AandBaretalkinginaclassroomafteraweekend.

　　AHi,B,howisyouweekend?

　　BKindofgood,onlyIhavetospendmostofthetimeonEnglishvocabulary.Thatsucks.How’syours?

　　BFantastic!Butlet’stalkaboutitlater.Itseemslikeyoudon’tenjoyyourEnglishstudyatall.Howisthat?

　　ANo,it’snotIdon’ttenjoyitatall.itJust,Ihatememorizenewwords,especiallysomeofthevocabularyaresooddthatImayneverusethem,likephaseolotoxin(菜豆丁香假单胞杆菌毒素),who’sgonnaneeditifhe’snotmajoredinpharmaceutic?

　　Byeah,thatmakessense.Idon’tlikethosetoo.ButIdoenjoystudyEnglish.EspeciallywhenIhavechancetotalktosomeonewhouseEnglishastheirfirstlanguage,l’dlovetohearthecomplimentsfromthem.IfeelsoconfidentanditmakesmelikestudyingEnglishevenbetter.

　　Cwalksinandjoinstheconversation.

　　Chey,guys.How’syourweekend?

　　BGood.WeweretalkingaboutA’sEnglishissuejustnow.

　　Cyeah?Whatwasit?

　　Ait’snotabigdeal.Ijustdon’tlikememorizeEnglishwords.It’skindofdrivingmecrazy.

　　CItotallyunderstand.Butyougottothinkmoreabouttheprosotherthancons.Imeanit’sprettyobviouslythatwe’llhavetouseitallthetimeinthefuture.Nomatterhowgoodthetranslationsare,we’renotabletounderstandtheessencefromit.It’slikeweonlygetsecondhandinformation.It’sOKwhenwewerehighschoolstudent,butIdon’tthinkitenoughforundergraduatelevel.IthinkDhassomeideasincehealwaysshowshisenthusiasticonlearningEnglish.

　　AheyD,doyougetaminute?

　　Dyeah,what’sgoingon?

　　Awouldyoucomehereforamoment?

　　Dsure.

　　DwalkingtoABCandjointhem.

　　Dheyguys,what’sup?

　　CweweretalkingaboutlearningEnglish.Youlikeitverymuch,don’tyou?

　　DIsuredo.It’slikeI’mexploringabrandnewculture,andEnglishisthekey.Itisreallyinterestingifwelookingintoit.Forexample,IfoundthatEnglishisalanguagethatusuallyinvolvedwithinnovativeevents.PeoplepreferEnglishwhentheycameupwithanewtheoryortechnology.Forinstance,inEuropenationlikeSwedenandItaly,publishedpapersweremostlyinEnglisheventheirfirstlanguagewereFrenchandItalianrespectively.IevenheardthatCatholicChurchoncetriedtobanEnglishsincetoomanyscientistuseEnglishtowriterevolutionarypaperanditthreadedtheirauthority.

　　Bsoyoulikeitbecauseitshistory.

　　Dnotreallyonlythehistory.WhenIfoundtherewereseveralwaysofthesamemeaning,Ifounditinteresting,justlikeourdialecttomandarin.Sowhyyouaretalkingaboutthis,IthoughtlearningEnglishispartofourlifethatnobodydoubt.

　　Ait’sme,Ihaveproblemofvocabulary.ButIthinkit’sOK,becauseIfeellikeI’mnotgonnaneeditinthefutureanyway.

　　Bhowisthat?

　　AMostofthechance,Iwillmajorinarts,likedesignorpainting.Iguesshighschoollevelisenoughforme.

　　Dalright,whateverissuitableforyou.

　　Cguys,theteacherishere.

　　ABCDbacktositsandbegintheclass.