Chapter 23 Why do you still call others grandma?

Dear Xiaowen: Your English has improved so much in just a few months, which proves that you are hardworking and smart. Dr. Sun Guanhan, the former president of Tsinghua Research Institute (now Tsinghua University), once published an article called "Li Ao and Genius", using his scientist's method, to prove why Li Ao is a genius.If what he proved has some truth, then Li Ao would also like to say: Li Wen is a genius (Hedy Lee is a genius.). Do you remember Edison, the great inventor, mentioned to you in Dad’s letter last November or Eighteenth?He said: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." (Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.) That is to say, a genius depends on hard work, and a genius can only emerge if you work hard; a genius will be buried if you don’t work hard.

So you have to work harder, spend more time studying than the children, and work hard like the sister of [Fourth Aunt’s Family]. In the 19th century, there was a British writer named Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde), who was very talented. When he came to the United States in 1882, when he landed, the customs collector asked him what he wanted to declare (declare) and pay taxes. He said proudly: "I have nothing to declare except my genius." (I have nothing to declare except my genius.) You pay special attention to the use of nothing.You already know how to use nothing to do in your letter, Dad is very happy, but you can’t just write I nothing to do, because this lacks a verb, you should write I have nothing to do., write There is nothing to do.also can.If you don’t use the subject or the verb, you can just use nothing to do. See this poem for usage:

Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear but clothes To keep me from going nude. But you should pay attention to the meaning of adding other words after nothing to do: You have nothing to do but wait. "You have nothing to do but wait." It has nothing to do with me. "It's not my business", "It's not my business". And in American slang, Nothing doing! means "I won't do it!" "No way!""Grandma!" in the dialect of Peking is exactly what it means, but you only need to tell the people in Peiping that they will understand, otherwise they will be surprised: Why do you still call others grandma when you have such a good grandma?

dad March 15, 1974