Chapter 530 The Status of Eating
The same is true for English. There is a big difference between oral expression and written expression. The biggest problem for Chinese students today is that they only know written expression, because the school only teaches this and the exam only tests it. This does not involve spoken language at all.
I don’t even know how to curse, and I can translate “son of a bitch” into “son of a bitch”.
Even the scholars at Sichuan University, except for those with overseas study background and professional knowledge reserves, are not as good at using the language as Zhou Zhi, which naturally aroused Fu Xia's curiosity.
"His English is very good. He can...can help our teachers...compile audio teaching materials..." Jiang Shuyi finally mustered up the courage and spoke with a blush on her face.
Zhou Zhi was very touched at this moment, because if it weren't for protecting herself, Jiang Shuyi might not have the courage to communicate with a strange foreigner in English on such an occasion.
"Huh? Your English is not bad." Fu Xia was very surprised. She had never met a child with such fluent English in an inland city like Shudu.
"Well, your English is not bad either." Zhou Zhi said.
Then Fu Xia laughed. She knew what Zhou Zhi meant, because Fu Xia spoke with a real Oxford accent.
"Hello, Master Zhang." Zhou Zhi nodded to Zhang Yuanfu again: "Yes, I wrote "Interesting Stories of Sichuan Flavors", and there are four more volumes to be published soon."
Zhang Yuanfu said with a smile: "It's really amazing. There are many old sayings that we don't know. There are still many ancient sayings. I only understood them after reading your book. It turns out that in our industry, we were the boss a long time ago." !”
“Hahaha "It's true." Zhou Zhi said with a smile, this is some popular science done in "Sichuan Taste". The people who were responsible for purchasing, cooking, and presenting food to the King of Zhou in the Zhou Dynasty were all serious officials, and these The position is a very senior position in the court.
For example, the ancestor of the Qin State was the first charioteer who drove the king of Zhou.
“We in China attach great importance to food and cooking. Most of the imperial ritual utensils are eating utensils. After Dayu succeeded in controlling the floods and conquered the world, he also cast nine large tripods. Kyushu, this big tripod is actually a big copper pot with three legs. "
"From then on, when the new dynasty seized power and established power in the world, people called it 'Dingding', while the previous state of melee was called 'Zhulu', which compared the world and the country to a chase by heroes. prey ingredients.”
"After the emperor ascended the throne and established a ruling system, the largest official was the prime minister."
"What is the role of the prime minister? People gave another word - harmonizing Ding Nai."
“The world and society are still compared to a cauldron. The prime minister’s responsibility is to keep society in a good state. The world is like a pot of good soup with rich taste, balanced nutrition and just the right blend.”
"If not If it is done well and leads to social unrest, it is called "Ding Bo", which is used to describe such a state by boiling the pot until the soup splashes."
"So there is the old saying - to govern a great country, This sentence means cooking. Governing a large country requires as much care as handling small fish. This is like comparing a brilliant ruler to a brilliant chef. He even has foreign apprentices, so I have to give you a toast. ”
Zhang Yuanfu's words made Zhang Yuanfu smile brightly: "This person who wrote the book is different. He can speak the truth about everything, and he also praises us cooks so highly! I should toast you with this cup, so even if you are the same Drink!”
The two had a drink, Zhang Yuan Fucai handed over the table and said: "My ancestors had rules. When I was a chef, I couldn't have more than three drinks at night, for fear of spoiling the taste of my tongue. I can't drink any more at this table. Please forgive me. I'm quite satisfied with the food. ?”
Everyone nodded.
"We are all satisfied. It's just about the food. We just had a happy chat!" Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "By the way, Master Zhang, how did you, a foreign disciple, come here?" "Ouch!" Zhang Yuanfu said: "Aren't I taking a class at a cooking school? One day in class, I suddenly saw a group of silly boys surrounding a foreign girl. I was shocked!"
"After asking, I took the initiative to find a student from the school. I argued with the school leaders for a day to get into the school. Finally, the school party committee held an enlarged meeting and decided to accept this student."
Cooking School Now Although it claims to be a junior college, it is actually a vocational skills training college. The students are all high school graduates who cannot pass the junior college or even technical school. They are what Zhang Yuanfu calls "silly boys."
There is an old saying that goes, "In times of famine, a cook will never die of hunger." Many families send their children to cooking schools to learn skills in order to have them.
So you can imagine how shocked it was to the school leaders who were part-time chefs that a foreigner came to the Cooking School crying and wanting to learn how to cook.
To be honest, cooking majors are mainly about learning skills. Even in the early years, the inheritance of Sichuan cuisine was passed down orally. Those who really record and organize recipes in writing, or even study the history of Sichuan cuisine in depth, are not real cooks. Rather, he is a "foodie among educated people" like Zhou Zhi.
The Fu Xia in front of me, after further communication, turned out to be a college student at Oxford University. She came to Shu University for exchange studies for a Chinese ethnic minority research project, and her Oxford accent was not learned because her home is in At Oxford University.
My father is an academic authority on world cultural history, and my mother is a professor of Eastern history, but her specialty is not China, but India.
The project that Fu Xia is working on now actually came from her mother.
“But with the little girl here, the silly boys in the class are much more motivated to learn skills.” Zhang Yuanfu said with a smile, and there was even a bit of doting in his smile: “It’s just that there is an extra little girl. The tail often comes to the kitchen."
< br>"It's also a great opportunity and luck..." Zhou Zhi sighed: "Actually, I also like to work in the kitchen. Master Guo's private restaurant in my hometown has a wine-flavored tripe. It's really hard to wait for a long time. Get the heat right.”
"Master Xiao Zhou is a good person!" Zhang Yuanfu is actually quite straightforward. Of course, if he wasn't straightforward, he would probably have such a little Oxford follower: "Not only did he not look down on us, he even wrote a book for us!"
" Teacher Zhang may not even realize how important his job is. "The greatness of it." Zhou Zhi switched to English and said to Fu Xia: "I think the inheritance of such handicrafts should belong to the great heritage of human culture, equivalent to cultural relics, monuments and other material objects, and equivalent to language carriers such as texts and classics. , intangible, immaterial, cultural heritage "
The blond foreigner nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, your "Sichuan Interesting Talk" is my Chinese textbook, which is much more interesting than the history materials issued by the school! "
After speaking, he sighed: "If you were good at school, you could become My ‘language match’!”
Today’s China cares about foreign students in every possible way, and provides the best conditions in all aspects except living conditions and academic support. In fact, it is a kind of inferiority complex. The psychology is at work, for fear of being looked down upon by others.
"Pairing" is also a feature of Shu University. For each international student, the school will find a corresponding Chinese student majoring in foreign languages to be responsible for communicating with her/her in Chinese so that the international students can adapt to the Chinese environment as soon as possible.
Chinese students are also willing. After all, they do not always communicate in Chinese, so that their foreign language can improve.
Also, through foreign students, you can truly understand the outside world.
(End of this chapter)