Transmigration of The Famous Cyber Star (2)

Chapter 226: Learning English

Ye Ziliang hurriedly said, "Please don't call me Mr. Ye, that makes me seem so much older. I've just got my master's degree last year, and I'm only a few years older than you. If you don't dislike me, you can call me 'bro'."

Sun Weiwei mulled over his words, "Ziliang bro," she realized it sounded quite smooth, "Are we signing the contract right now?"

"I need to go back to confirm the final version of the contract first, and I will have a meeting with you and only you tomorrow to sign it," Ye Ziliang told her, "Sorry for troubling you and having you come out again."

"It's fine. I currently don't have anything to work on during summer break anyways," Sun Weiwei did not mind.

And the cooperation relationship between Ye Ziliang and "The Sisters" team was confirmed.

On Tuesday, Yu Zhan arrived at Liu Man's place on time to tutor her in English. Liu Man had done many preparations beforehand; she felt very nervous, for she didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Yu Zhan.

The duo formally sat down in the study opposite from each other. They looked like a teacher and a student.

Yu Zhan went to America when he was in high school, so he didn't know a lot about English textbooks and the syllabus in Chinese colleges. He first thumbed through Liu Man's four English textbooks. He was very quick at it and read through ten lines with one glance. His expression was serious and attentive as if he was working.

Liu Man felt even more anxious. Her eyes stared at his fingers, flipping through the pages. Her heartbeats became slightly faster. For some reason, Yu Zhan seemed like a stern teacher to her.

When Yu Zhan finished reading through the books, he lifted his head to see the pitiful Liu Man anxiously staring at him.

He laughed softly, "Don't act as if you are facing a powerful enemy. Your textbooks aren't that hard."

"They aren't that hard for you, but it doesn't mean they aren't hard for other people," Liu Man wrinkled her nose.

"Why would such a smart person like you get troubled by English?"

"I probably haven't found the way to compose English sentences," Liu Man said, feeling somber, "For example, if I look at these words when they are by themselves, I can understand what they mean, and I can memorize them. However, when they are put together, I don't know what they mean anymore."

"That's because you don't understand the English grammar and figures of speech."

"I know about grammar, and I've studied them. I've compared the grammar in English, Chinese, and Ancient Chinese," to learn English, Liu Man forced herself to do some really hard work.

In her past life, she didn't even know what grammar was. Toddlers learned how to speak and memorize the classics, and they already counted as educated. Nobody ever asked why people talk in a specific way and why words were written in this way. Everyone accepted their languages and cultures without asking questions.

Liu Man said, "I went on the internet to study the grammar for modern Chinese, and I've compared them with the English grammar."

"No wonder you couldn't understand English. When you learn a second language, the worst thing you can do is layer it on top of your native language," Yu Zhan said seriously, "Since you want to compare them, I will tell you about the biggest difference between Chinese and English. English words have different parts of speech, plural kinds, and formats. For instance, 'I' means yourself, and it's nominative. 'Me' also means yourself, but it's objective. However, in Chinese, you can only write 'I' in one way: 我. (wo) Can you find any other ways?"