Chapter 101: TOEFL 120, aren’t you afraid of flashing your tongue?
Zhang Wei is sitting in front of the computer, using the map editor to modify a Warcraft map.
"Brother, you also play Warcraft!" Lu Yunxiang came up, looked at Zhang Wei's computer screen, and then said: "Did you create this map?"
"This map is called Defense of the Ancients, or DOTA for short. It is an RPG map of Warcraft." Zhang Wei explained.
“RPG maps? I’ve never played them before. I always play battles! Brother, do you usually play battles?”
"Let's play it occasionally!" Zhang Wei replied casually, but continued to edit the map in his hand.
"Brother, are you good at playing against each other?"
"Just average!"
"Brother, let's play a game later?"
"Okay, are you awesome?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.
"I'm good at eating, drinking and having fun! If I hadn't taken the college entrance examination this year, I might have gone to Xi'an to compete in the WCG auditions!
By the way, brother, you know WCG, right? It's World Electronics Competitive competitions can be called the Olympics of e-sports, and those who compete are all masters! I feel like I am an e-sports master who has been delayed by his studies!”
“This kid is showing off again! "Zhang Wei sighed lightly, pointed to the bookshelf on his desk, and then said: "There is a red book in the second row above. Take it down."
"Okay, brother!" The pretender took the red book straight away.
"Brother, this seems to be a certificate! What award did you win?"
"Open it and take a look!" Zhang Wei continued editing the DOTA map without looking back.
“Congratulations to Zhang Wei for winning the third place in the WCG China Division Warcraft 3 project!”
The pretender looked at the certificate, then looked at Zhang Wei, then looked at the certificate, and then looked at Zhang Wei . Then he obediently put the certificate back to its original place.
The e-sports master who was delayed by studying met the e-sports master who was not delayed by study.
"Excuse me, brother!" He pretended to be sick and retreated to his seat.
Another day of kicking the iron!
At this time, Ye Haotian pushed the door open and came in.
"Zhang Wei, I just came back from the Foreign Affairs Office, and the location for my overseas exchange has been decided. The two of us are going to the same place, both at the University of California, Berkeley!"
Ye Haotian said , took out a form, handed it to Zhang Wei, and then said: "The teacher from the Foreign Affairs Office asked us to fill in an English resume and send it back to Berkeley."
"We can only go to Berkeley. Ah! This level is a bit low!" Zhang Wei said with a smile.
"Just be content! The world ranking of the University of California, Berkeley, is more than a hundred higher than our Tsinghua University! Going to Berkeley is already the best school that Tsinghua University can get.
I heard from a teacher in the Foreign Affairs Office that thanks to the fact that Berkeley is a public school, our Tsinghua University can send exchange students there. If it were a private school of the same level, we wouldn’t even be qualified to send exchange students!”
"The University of California, Berkeley, should be in San Francisco, right? It's also quite close to Silicon Valley. I'll take you to Silicon Valley, visit Stanford University, and introduce you to a Nobel Prize winner!" Zhang Wei said with a smile. .
"Brother, are you going to study in the United States?" Lu Yunxiang finally intervened.
"As an exchange student, didn't you score 720 in the college entrance examination? By this time next year, you will also be qualified!" Ye Haotian said.
"No, brother, I want to ask, isn't Viagra a freshman? How can I be an exchange student?"
"I'm not going to be an exchange student, I'm a visiting scholar." Zhang Wei hehe He smiled and pointed at Ye Haotian: "He is an exchange student, and I got a visiting scholar visa!"
Zhang Wei said, pointing at Ye Haotian: "This is an exchange student!"
Then he pointed at himself: "This is a scholar! Do you understand?"
"I understand! Your level is higher than Brother Haotian." Lu Yunxiang nodded.
Ye Haotian pouted, it was another day of being bullied by the devil!
Lu Yunxiang said: "I just heard that you are going to California? I have never been to that place in California, but I have eaten beef noodles in California. The taste is similar to Lanzhou beef noodles!"
“California beef noodles taste the same as Lanzhou beef noodles? Which California beef noodles did you eat? Isn’t it possible that you can order the second-thin version?”
“Huh? Brother, how did you know there were other noodles? You’ve eaten there too?”
Zhang Wei looked at Lu Yunxiang with pity, this poor pretender could only taste a fake California beef noodle!
...
Looking at the form in his hand that needed to be filled out in English, Zhang Wei fell into deep thought.
“My current English level is okay for filling out this form, but I’m afraid it won’t be enough when I get to the United States. In case there are occasions where academic exchanges are required, my poor English will I must be blinded!”
Thinking of this, Zhang Wei called the devil.
“Brother Devil, I need someone with fluent English skills. Do you have one?”
"How smooth should it be?" the devil asked immediately. Zhang Wei thought for a while and replied: "The level of native English."
"The level of native English is also divided into levels. A person with only a middle school education, and a People with a master's degree have different levels of native language!
The advantage of a mother tongue is mainly in its ability to use the language, rather than in listening, speaking, reading, and speaking. , not only requires an innate native language environment, but also requires later training
This is like asking a junior high school graduate to write an essay. Even if he can write it, there is a high probability that it will be pieced together with no content. No focus.
If it were written by a college graduate, it would definitely be much better than one written by a junior high school graduate. If you switch to college students from prestigious universities, the quality will be improved to another level.
But junior high school students, college students and college students from prestigious universities have the same ability to use their mother tongue. To put it simply, there is no difference between you and Mo Yan when it comes to speaking human language! "
"I understand, you mean, you want me to give you a more detailed standard? Zhang Wei continued: "Then give me a TOEFL English level of 120 points!" "
"Don't be afraid of flashing your tongue! ”
The full TOEFL score is 120 points, and a score of 115 or above is considered a high level.
According to the admission standards of American universities, a TOEFL score of 90 or above can apply for most universities in the United States; a TOEFL score of 100 or above meets the requirements of the Ivy League schools; and a TOEFL score of 110 is enough to apply for any university in the United States.
Americans who have not received higher education will basically not get a score of 110 when taking the TOEFL test. In other words, a TOEFL score of 110 is already higher than the average American level in terms of listening, speaking, reading and writing. .
But in terms of the use of English, there is definitely a gap with Americans. After all, they have the advantage of their mother tongue, especially in terms of speaking speed and accent, they are definitely better.
For example, if you go to listen to a cross talk, the actor speaks a tongue twister at a very fast speed. You can understand it, but a foreigner with level 10 Chinese cannot understand it. This is the advantage of speaking speed.
For example, Chinese people have basically no problem hearing the dialects of Shandong and Henan. They can also understand the dialects of Sichuan and Chongqing, but if it were a foreigner, they might be blinded. This is the advantage of accent.
Training in language use still depends on the environment. If you stay in that language environment, you will slowly be able to master the rules of using the language.
Hearing that Zhang Wei wanted a TOEFL score of 120, the devil immediately made an offer.
“If you want to trade your TOEFL English proficiency of 120 points, I will give you three choices. The first choice is one year of life!”
“Kill me? Don’t even think about it. ! Just say the second one!”
“The second choice is to be single for ten years”
Zhang Wei frowned fiercely. He was silent for a full minute before he asked: "When you say single, do you mean you can't get married, or you can't have a girlfriend?"
"You can't have a girlfriend. ! Of course, you can’t have a boyfriend either!”
“You really know how to prevent me from taking advantage of this!”
“What if you’re gay?”
“You’re overthinking, I’m not gay!”
"You are not gay now, but what if you become gay in the future! Who can say for sure what will happen in the future!"
"This kind of thing can definitely be said for sure!"
Zhang Wei snorted coldly, and then asked: "There is another question. Does the single you are talking about include in-depth communication on a physical level? The kind that only talks about money, not feelings."
"Including!"
"What kind of person can still make money without talking about money or feelings?"
The devil was silent for a few seconds and said with great disdain: "Do you think with your ordinary appearance, anyone will spend money to be a duck?"
"I can go to Japan and make a mosaic. , don’t show your face, it doesn’t matter if you look ugly!”
“What I just said ‘ordinary’ also includes length!”
“Uh...” Zhang Wei was half-shocked! No words were spoken for minutes.
“Brother Devil, let’s not mention the length for now. What would happen if we had an in-depth communication on a physiological level?”
"Guess whether there will be a 'click'?"
Zhang Wei suddenly felt a tightness in his lower body, as if his balls hurt.
“With a click, the bed collapsed!” The devil gasped.
“It’s not humorous at all!” Zhang Wei snorted: “You’d better say the third choice!”
Today’s two chapters are over 5,000 words long. It has been 50 days since I started the book, and I have finally written 100 chapters. The current word count is just over 250,000, with an average of 5,000 updates per day. With this amount of updates in the public period, it should be okay! Thank you for your company of 250,000 words. Next, I will go to the United States to show off. What do you think would be good to do in the United States? You might as well give some suggestions.
(End of this chapter)