I teach kendo in Tokyo

Chapter 35 No one knows English better than me

Kazuma had no idea about the chat between two old men in Kabukicho.

He has one last class left.

Because Kazuma was very upset about being ridiculed by Yamada Yoichi because of the incident regarding the entry hope questionnaire in the morning, he listened extra carefully to the class today.

Although he feels that compared to the college entrance examination, the exam here in Japan is easier, the problem is that he did not travel through time at the end of his senior year in high school.

He traveled through time many years after finishing the college entrance examination.

Trying to get into the University of Tokyo without reviewing at all is just like wishful thinking.

So you must listen to the class carefully.

Kazuma felt strange when he thought that he had just beaten up the big boss of the Yakuza, but now he was a good student and listened carefully to the lectures and took notes.

During recess, the news spread throughout the third grade that the cranes in Class B of the third year were about to take the exam for the University of Tokyo, and even going to the toilet with Ma Lian attracted a lot of attention.

Yamada Yoichi, the instigator of all this, ran to Kazuma during the break and chatted loudly with his small group. All he said was, "Oh, last time I took a mock test in a cram school, the deviation value was **." Even if you want to go to the University of Tokyo with this deviation, it is very dangerous and you have to settle for the next best thing.”

And so on.

There were times when Kazuma wanted to just pick up the bamboo sword and shine it in Yamada Yoichi's face.

But then he thought, since the other party laughed at him academically, he should defeat the other party academically.

When the results come out, Kazuma will wrap the test paper with a higher score than Yamada Yoichi on a bamboo knife, and then slap Yamada Yoichi on the head.

So Kazuma endured it.

The Yakuza are still waiting and watching. Although they don’t know how long they will wait, there should be a period of relative peace. They must take this opportunity to adapt to the rhythm of Japanese education - all time outside the classroom should be used to practice kendo. There is not much time to study probability, so you can only work harder in class.

But if there is an opportunity to show off his skills and reduce Yamada Yoichi's arrogance, Kazuma would also welcome it.

He had never looked forward to a test as much as he did now.

The best is math or English.

The Japanese history exam is also acceptable. Kazuma is quite familiar with Japanese history, especially the history of the Warring States Period.

But don’t come to the Chinese language exam.

Kazuma's Japanese proficiency is the same as that of the original owner Kiryu Kazuma, and he is at the bottom of the class.

After all, my Japanese is only as good as a three-legged cat in my immediate life. I only know one thing about Oni-chan, but I don’t know how to speak Japanese.

But there is only the last class left today, and it seems that today's plan to use the test results to ride on Yamada Yang's face is going to go to waste.

After the preparation bell rang, Kazuma looked out the window and imagined for the first time the scene when the results of the University of Tokyo were released.

Japanese university admissions are very different from those in China.

In order to take the college entrance examination in Japan, you must first pass something similar to the high school graduation exam called the National Unified Examination in January.

Only if you reach the score line in this exam are you eligible to apply to the school you want to go to.

The real test comes after you register. What awaits you after that is the exam that the school you applied for sets its own questions and prepares its own exam room.

All public and national universities will take exams on the same day, so in theory, Japan's university entrance exams are the same. If you take the exam at the University of Tokyo, you will not be able to take the exam at other national universities.

If you want to choose a second-tier university as a safety net like in China, it is not impossible, but you can only choose a private one. National and public schools cannot theoretically be regarded as a safety net.

The tuition fees at private universities in Japan are really scary.

The Kiryu family may not even be able to afford the tuition at a national university. Going to a private school... then Chiyoko can only sell it.

Although the series of troubles the Kiryu family is encountering now are all caused by Chiyoko, Kazuma has already beaten her up and made her deeply reflect on her mistakes. The two siblings fought side by side yesterday. Judging from the results, Chiyoko saved Kazuma's life yesterday.

So Kazuma didn't want anything bad to happen to such a good sister.

What happened in the past cannot be undone, and now it’s time to think about how to get the best outcome from the current situation.

Sell ​​the dojo, invest the money, and get admitted to the University of Tokyo based on your ability - this is the current optimal solution.

After graduating from the University of Tokyo, Kazuma will become a new powerful person with a huge fortune, and he will be a member of the front wave.

In order to achieve this optimal solution, whether it is kendo or academic, both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong.

While Kazuma was secretly making up his mind, the English teacher entered the classroom.

When Kazuma saw the stack of things in the English teacher's hand, he immediately became happy.

A quick quiz in class!

The English teacher put down the stack of paper in his hand and pushed up his glasses: "We will take a short test in one class period. Chairman, come here and hand out the papers."

The squad leader stood up, went to the podium, took the papers, and began to distribute them.

Kazuma is already gearing up.

In his previous life, he was a senior business representative of a foreign trade company, right? My daily job is to brag to foreigners and brag about the products I represent.

English is his ability to earn a living, and his performance awards and year-end bonuses all depend on it.

The paper was quickly handed to Kazuma.

He glanced quickly and grinned.

At this time, he heard Yoichi Yamada muttering to his deskmate: "The end of the crane smiled when he saw the paper. Did he give up because he couldn't do it?"

"No, you must have just done a similar question?"

He Ma ignored them and wrote hard with his pen.

Time passed quickly. Kazuma filled in the last blank and looked up at the time: there were still more than ten minutes until get out of class ended.

Kazuma subconsciously planned to pick up the paper and hand it in and leave - no matter in college or high school, Kazuma likes to hand it in immediately after finishing the paper and leave, because he is a very strange person. If he checks back after finishing the paper, he will often turn over the correct questions. If it's wrong, it's better not to check it.

Just when Kazuma was about to stand up gracefully, slap the paper on the podium and leave, he realized what he was doing.

This is Japan. Although you can submit papers in advance, teachers and classmates will think there is something wrong with you.

So Kazuma decided to lie down on the table and take a nap.

Not long after he lay down on the table, the teacher hit his head with a textbook: "Kiriyu-kun! Please take the exam seriously!"

Kazuma got up, looked at the teacher, and smiled: "I took it seriously and I finished writing."

The teacher frowned and stared at Kazuma, and Kazuma responded to the teacher's gaze openly.

He picked up the test paper suspiciously and started reading from the first question...

Then, Kazuma saw an entry appear above the English teacher's head: Daydream?

After Kazuma concentrated his attention, the description of the expanded entry was: I must be in a dream.

——Mom, what a scumbag the original owner is. He scares the teacher and makes him doubt his life.

The English teacher took less than a minute to read the entire paper - it was not that he read it quickly, but that the paper itself was very short.

Kazuma was used to the long papers in his previous life that could be folded in half several times and were densely packed with words.

This Japanese test paper only has one folio, and the characters are quite large.

The horse does it quickly, and the teacher sees it quickly.

The English teacher put the paper back in front of Kazuma, then turned to look at the paper of the girl on Kazuma's right-this girl's position was theoretically the easiest for Kazuma to copy.

However, the girl hadn't finished writing yet, so it was obvious that Kazuma couldn't have copied her answer.

The English teacher turned his attention to Kazuma again and asked seriously: "You... went to tutoring during the winter vacation?"

He Ma was about to share the story he had just made up with the teacher to explain why he suddenly became violent, but the teacher shook his head to himself: "No, no cram school can make you have such a change. You... "

Kazuma was now looking forward to what the teacher would think of his suddenly improved English proficiency.

But apparently, the teacher's brain is running out of memory.

"You... uh... you did a good job," the teacher said, "but in order to prove that you personally wrote this 100% paper, I want you to interpret what I said now."

Then the teacher jabbered.

Kazuma frowned.

He heard Yoichi Yamada laugh loudly.

Probably the core member of the class decided that Kazuma was going to make a fool of himself.

Kazuma was also embarrassed.

His English is very strong, especially his spoken English, which is invincible. But the problem is, Japanese spoken language is terrible.

Japanese English education uses Japanese phonetic symbols to "localize" English pronunciation, using this method to reduce the difficulty of learning English.

Anyone who has watched Jet Li's version of "Once Upon a Time" knows that there is a meme called "Love Tiger Oil", which is actually the earthy pronunciation of I-LOVE-YOU.

The English education system of the Japanese is equivalent to treating "爱 Tiger Oil" as the standard pronunciation.

The English teacher's knowledge of Japanese-style English, compared with his English proficiency that allowed him to chat and laugh with foreigners all his life, he didn't understand half of it.

The only thing I understand is the last sentence, which seems to be about a star shining on a ship...

Yamada Yoichi shouted: "Teacher, don't embarrass him, you read so fast, I can't even understand..."

The class monitor scolded: "Yamada! We are still in class now, don't make any noise!"

Kazuma glanced at the monitor, and then he couldn't help but sigh, the monitor is such a beautiful girl... Wait a minute!

Kazuma was inspired.

After he saw the squad leader in the morning, he tried to recite a poem to describe her beauty to see if he could gain a buff.

Reading poetry?

The mysterious melody combination that the teacher just read could not be an English poem, right?

Stars, shining on the boat? Could it be that the mysterious pronunciation at the end means Dong Ye?

You are like a lone star, whose light shines through a small boat in the waves of winter night.

This is Shelley's "To Wordsworth", a favorite among literary and artistic young people.

Even though Kazuma looks vulgar and uneducated after becoming a senior business representative, who hasn't pretended to be an artistic youth several times when they were young?

So Kazuma cleared his throat and recited the paragraph the teacher just recited again in standard American English.

In fact, he wanted to show off by reciting the entire poem, but unfortunately, Kazuma could only recite the upper and lower sentences of the most famous line in the entire poem.

After memorizing Kazuma, I looked at the state of the teacher's head again and found that the daydream entry was gone, replaced by "feeling ashamed".

--Huh? Like, overdoing it? It's better to restrain yourself and give the teacher a step down...

Kazuma thought this in his mind, then opened his mouth and said: "Teacher, your pronunciation is not good. It took me a lot of effort to recognize that it was Shelley's poem."

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