Chapter 41 continue class

Author: Wu Hong Over the past few years, self-study exams have become a part of my life. The one who taught us "French" was a 40-year-old female teacher.Once, I talked about an article introducing Paris.There are some names of places of interest in Paris, such as the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, the Pantheon and so on.For some places that everyone is more familiar with, there is no introduction, and for those that are relatively unfamiliar, a little more detailed introduction is required. "Moulin Rouge" is relatively unfamiliar to most people, but I know what it is all about.To be honest, it was a bit beyond my expectation that this place was introduced as a tourist attraction in a textbook compiled by Chinese and used by college students.It is said that this is a place where people sing and dance.I happened to be sitting in the first row. After the teacher finished the introduction, I added in a probing tone: "It must be a brothel!" At this moment, there was a burst of laughter behind me.Before the teacher could speak, a female classmate who was two seats away from me uttered a few words sternly and inexplicably: "Not at all! Very famous!" If I were silent at this time, it would be A very embarrassing thing.I answered calmly: "I read a book that said this place is a brothel." At this time the teacher said: "Maybe there is this element." Her tone of voice seemed a bit reluctant, obviously she was forced to made this explanation.

In the second class, I brought some materials about Moulin Rouge to the teacher.One is an article in an old magazine "The Spring and Autumn Period of "Moulin Rouge", which introduces the history of Moulin Rouge in detail.There is another article by Yu Guangzhong.In this article, when Yu Guangzhong criticized some vulgar translations in Taiwan, he gave an example. The title of a movie was translated literally but the translator insisted on translating it as "Love in a Brothel".The reason why I want to do this is to tell the female classmate who is two seats away from me: the vulgarity of knowing is better than the elegance of ignorance.

The one who taught us "Advanced English" was a 40-year-old male teacher.Once during a lecture, he sent us some emotion.He said: "I really like to teach you adults. I teach students in college, and there are some things that I can't talk about. But you are all adults and have entered the society, so I can tell you everything when I teach you. Talking, talking endlessly, I feel more free. It turns out that he came out to give lectures at night not only to earn extra money, but also to find a place where there is freedom of speech. Then, he told us one thing: Once, he gave a "Self" tutoring class. The class he taught was a translation of a Chinese novel into English. Since the same animal noun has different meanings in different languages, he felt that the translation of an animal noun in this article was extremely inappropriate. That's right. Considering that the students are all adults, he made a further interpretation. In Chinese, this word is nothing, but in English, this word also means human organs. If Americans see this The sentence was meant to be a joke. A few days later, he got a call from a parent of a student in which his overinterpretation was accused of hooliganism that poisoned the students.

After listening to the teacher, we all laughed, and the teacher laughed too.He said helplessly: "Some things are really difficult. Let's continue the class!"