Rebirth of the Rich Second Generation's Growth Diary

Chapter 92 Oral Proficiency [More, please read! ]

I have been practicing spoken English for half a year, and I read blindly following the recordings every day.

He could already understand the sentences in the recordings instantly like a conditioned reflex. Even if the playback was accelerated, they were still very clear in Li Xu's ears.

However, Li Xu has always been dealing with teaching material recordings, and he has no idea what it is like to deal with real foreigners.

I don’t know where my English level falls.

This still requires some verification.

Under my influence, Xia Xiaohe and Xia Xiaomiao, brother and sister, have reached a similar level of spoken English as mine, and they can communicate with each other in English in many situations.

However, Li Xu still couldn't change his mindset... Could the foreigner understand what he was saying?
Will your grammar, vocabulary, etc. sound a little funny to foreigners?
Whether the English learned in written form is what foreigners actually use in their daily lives is like "how are you I'm fine..." I have never seen foreigners speak like that in any movie.

But can I understand what real foreigners say in English?

Is there a big difference between the English spoken by real foreigners and what we hear on tapes?
Today is the weekend and my dad plans to take me somewhere.

Before leaving, Dad didn't tell Li Xu where he was going.

In the car, Li Yuqian looked at his watch and said, "I didn't take care of you during the previous winter vacation, but I have arranged something for you this summer vacation."

"What's the matter?" Li Xu asked curiously.

"This academic forum is open to young people under the age of 30 nationwide. Going to such a place to broaden your horizons is much better than working in isolation at home."

"Oh, so where we are going now, does it have anything to do with this matter?"

"Not everyone can attend that academic forum, and you need to prepare some things in advance. This time, I'll take you to meet a friend."

The friend my dad mentioned is a young university teacher. To participate in this forum, the first thing to do is to find a leading teacher.

Li Xu couldn't help but sigh that he had really wasted all his father's resources in his previous life.

Other high school students spend their summer vacation in a routine manner, but I can clearly rely on my father's support to participate in various camps and some cutting-edge academic forums. Even if I don't understand anything, just by taking a few turns in them, I can broaden my horizons and understand what the most talented people are thinking about all day long.

In this life, Li Xu made up his mind to rely on his father with all his strength and make good use of these resources.

The father and son came to the best university in the province, Jinchuan University.

This was an era when there was no access control to the university, and private vehicles could enter freely. The car stopped in front of the office building. My father went up first and asked him to wait for a while downstairs.

This place is close to the International Students College, and there are many foreign friends coming and going. Li Xu looked at the foreign students walking past with great interest.

At this time, two rare and exquisite European and American girls were sitting on a bench not far away and chatting.

Li Xu's heart moved slightly, and his social anxiety kicked in. On the one hand, he wanted to test his English level, and on the other hand, he was bored since he was free, so he walked over to say hello.

Anyway, no one here knows me, so it doesn’t matter if I say something wrong.

The two European and American girls seemed to have rarely seen an Asian boy as warm and generous as Li Xu, and they were a little surprised. Then the three of them chatted friendlyly.

Li Xu, who had never actually used English in daily life, suddenly felt more confident after chatting with the two girls for a while.

The English they spoke was indeed a little different from what was heard in the recording. Maybe English also has dialect accents. However, they were all sentences that Li Xu had read carefully, and at most he just replaced a few words, so there was almost no difficulty in understanding what they were saying.

When Li Xu was expressing himself, he no longer felt the embarrassment he had in the English corner before. When he thought of what he wanted to express, an English sentence pattern that he had practiced thousands of times would immediately appear in his mind. By replacing the key words, it became what he wanted to express.

Li Xu was very excited to use English so fluently in a real scenario for the first time.

Li Xu knew that there was absolutely no problem with his spoken English.

When you are out, you give yourself an identity. When chatting with two European and American girls, Li Xu would not say that he is a high school student and talk nonsense casually... He is an exchange student from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

The reputations of these two universities are extremely prominent even among Chinese students studying in Europe and the United States. The two girls' eyes lit up, and they were infected by Li Xu's enthusiasm, confidence and amazing identity, and laughed from time to time.

More importantly, Li Xu's knowledge is indeed far beyond this era. He can just talk about two things that will only exist in the future, or ideas that will evolve in the future, from the perspective of trends, and he can surprise the two little girls and make them praise him as a student who is worthy of being from the best university in China.

At this time, Li Yuqian had already reached an agreement with Yan Qingde, the target person of this trip, and he agreed to help Li Xu enter the forum in the next summer.

This was the stage of their mutual commercial praise. Li Yuqian praised Yan Qingde's high academic attainments, while Yan Qingde returned the favor, saying that Li Yuqian invested heavily in his children's education and was a rare good father.

When it comes to education, Li Yuqian's interest is immediately ignited. He said modestly: "I dare not say that I know a lot about education, but I do have a little experience..."

Then, choosing my words carefully, I spoke restrainedly and modestly about my experience.

As they were chatting, they saw Li Xu not far away, chatting with two foreign graduate students.

When Li Yuqian saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, his time and energy every day were not enough to support him staying with Li Xu for a long time.

Therefore, although I know that Li Xu has been studying very hard in the past six months, I am not very clear about the specific level he has achieved.

Subject performance can be measured by scores, but for English, this is not intuitive enough.

Li Yuqian was naturally very clear about Li Xu's previous English level...he basically had not studied it much.

I have worked hard and studied for the past six months, but most likely I can only speak fluent English and at most I can get a good score on the test.

With such a preconceived impression, the impact of Li Xu chatting and talking with the two foreign girls became quite strong.

People of their generation have no intuitive idea of their English proficiency if they themselves cannot speak English.

A child's score of 140 on the English test is probably not as shocking as his chattering with a foreigner for a while.

Li Yuqian didn't expect that his son's English level had reached such a high level.

Just as he was lost in thought, Yan Qingde asked curiously, "Is that your son?"

Li Yuqian came back to his senses and nodded calmly: "Haha, this kid has the same personality as me, a bit outgoing and likes making friends."

"Oh, your English should be pretty good then."

"It's just that I can communicate with others just now, it's nothing." Li Yuqian said lightly.

Yan Qingde was a little surprised, but he actually overestimated Li Yuqian's educational level.

After things were settled here, Li Yuqian called Li Xu over to say hello to Yan Qingde.

Li Xu had been bragging about his various things to the two European and American girls for such a long time. When he was about to leave, the two girls took the initiative to leave their contact information for him.

Li Xu did not leave his phone number, but just left them a QQ number and left in a leisurely manner.

On the way back, Li Yuqian seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Li Xu saw this and asked curiously, "Dad, what's wrong?"

Li Yuqian was silent for a moment, "What did you talk about with those two foreign students?"

"Nothing, just bragging for a while." Li Xu said nonchalantly.

"Did you leave your contact information before you left?"

"Well, they both said they fell in love with me and wanted to marry me."

Li Xu spoke nonsense with a calm expression.

Li Yuqian was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized that Li Xu was joking, and slapped the brat on the head with an expressionless face...

This bastard actually dared to joke in front of me?
Li Yuqian leaned back in his chair with a stern face.

"By the way, don't look for a foreign wife in the future."

Li Yuqian was silent for a long time, and suddenly said something else.