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 schools only teach this and exams only test this, and oral expression is not involved at all.

He doesn't even know how to curse, and 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 phonetic teaching materials..." Jiang Shuyi finally mustered up the courage and spoke with a blushing 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 pretty good too." Fu Xia was very surprised. She had never met a child who spoke 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 Flavor", 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 that I only understand after reading your book. It turns out that in our industry, we were the boss of the officialdom a long time ago."

!”

"Hahaha, it's true." Zhou Zhi said with a smile. This is some popular science he did in "Interesting Stories of Sichuan Flavor". The people who were responsible for purchasing, cooking, and presenting food to the King of Zhou during the Zhou Dynasty were all serious officials.

, and these positions are very senior positions in the imperial court.

For example, the founder of the Qin State was a 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 successfully controlled the floods and conquered the world, he also cast nine large tripods and distributed them among the nine states. This tripod,

It’s actually a big copper pot with three legs.”

"From then on, when the new dynasty took over the world and established political power, people called it 'Dingding'. What about the previous state of melee? It was called 'chasing the deer'. The world and the country were compared to prey and food chased by heroes."

"After that, 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 it is not done well and leads to social unrest, it is called a 'cauldron boil'. The situation is described as boiling in a pot until the soup splashes everywhere."

"So there is the old saying - Governing a big country is like cooking small fish. This sentence means that to govern a big country, you need to be as meticulous and careful as handling small fish. This is a metaphor for a wise ruler.

You have a brilliant chef, Master Zhang, and you even have foreign apprentices, so I have to give you a toast."

Zhang Yuanfu's words made Zhang Yuanfu smile happily: "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 be toasting you for this cup, so even if we are the same

Drink it!”

The two of them had a drink before Zhang Yuanfu handed over the table: "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.

.Are you satisfied with the food?"

Everyone nodded.

"We are all satisfied. We just had a nice chat over the food!" Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "By the way, Master Zhang, how did you, a foreign disciple, get here?"

"Ouch!" Zhang Yuanfu said: "I'm not a substitute for cooking classes? 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."

Although the current cooking school 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 entrance exams for junior colleges or even technical schools. They are what Zhang Yuanfu calls "silly boys."

There is an old saying that goes, "In times of famine, the 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 the school leaders who were part-time chefs were when 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 actually recorded and compiled recipes in writing, or even studied the history of Sichuan cuisine in depth, were not real cooks, but people like Zhou Zhi.

"A foodie among cultural people".

As for the Fu Xia in front of me, after another exchange, it turned out that she was a college student at Oxford University. She came to Shu University for exchange studies on a Chinese ethnic minority research project, and her Oxford accent was not something she learned from later generations, 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 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 he has an extra little tail, and he often comes to get in on it.

Kitchen."

"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 took me a long time to cook it.

The heat is 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 also wrote a book for us!"

"Master Zhang may not even realize how great his work is." 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 and monuments.

It is equivalent to the intangible, intangible and cultural heritage based on language carriers such as words and classics."

The blond foreigner immediately nodded his head: "Yes, yes, your "Interesting Stories of Sichuan" is my Chinese textbook. It is much more interesting than the history materials distributed by the school!"

After saying that, he sighed: "If you were good at school, you could become my 'language partner'!"

Today's China cares about foreign students in every possible way. In addition to living conditions and academic support, it provides the best conditions in all aspects. In fact, it is an inferiority complex 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, who will be responsible for communicating with her/her in Chinese, so that the international students can adapt to the Chinese environment as soon as possible.

And Chinese students are also willing. After all, they don’t always communicate in Chinese, so that their foreign language can improve.

Also, through foreign students, you can truly understand the outside world.
Chapter completed!