I am reborn and just want to concentrate on my studies

Yi Yang lay down carelessly on Jiang Lili's leather sofa, which was so soft that he almost sunk into it. I didn't take a closer look last time I came here. This time I took a closer look and found that the decoration here is full of details and smells of money.

He put the peppercorns given by his grandma on the coffee table and asked curiously: "Teacher Jiang, what does your family do?"

"My mother runs a small business and my father is a lawyer."

Jiang Lili skipped this topic lightly.

Yi Yang said: "For a talent like Mr. Jiang to become a teacher here, it is really unfair."

Jiang Lili said seriously: "Why is it a bad thing to be a teacher here? What do you think I should do to not be a bad person?"

Yi Yang was stunned. He really hadn't thought deeply about this question. He pondered for a moment and said, "Well... you should at least stay in a big city... As a music student, aren't there a lot of things you can do, such as playing? Family, celebrities and so on."

Jiang Lili shook her head and said: "Society is not what you imagine. Do you think I am great? Actually, no, we belong to a group of people who are neither high nor low. Although we can play the piano and sing, there is still a long way to go before performing on the stage. The gap makes it even more impossible to become a star. There are so many music students, how many of them can become stars? For most music students, it is already good to be a teacher."

As he spoke, Jiang Lili poured a glass of lemonade, placed it in front of Yi Yang, and said: "As for staying in the big city, our best choice is to become a music teacher, but there are no such good music teachers in big cities. .”

"Didn't you say that your family wants you to be a civil servant?"

Jiang Lili shook her head: "I can only sing and play the piano. What do I do as a civil servant? Perform for the people?"

Yi Yang was amused by Jiang Lili's words. When he thought about it seriously, it seemed that it really made sense, but he couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He felt that a serious music school student who worked as a music teacher in a county like theirs would always be undervalued. feel.

"Does Teacher Jiang plan to be a music teacher here forever?"

"Well... I haven't decided on this yet. Let's take it one step at a time. What, you don't want me to stay here?"

"That's not the case. I just feel that Teacher Jiang is a little aggrieved here."

Jiang Lili laughed and said, "I'm a kid, but I want to write about things that I shouldn't worry about every day."

Yi Yang placed the English textbook he had prepared on the coffee table and gradually became serious: "Teacher, let's get started directly."

Jiang Lili stared at Yi Yang's textbook for a few seconds and showed a strange expression: "You really plan to learn English..."

"of course."

Jiang Lili was a little surprised, then sighed softly, "Okay."

While talking, Jiang Lili sat over. She took Yi Yang's English book and flipped through it. She said, "I haven't touched English in the first and second grades of junior high school... I haven't touched it in many years..."

"Teacher Jiang, are you okay?"

"TOEFL 108! Can you still have problems teaching English to a second grader?"

Yi Yang stopped talking. Jiang Lili flipped through the textbook for a while, put the book back, and asked, "I want to confirm your English level first."

"It's... very bad."

Jiang Lili probably felt the same way. She scratched her head and said, "Well, let me first explain the basic methods of learning English, and then I will teach you slowly."

"Um!"

"English learning is actually about learning three things, vocabulary, grammar, and listening and speaking."

"Words are the most important thing. In fact, in junior high school English, even if you don't understand grammar at all, you can figure out the meaning of each word and answer the questions. Let me give you an example. , the direct translation of each word is, I, drive, car, it is a, printed with a red logo... Although the semantics are a bit confusing, you can guess it, this sentence is to express that I drive a car A car with a red logo?”

Yi Yang showed a thoughtful expression.

"So don't be afraid. As long as you can recognize each word, you can start to guess the meaning of the sentence. As long as you roughly guess the meaning, you can choose the answer to many questions."

"So, the first step is to memorize the words. The words are the foundation."

"You only need to memorize the vocabulary lists in the junior high school English books, and that will be enough to pass the exam. Don't read those messy vocabulary lists that are necessary for junior high school. It's not necessary."

"But after memorizing the words, you can only guarantee that you can do some of the questions. There are also many questions that test grammar, so if you want to get a higher score, you must learn grammar."

"How to learn grammar? The first is to understand. You need to read, read explanations and examples, and figure out the meaning of each part of grammar. You must understand them all. The second is to memorize. Like words, grammar must also be memorized. You must remember it clearly, without being vague at all, especially every exception, every note, and every fixed combination in the grammar, you must remember it as clearly as you remember your own name.”

Yi Yang started taking notes: "Teacher, please speak slowly..."

Jiang Lili lowered his head and glanced at Yi Yang's handwriting, coughed slightly, and continued: "Actually, as long as you do these two steps, your English scores will improve qualitatively. But if you want to advance to To get to a higher level and even communicate fluently with foreigners, you have to start practicing listening.”

"Listening practice is a little weirder than word grammar... I thought about this question for a long time, because no one seemed to be able to figure out which part of the textbook the listening questions in the exam were practiced in. It wasn't until I took the TOEFL exam that I finally understood. How to practice listening, I will teach you for free today!”

Yi Yang felt a little excited and nodded quickly.

"Actually... they are still words! You can see and recognize many words, but you may not be able to hear them. That is to say, you can recognize them with your eyes, but not your ears. Listening, to put it bluntly, is to make your mind understand the words. Make a connection between the sound of that word and its meaning.”

"In other words, when many people hear a word, they first think of the appearance of the word, and then associate the meaning with that appearance. This is wrong, just like when you hear a Chinese sentence now, you don't think about the subtitles first. , and then know the meaning through the subtitles. So what is the correct method? It should be to hear the English sound and then know the meaning of the word."

To be honest, even though Jiang Lili had said it clearly, Yi Yang was still a little confused, but he still took note of Jiang Lili's words seriously.

After a pause, Jiang Lili asked: "By the way, is your English teacher's pronunciation standard?"

Although Yi Yang's English is poor, he still watched some movies with English soundtracks before he was reborn. He is still very objective about whether it is standard or not. He said helplessly: "It's not standard..."

"Then listen to the original audio tape and read the words aloud. There are also listening exercises in English textbooks. Listen to it repeatedly. There is no need to write while listening. Make sure you can understand what others are saying. If you don't understand, come back and try again. Listen, listen again and again until you understand before moving on to the next sentence.”

After Yi Yang digested it for a while, Jiang Lili said: "Okay, let's get started. I will only teach you grammar, problem solving, vocabulary and listening. You can learn it by yourself according to the method I teach you."