For sixty points' sake!
In my eyes, China is mysterious and full of cultural flavor. Among my classmates, if someone has a Chinese character on his T-shirt, it is synonymous with connotation and profundity. Walking in new york's Chinatown every year and watching them celebrate "Christmas" in China, I think this is really a mysterious and enthusiastic nation.
After I went to college, I took Chinese as an elective, only to find that the combination of 2000 Chinese characters is so fascinating and headache! Is this what China people call "pain and happiness"? !
I remember the first time I learned Chinese characters. I am like a pupil in China. I learned "people, mouth, hands, sun, moon and stars". A few simple words, I will remember them soon! But when I dictated the words in the quiz, the teacher still put a big red cross on my "day".
By the way, my teacher China said that this red fork is also a specialty of China. In fact, our elective students like the teacher to draw a red tick on our homework and test paper instead of a red cross. But the teacher insisted on this product with China characteristics, and there was nothing we could do. But why is each red fork so big that it can penetrate the back of the paper? We discussed it several times, but we couldn't figure it out. In the end, it only boils down to-strange China people!
I'm not convinced anyway. Although my handwriting is not as good as my teacher's, I still have confidence in my memory. I am quite sure that the word "day" was really written by me. I was very angry. Is it because of my dark skin that Mr. China also looks down on me? Why is white skin right? In the same way, it is wrong for us to have dark skin. This is discrimination, naked racial discrimination!
I can't help being angry! I want justice for black Americans, and I want justice for the world!
I found my teacher China angrily, "I need your explanation", so I told him straight away.
Miss China raised her eyes slightly and looked at me. There is no doubt in those eyes, but she is always gentle and clear. I hate that tenderness, although I used to appreciate it. I'm also annoyed by his calm and composure that everything is under control! It seems that he keeps telling me that he knows I will definitely come to him!
Just when I flew into a rage, my teacher China spoke, with his usual low, slightly magnetic and hoarse voice!
"Susan, I knew you would come to me, and I will give you a reasonable explanation."
I don't know if it's because of his words or because of his charming timbre. My dissatisfaction and anger disappeared in an instant and I began to focus on his next words.
"Susan, your memory is excellent, and you are very interested in Chinese and China culture, which makes me very appreciate it. I believe you will go further on the road of Chinese, whether you are just interested or will use Chinese in the future, but I hope you can find the charm of Chinese and feel the great pleasure it brings you. Take Chinese studies as an educational game and you will find that it will make you more and more fascinated! "
Hearing this, I felt the teacher's sincerity and expectation, and a feeling of excitement rose in my heart. No matter how other students are, I will live up to my teacher's expectations and go further and further on the road of Chinese!
The teacher went on to say, "Susan, let's go back to the test paper!" " You see, you wrote this day in a plain way. Anyway, in China, the word "Yue" is an old saying of China, which means "Yan". For example, "Zi Yue" was said by a man named Confucius, but "Ri" is tall and thin, so I drew it for you! I hope you will continue to work hard in the future! "
When I bid farewell to the teacher and returned to the classroom, I was still amazed that a word changed its meaning because of the change of graphics! Will I gain 20 pounds when I come to China, so I won't be my parents' children? Am I Lucy or Lisa? It's incredible, which proves once again that China is really a mysterious country!
After this incident, although the road to learning Chinese characters is still full of hardships, I gradually found pleasure. Last Christmas, our elective class held an activity to turn a Chinese character with different strokes into a new word. For example, the mouth became the most powerful David, the mouth became the sky, the sky became the ground, and then it became "A, Shen, God". This is the real China Transformers!
Anyway, my Chinese character learning is gradually on the right track. In the process of learning, I think we should not only be careful, but also add appropriate sentences or paragraphs to understand the words one by one. But most importantly, learning Chinese characters is actually learning a culture. When you discover the charm of a culture and deeply indulge in it, any difficulty will be regarded as fun!
I love Chinese characters, and I love China!