a lot of forms, but you also have to make an appointment a long time in advance and queue up for review. In the end, you don’t get much.
However, Bowen received a government subsidy for his studies, so he didn't have much money to spend. Liu Meiyun prepared some money for her brother just in case.
"Liu Meiyun, can you accompany me to the University of Finance and Economics this weekend?"
Liu Meiyu was packing her things in the dormitory that day, preparing to go home and take her brother to the department store the next day. She saw Song Qi wearing a loose coat and suddenly came up to her and asked.
"Why?" Liu Meiyu sat on the bed motionless.
Miss Song Qi's attitude when asking others to do things for her is very different from what it was back then.
"Liu Meiyu, I was the one who helped you with that English corner some time ago, and you turned against me so quickly!" Song Qi's cheeks were puffed up with anger.
Liu Meiyu glanced at her belly and said, "I have been giving you hot water for half a month as requested."
"Then I'll help you fight back next time. You have to accompany me today." Song Qi didn't want to use soft tactics anymore, so he started to use hard tactics.
Although, Liu Meiyu didn't see at all that her attitude of asking others to do things for her was too soft.
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