Chapter 296 Life Mentor
Lin Jing is still self-aware of her spoken English. She has reached where she is today purely because the current way of learning foreign languages is still very simple. Most people have neither the opportunity to go abroad nor the opportunity to be taught by professional teachers.
The most important thing is that there is no suitable language environment. Most of the alumni learn dumb English. The written test is very good, the oral English is worrying, and the speech is in another realm.
It’s not about how good you are, it’s about your opponent not being good enough. I don’t know if Crazy English has a way to solve this problem.
Even if it can be solved, let's wait until she's finished playing.
I originally thought that Kuang Rulan asked her to correct her pronunciation, but she didn't expect that she would ask first: "Your name is Lin Jing, right? Where is your hometown?"
Lin Jing talked about her hometown, Linjia Village in the mountains and valleys, which was a bit far away from the imperial capital. It was a remote place with no reputation.
Kuang Rulan's third aunt is named Long Juan. She looks to be in her thirties, her hair is meticulously combed, she wears exquisite earrings, and light makeup. She is dressed with traditional female elegance, and her voice is very kind. " Have you been to Qi City?"
Lin Jing nodded and said truthfully: "My hometown is a small place below Qi City. I stayed in Qi City for half a year before coming to the imperial capital to study."
"Our family lived in Qi City for a year and recently moved away."
Half a year was a short period of time, so Lin Jing did not emphasize that she was from Qi City. Even though her family still had a registered residence in Qi City, she usually said that she grew up in the countryside.
Long Juan nodded, seemingly satisfied with her answer, and continued to ask: "Then have you heard of Mu Yingying?"
Lin Jing thought for a while that she had heard of only one person named Mu, "Mu Yingying? Is it Aunt Mu?"
Long Juan smiled, her tone became gentle and said: "Yes, she lived in your house for a while."
Lin Jing nodded. That was the translator Auston specially hired for Elitte. Money can make all the difference. It is not difficult to hire a live-in translator. She didn't expect that it would be Long Juan's colleague.
In her memory, she didn't have much communication with Mu Yingying, because Eli needed to stay in bed, and she mostly stayed with Eli in the room.
Long Juan looked at her with a smile on her lips, "She thinks you are a very special girl, you know?"
Lin Jing said nothing. She didn't know what Long Juan meant, so she just smiled back.
Does she think I'm particularly important? hehe.
Long Juan seemed a little dissatisfied with her indifference, but only a little bit, and continued: "When Xiaolan first mentioned your name, I thought it was a coincidence, but I didn't expect it to be you."
Lin Jing: "It's no coincidence that a book is written."
"Actually, my colleague said that she still can't understand how a child like you who grew up in the countryside can speak such good English and have no problem communicating with foreigners, so we are also very curious about you."
Where are the obstacles? It's just a setting you set for yourself.
"My eldest brother and sister-in-law have never learned English before, and I can communicate with them without any obstacles. Maybe people in our family are more frank when communicating with others." Lin Jing didn't like the way she spoke, as if she only had Only if your foreign language is good enough can you communicate with foreigners.
It's not a negotiation. Spoken words, facial expressions, and gestures are all fine. Auston's Chinese is so bad, but he still likes to use idioms.
What's this? Is it okay to just say no boldly?
Long Juan looked at Lin Jing in surprise, as if she didn't expect Lin Jing to say that at all, and asked with a forced smile: "Aren't you afraid of embarrassment?"
Auston is an important foreign guest that even their leaders must treat with special care. She needs to be careful and careful about everything she says. It is so rude for a little girl like her to speak freely in front of others without any scruples.
Lin Jing returned her surprise, "Why should you feel embarrassed? Even if you say something wrong, wouldn't it be enough to correct it?"
Long Juan fell silent and did not speak, but her deep eyes seemed to want to use silence to make Lin Jing calmly think about where she went wrong.
In her eyes, Lin Jing is a beautiful jade that can be polished, but it needs to be polished.
That feeling made Lin Jing feel inexplicably a little repulsive and funny, but she didn't feel there was anything wrong with her at all, she just smiled distantly.
"Do you know Mr. Alston's family? Aren't you afraid that your ignorance will affect their view of our country?" Looking at her hesitantly, she didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with her. As an elder who cares about the younger generation, Long Juan said : "You are young, energetic and somewhat capable now. You still have to think more about what you do."
If she were really her elder, Lin Jing would still listen to a few words.
Unfortunately, the two of them were not familiar with each other, and Mu Yingying didn't have much of a relationship with her. Being able to answer so many of her questions was for Kuang Rulan's sake. Lin Jing could only feel disgusted with her sudden lecture.
"Third Aunt, I invited you here to help listen to Sister Jingjing's pronunciation. Why are you talking about those things?" Kuang Rulan could also feel that the atmosphere between the two suddenly became less friendly, and hurriedly interjected.
Long Juan continued to reason with Lin Jing, probably meaning that she could help Lin Jing grow more and hoped that she could be more modest, especially to pay more attention to her image in front of foreign friends.
Everything she said was correct. She really wanted to teach her, but she was a little too hasty and wanted to be Lin Jing's life mentor too much.
It's a pity that Lin Jing's life ideal has been swinging between two extremes: flatness and explosion, and a "mentor" like Long Juan can't guide her at all.
However, Long Juan's guidance on Lin Jing's speech was very serious, and she could hear even the smallest details, which benefited Lin Jing a lot, and some stuck areas became smoother.
The emotional expression and intonation during the speech are also more in line with Lin Jing's own way of expression.
A few days later, after class, Huaqingbei came to Lin Jing and asked directly: "Lin Jing, how are you preparing for this speech contest?"
Lin Jing is already working very hard at home, and she only has to deal with it at school. You can understand it yourself with a look, "Monitor, just tell me what you want."
Hua Qingbei didn't expect her to be so direct. He was stunned for a moment and said with an embarrassed smile: "It's okay, you are competing on behalf of our department. I just think you are very powerful. I want to ask about the situation."
Lin Jing, haha, would I believe it?
"I really don't mean anything else," Hua Qingbei said after a pause, "Even the teachers in the department suddenly paid great attention to it, saying that the philosophy department might be merged into another college in the future. What do you think this time? If we can get a good ranking in the competition, it will also be a good opportunity for the philosophy department to show its face alone."
"The teacher just wants me to ask you if there is anything you need help with."