Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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The squad leader who sat back on the podium also had to shoulder the heavy burden, “Ahem. Let’s do self-study, everyone, please be quiet.”
The class returned to the quiet state at the front. He had to say that Class 14 was better than Class 17 in this regard. Although some people still talked in low voices, it won’t interrupt other students’ learning ideas.
Yan Han, who didn’t waste any time, had already taken out his notebook and started re-answering the questions. Then he sadly realized what Li Hongqing meant by “don’t force yourself”.
——His right hand could no longer hold the pen.
His finger joints would hurt if he bent them hard.
And holding the pen forcefully would only make the injury heal slower.
Yan Han was stupid.
It was obvious that he couldn’t calculate directly with his brain like Lin Jianlu, and he couldn’t do the questions without calculating in writing!
Holding the pen, Yan Han was stunned on the spot. He then heard Lin Jianlu next to him asking him: “What’s wrong?”
Yan Han said with a sad face: “My hand… I don’t have the strength to hold the pen.”
“…” Lin Jianlu: “Then first take a break, or you might as well take a day off.”
“No need.” Yan Han felt that if he went back to the dormitory in this state and had nothing to do, he would collapse even more. He managed to hold the pen and calculate the questions without bending his fingers too much. After getting used to it, he found that he could still write, but it was just a bit ugly.
But it was okay as long as he could write. Today was already Friday, so he expected to have a lot of homework. He didn’t want to stop doing homework just because of his finger injury, and he didn’t want to waste the two days of self-study time on Saturday and Sunday.
There was no problem in doing the questions. The only thing that he was more tangled about was that it had become a bit troublesome to mark the phonetic symbols and Chinese character annotations on the English texts.
The English text was densely packed. If the phonetic symbols and annotations were not to affect the reading sense, the phonetic symbols and annotations had to be small, and the handwriting had to be passable, otherwise he would not want to read it himself.
But his current state showed that he couldn’t do it.
What was even more sad was that he hadn’t started looking up the dictionary for the new text he had been going to memorize today, and there was not even one annotation in it!
Yan Han, who also didn’t want to slow down his progress because of his injury, started to prepare to memorize a new English text after finishing one paper.
It didn’t matter that he couldn’t write carefully with his right hand, but he still had his left hand.
Anyway, he could draw foreign characters just like gourds. Yan Han flipped through the thick and large dictionary, using his right hand and his left hand for a while, struggling to mark notes on various words in the English book.
…Just cry if they are ugly. After memorizing this text, he would quickly flip it over, and he wouldn’t need to read it carefully when reviewing.
He comforted himself like this.
After working for a while, Yan Han suddenly felt that he was touched by a finger. He turned his head instinctively and heard Lin Jianlu say: “What do you want to write, or I can write it for you.”
“No, you be busy with your things.”
“It doesn’t matter, I’m not busy.”
Lin Jianlu said and closed the mysterious “extracurricular book” on his desk just as the bell rang. Now that he could speak openly, he directly pulled out Yan Han’s nearly rotten book and read the contents.
“What words do you need to look up? Read them to me and I’ll copy them for you.”
“Uh, but don’t you dislike taking notes?” Yan Han was a little embarrassed. To be honest, he had been his deskmate for almost a week, and except when doing some homework that would definitely be checked, he almost didn’t notice Lin Jianlu touching the pen.
Maybe it was because he really didn’t like holding pens. Lin Jianlu was even “rougher” than him in this regard. Not only did he not have a pencil case, he only had one pen!
Most people prepared a red pen when correcting a wrong question, or some people were used to using pencils to calculate questions, and some people like Wen Juerong loved all kinds of pens. The pens in his pen bag were often colorful, but Lin Jianlu always had only a very ordinary black carbon pen on his desk.
Now the other party picked up the pen and answered his question: “It was interesting to see you taking notes, so I suddenly wanted to try it.”
Yan Han: “???”
“Let’s start.”
“Ah…” Yan Han began to look up words in the dictionary that he didn’t know or couldn’t pronounce correctly. After checking, if it was something he couldn’t read or the pronunciation was difficult to remember, he would ask Lin Jianlu to mark it for him. If he didn’t know it or there were too many words, he would ask Lin Jianlu to mark it. Meaningful words would also have some detailed annotations next to them.
Because Lin Jianlu didn’t write often at all, Yan Han didn’t pay attention to how the other party’s handwriting was.
So when he saw a series of smooth running script and small English cursive characters on his book, Yan Han swallowed his saliva again.
The black pen seemed to be a typewriter under Lin Jianlu’s writing. Every word he wrote was very standard, and every string of letters was extremely beautiful. At first glance, it was hard to believe that a person was writing this out of thin air and that too with a pen.
When Lin Jianlu finished writing a series of annotations again, he turned to look at Yan Han, but Yan Han was so stunned that he even forgot to look up the dictionary.
Sometime later he came to his senses, and in order not to waste Lin Jianlu’s time, he flipped through the dictionary and quickly looked up the next word.
Lin Jianlu was very patient and did not rush him. But after the two of them looked up a few words together, he suddenly said: “Since you want to learn a foreign language, you should learn by memorizing the text, not by looking up words.” During the process, why do you have to look up words in the dictionary so hard?
“This…” Yan Han was a little confused when he was asked, and tried to explain: “Because there is no other way?”
That’s it, in fact, Xueba Live Broadcast had courseware that explained vocabulary and grammar in the system’s videos, but the videos were taught too slowly, and it was a waste of time to wait to watch the words explained in the video.
What was more, his foundation was weak, and there were a lot of vocabulary words that the teacher in the video thought were not necessary to talk about in particular, but he didn’t know them yet, so he could only look them up by himself.
Cell phones were not allowed in class, and it was impossible for him to spend money to buy an electronic dictionary. Besides, Yan Han was already used to looking up dictionaries very quickly. He had always used this method.
After understanding the situation, Lin Jianlu nodded and said, “That’s okay. I can help you explain those words you don’t know first. If you’re not sure, check the dictionary.”
“This…” Yan Han’s eyes widened. Suddenly it seemed like this was a good idea?
Facts proved that Lin Jianlu, who got almost full marks in English when he was divided into classes, would obviously not be defeated by these unlearned texts.
He translated the entire text smoothly and taught Yan Han the pronunciation step by step. His efficiency was soaring, making Yan Han feel as if he was the one-on-one English teacher he hired himself.
… No, this is simply an AI smart dictionary!
It even saves the time for typing words!
The eldest brother’s eyes lit up instantly. After the two of them finished translating a text, Yan Han deliberately pretended to be a little “shy” and jokingly asked Lin Jianlu: “How much does it cost for an hour if I ask you to be a tutor? No, how much does a text cost?”
“Ordinary people can’t hire me.” Lin Jianlu looked at him and said, “You don’t need money.”
“Ah?” Yan Han was confused again.
“Aren’t we friends?” Lin Jianlu raised the corners of his lips slightly, “We are still sitting at the same table. Of course we must help each other.”
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