Shu Ying gave her a thumbs up in disbelief.
"Your pronunciation is perfect, and you pronounce the phonetic symbols correctly. This word means 'people.' You haven't systematically studied these phonetic symbols, so how did you learn them, sister?"
She believes that some people are self-taught, but Xie Mingzhu is already an adult, and the best time to learn has passed. An adult's living environment is fixed, making it difficult to integrate into a second language.
Xie Mingzhu scratched the back of her head with one hand, "I learned it from you before. I listened to you teach Yueyue and Yangyang. It's actually quite simple. It's just like our Chinese Pinyin. You put these sounds together and that's the pronunciation of the word. It's just that I don't quite understand their meanings yet. I guess I'll have to spend some time memorizing them properly."
Shu Ying took her hand and put the book on the table next to her. "Sister, many people's language learning foundation becomes much weaker after they grow up. What you consider simple may be extremely difficult for others. So you are very talented in languages. You can memorize English words very quickly. Sister Li also has her own system. If you are willing to learn, I can teach you everything I know. You will definitely learn better than me!"
Shu Ying's encouragement made Xie Mingzhu feel a little excited.
She never imagined that she also had a talent for learning.
Her face was flushed, her hands fidgeting with the title page of the book, her eyes filled with a thirst for knowledge.
"Of course I'd love to. I'd be thrilled to have such a wonderful teacher like you. But I'm worried I might bother you. I'm afraid I'm too slow, and if I never learn, wouldn't that be taking up too much of your time?"
Shu Ying understood her concerns. Someone without a high level of knowledge has limited time in school. She was unsure of her own learning abilities and was only worried about causing trouble for others.
"Of course not. Having an excellent student is also a teacher's good fortune. Sister, you are excellent in every way. Most importantly, you have a heart that knows how to improve. Actually, learning is not difficult at all. If you master the methods of learning, you will find that it is the freest thing in the world. Then you can learn whatever you want and master whatever you learn. That's great!"
Shu Ying created an ideal utopian learning environment for Xie Mingzhu, and she looked forward to it with great anticipation.
"I wish I were as amazing as you say. Actually, the person I admire the most is you. You know so many things, and you even speak foreign languages fluently. If the leaders hadn't come this time, I wouldn't have even known that you could speak foreign languages. When you were teaching Yueyue and Yangyang, you were shining just like those translators on TV."
Shu Ying was amused by Xie Mingzhu's words, "Sister, you even know about translators, that's really an improvement."
Xie Mingzhu laughed a little embarrassedly, "I saw it when I was watching a movie at the brigade headquarters. That's what people call those who speak foreign languages."
As the two were talking, the courtyard gate was hurriedly pushed open. Shu Ying and Xie Mingzhu looked out the window at the same time and saw Xie Zhiyan rushing in.
Shu Ying put on her slippers and walked to the door, just about to take his coat when Xie Zhiyan grabbed her wrist with one hand.
“Yingying, it’s good that you’re still awake. We need to go to the train station now. Something happened there at noon. The higher-ups said it’s related to enemy agents.”
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