Chapter 226: Learn English from Him
Ye Ziliang said quickly, "Don't call me Mr. Ye, it makes me 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 mind me, you can call me 'brother'."
Sun Weiwei thought for a moment, "Brother Ziliang," she called him, and it was quite smooth, "Are we going to sign the contract now?"
"I'll go back and finalize the contract first. I'll ask you out to sign the contract tomorrow," Ye Ziliang said to her. "Please come back tomorrow."
"It doesn't matter. I don't have anything to do during the summer vacation anyway," Sun Weiwei didn't care.
In this way, the cooperation between Ye Ziliang and the "Young Sisters" team was officially finalized.
On Tuesday, Yu Zhan arrived at Liu Lan's home on time to teach English. Liu Lan had made a lot of preparations in advance and was very nervous, worried that she would show her weakness in front of Yu Zhan.
The two of them sat facing each other in the study, looking very professional, just like a teacher and a student.
Yu Zhan came to the United States when he was in high school. He didn't know much about the deconstruction of English textbooks in domestic universities, so he first flipped through Liu Lan's four English textbooks. He flipped through them very quickly, reading ten lines at a glance, with a serious and focused expression, just like when he was working.
Liu Lan became even more nervous, her eyes fixed on his fingers turning the pages, her heart pounding. For no reason, Yu Zhan gave her the feeling of a strict teacher.
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When Yu Zhan finished reading the book, he looked up and saw Liu Lan looking at him with pitiful eyes.
He chuckled, "Don't act like you're facing a great enemy. Your textbooks are not difficult."
"Just because it's not difficult for you doesn't mean it's the same for others," Liu Lan wrinkled her nose.
"How come you are so smart that you are stumped by English?"
"I think I haven't found the method yet," Liu Lan said depressedly, "I can understand the meaning of these words individually, and I have memorized them, but when they are put together, I can't understand them."
"That's because you don't understand English grammar and rhetoric."
"I know grammar and I have studied it. I have compared English, Chinese and ancient Chinese with each other." In order to learn English well, Liu Lan worked very 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 was considered a cultured person. No one ever asked why others spoke or wrote in that way. They just accepted their own language and writing as a matter of course.
Liu said, "I specifically researched the grammar of modern Chinese on the Internet, and compared it with English."
"No wonder you can't learn English well. When learning a second language, the most taboo is to apply it to your mother tongue," Yu Zhan said seriously, "Since you insist on comparing, let me first tell you the biggest difference between Chinese and English. English words have different cases, genders, and numbers. For example, 'I' means 'I', which is the nominative case, and 'me' also means 'I', which is the accusative case. But in Chinese, 'I' can only be written in this way, which is 'I'. Can you find other ways to say it?"
"Yes!" Liu Lan answered quickly, "This palace, I, you, my humble self, I, the widow, I... all refer to 'I'"
Yu Zhan: “…”
He found that he and Liu Lan's thinking seemed to be on different dimensions.
"The words you mentioned are either only used by people of certain status, or they were only used by people in ancient times. Now try calling yourself 'I' or 'I' to others?"
Liu Man imagined the scene and was afraid that she was a fool...
"I know your hobbies are more retro, but let's talk about modern Chinese and modern English. Don't bring up ancient Chinese," Yu Zhan continued. "In English, the noun 'I' is 'mine', and the adjective 'my' is 'my'. These words have singular and plural forms. 'my' is singular, and 'our' is plural..."
Yu Zhan’s explanation was very detailed and clear. Many things that Liu Lan had not understood before suddenly became clear to her. The more she listened, the more engrossed she became, taking notes as she listened.
After teaching a part of grammar, Yu Zhan began to explain the text to Liu Lan by referring to the textbook. His explanation was much more vivid than that of the female teacher. Liu Lan originally had only a vague understanding of the article, but after his explanation, she not only understood it smoothly, but also figured out the structure between words and sentences.
She looked into Yu Zhan's eyes, which were sparkling and full of admiration.
This made Yu Zhan feel filled with satisfaction as a man. He liked the feeling of being admired and appreciated by Liu Lan.
"Read me the first paragraph of this text."
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