At first, Lu Nanchen had Yu Ting memorize some frequently tested, essential vocabulary words. He would have her listen to the recordings early in the morning and late at night, occasionally testing her spelling skills.
She could be tested on her spelling skills anytime and anywhere...
Yu Ting wasn’t bothered by the company’s issues, but instead, the English level-four tests were taking a toll on her.
She spent two weeks straight studying on a wooden bench.
However, the English level-four tests cover more than just these, including listening comprehension, reading comprehension, translation, and composition. Memorizing vocabulary was just the start.
After a while of memorizing vocabulary words, Yu Ting had to start learning something new.
Lu Nanchen started to get her to translate from Chinese to English, starting from simple words.
Then he wrote down a few exercises for her on a piece of paper.
"These are frequently tested phrases, try to translate them from Chinese to English, to reinforce your memory."
Lu Nanchen said, placing the paper in front of Yu Ting, "Make sure to write something down, don’t leave it blank, think deeper, broaden your thinking."
Yu Ting, who reluctantly took the paper, was dumbfounded by the first question.
Then, with a complex expression, she forced herself to write down her answers.
Originally allocated 20 minutes to complete, Yu Ting managed to finish everything in just over ten minutes, putting down her pen and returning the paper to Lu Nanchen.
Just when Lu Nanchen was about to compliment her on her rapid progress these last few days, he saw the first question.
Educational investment: education add
Key universities: main university
International cultural exchange: international culture talk
Self-taught: study by oneself become good
Lu Nanchen: ...
Perhaps it’s an occupational hazard of being a teacher, but when Lu Nanchen saw Yu Ting’s answers, he unconsciously clenched his hand, wrinkling a corner of the paper.
Then, letting out a soft sigh, he put the paper down, forcing himself not to look at it, Lu Nanchen lifted his hand to rub his forehead.
"I’ll write these out for you, and you’re gonna memorize all this in the coming days."
After his forehead rub, Lu Nanchen put his hand down, picked up a pen, and started correcting Yu Ting’s translations one by one, starting from the first question right down to the last one.
And then handed it back to Yu Ting.
Teaching her vocabulary and frequently tested Chinese-to-English phrases wasn’t enough.
There was also English-to-Chinese translation.
Considering his previous experiences, Lu Nanchen hesitated to put pen to paper. Holding his pen, he pointed at the pristine paper surface again and again, finally deciding to test the water with just one question, keeping his expectations low.
’Topic: Sometimes, people say things they do not mean.’
She cracked up laughing. She had no idea how to say ’say things they do not mean’.
Yu Ting: Sometime, people say sentences is false.
Sometimes, people say the sentences are fake.
Lu Nanchen: ...
Though her English needed refining, her mind was still quick.
Lu Nanchen gave up struggling, deciding to teach her things systematically in the future.
Starting from frequently tested vocabularies, to common phrase structures, including serious Chinese to English such as ’studying in such a joyful environment must be fun and efficient’, and casual English to Chinese, which Yu Ting would often hear when Lu Nanchen was holding her.
’Teacher Lu’ proclaimed it as helping to improve her English language sense and English-to-Chinese translations.
With his hands intertwined around her waist, the man spoke with a low, mellow voice.
"I miss you so much already and I have not even left yet."
...
"To the world you may be just one person. To me, you may be the world."
...
Even though I haven’t left yet, I’m already missing you.
...
To the world, you might just be a person, but for me, you’re the entire world.
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