Back to the 80s Machinery Factory

Chapter 389 (4k5 long chapter!) Which teacher teaches English?

After hanging up the phone, Chen Luyang turned around and headed straight for the library.

With Director Lu around, even if the car maintenance and repair center doesn't achieve any results, it will never make any mistakes.

Now that the center has just opened, his vision for the car maintenance and repair center is "not to seek merit, but to avoid mistakes."

Once you understand the market and figure out the distribution of cars in the area, it won't be difficult to focus your efforts in a targeted manner.

The most important thing facing him now is the evening classes.

Chen Luyang is not a low-key or humble person.

Wherever there's a stage, as long as there's an opportunity...
He always seizes the opportunity and fully showcases his talent.

Although telling his classmates about the original work would affect his own learning pace.

But let's look at it another way.

Who has the ability to lecture their classmates during their freshman year?

Moreover, it's a proper lecture with a classroom and a blackboard!
He wouldn't let such a good opportunity to become famous slip by!
With this motivation, Chen Luyang studied like a man possessed in the library that afternoon.

Unlike the casualness when reading on my own,

Chen Luyang also took notes on some key theories to ensure that the translated content was more accurate.

When evening came, Chen Luyang ran into the classroom with her schoolbag on her back.

As soon as she entered the room, Chen Luyang thought she had gone to the wrong classroom, so she even flashed out and looked up at the class sign.

That's right...

It's a specialized classroom!

Why are there so many people in the house?!
Not only were people standing in the aisle, but the back door was also open and occupied by many people.

Chen Luyang was hesitating when she saw Gao Xiaolin raise her hand high in the classroom.

"Cultural Committee! Over here!"

Chen Luyang saw Gao Xiaolin and then squeezed in with peace of mind.

"Weren't there just our classmates? Why are there so many people here?"

Gao Xiaolin said helplessly, "Don't even mention it. I don't know who leaked the news. Other classes all came to listen because they knew you were going to talk about the original work tonight."

The two were chatting when a few of the guys from 421 arrived.

Seeing so many people at the entrance, Tao Runze asked in surprise, "What's going on?"

Gao Xiaolin repeated what she had just said to Chen Luyang to Tao Runze.

“This won’t do…!” Tao Runze frowned.

Today's lesson was mainly taught by Chen Luyang to the students in the Economics Department (1) class.

Although other students can also come and listen.

However, it's unacceptable that students from your own class can't enter the room and hear anything, while students from other majors are allowed to come in and listen.

But since they've already arrived, we can't just send them away.

"Come to our classroom! It's big."

A short boy from the south stood up in the class.

“Our philosophy department classrooms are large enough to accommodate everyone.”

Chen Luyang: ...?
Are we going to give this lecture to philosophy students too?!
The philosophy department is a large department in the university, with several hundred students.

Tao Runze looked at Chen Luyang and asked for his opinion: "Xiao Chen, how about we change classrooms? This place is too small, and there's not enough room for everyone to stand."

Seeing that the classroom was completely blocked from front and back, Chen Luyang said, "I'll follow the arrangements. It doesn't matter where I teach."

At that moment, Tao Runze raised his hands and shouted in the classroom, "Everyone, pack your things. Our economics department classroom is too small and there aren't enough seats. Let's go to the philosophy department classroom."

As soon as everyone heard that there was room available in the Philosophy Department, they immediately and happily packed their things.

A large group of people walked out of the classroom in a loud and boisterous manner.

At this moment, in the large classroom of the philosophy department, many people were studying with their heads down.

"boom!"

The classroom door suddenly opened, and a large group of people walked in. Some carried bags, some held notebooks, and a few even carried small stools.

The students studying looked up blankly.

"what happened?"

"The classroom is occupied???"

"Today isn't scheduled for classes..."

Cui Shaojie paused for a moment, then quickly pulled out a notebook from his bag and opened the "Philosophy Building Large Classroom Course Schedule" tucked inside.

"Wait a minute, there are no classes today!"

The other students also looked at the person who rushed into the room with suspicion.

At this moment, the short boy with a southern accent stood in front of the blackboard and said:
"Chen Luyang from Class 1 of the Economics Department will be reading the original text of an economics book tonight in the classroom. Please cooperate."

The previously noisy classroom suddenly fell silent for a few seconds.

Chen Luyang?
Most of the students studying in this classroom are first-year philosophy students.

During the day, I personally heard Teacher Lian praise Chen Luyang in Teacher Lian's class.

Hearing that Chen Luyang was going to talk about the original work,
No one expected this event to take place that evening, and their faces showed incredible surprise.

Who is Chen Luyang?

Several second- and third-year students in the classroom, unaware of the situation, curiously asked the first-year students next to them.

"A freshman majoring in economics, his English is incredibly good. Even his professor said that his translation of Samuelson is smoother than that of Fudan University."

"real or fake???"

Upon hearing this, several second- and third-year students, who were about to leave, sat back down on their stools with suspicious expressions, seemingly wanting to see what this first-year economics student was capable of.

Beside the podium, Tao Runze and the boy from the south were organizing the order.

Although the classrooms have become larger, there are still some areas that are not enough due to the increased number of students.

"If this doesn't work, we should apply for a large classroom at the school. At this rate, this classroom won't be enough," Tao Runze murmured.

“Let’s go together.” The boy from the south said in broken Mandarin.

“I’m Wen Ruijie, the class monitor of Class 1, Department of Philosophy. Let’s go to the school to apply together.”

Once everyone was seated,

Chen Luyang stood on the podium, looking at the students in the classroom.

For a moment, it felt as if I had returned to the small auditorium of the provincial machinery factory.

I myself stood on the podium, giving lectures to my fellow workers in the factory.

Back then, I spoke Japanese, but now at Peking University, I'm speaking English to my classmates.

Take a deep breath,

Chen Luyang spoke confidently and calmly: "Hello, classmates. I am Chen Luyang from the Department of Economics (1). Today, I am not going to read the original text, but to learn and exchange ideas with you. If there is anything inappropriate, please feel free to criticize and correct me."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of applause erupted from the audience.

The five older boys from class 421 took the lead in cheering, clapping and shouting as if they didn't know anyone, "Thank you, Chen!!"

The group clapped their hands loudly, as if the people on stage were not students, but visiting professors they had invited.

The five of them shouted, and Gao Xiaolin and the others joined in with loud cheers.

Immediately, thunderous and enthusiastic applause resounded throughout the classroom.

Chen Luyang stood in front of the blackboard, opened her textbook, and wrote a sentence in English with chalk:
“The law of diminishing marginal utility states that…”

Chen Luyang wrote a sentence in chalk, covering half the blackboard.

"Doesn't this sentence sound scary?" Chen Luyang asked with a smile.

Several philosophy major girls in the first row nodded vigorously.

“It’s actually not difficult,” Chen Luyang said with a smile.

"English originals are profound; they essentially use long sentences to confuse people. You're afraid of them because you don't know how to break them down. Let's analyze sentence components together..."

"Let's look at the subject first: 'The law of diminishing marginal utility'."

"This is the core theme, the main body of the whole sentence."

Chen Luyang took the chalk and wrote the sentences down on the blackboard, one paragraph at a time, and then translated them one by one.

When encountering proper nouns, Chen Luyang would write the words on the blackboard, add phonetic symbols, and teach everyone how to pronounce them.

“‘Marginal’ means ‘marginal’, and ‘utility’ means ‘usefulness’, which can also be understood as ‘satisfaction’.”

Chen Luyang pointed to the phonetic symbols on the blackboard: "Come on, everyone, read after me:"

“Mom-Er-Juan-Na'er, 'You-Ti-Le-Ti'”

The students in the classroom followed along with the pronunciation:

“Mom-er-juan-na’er, ‘you-ti-le-ti’~” Xiao Bairen’s English pronunciation carried out through the window.

"Which teacher teaches English here?"

Downstairs in the teaching building, a male teacher wearing a gray Zhongshan suit looked up curiously.

When did the Philosophy Department start offering English classes?

After a moment of slight confusion, the male teacher rode away on his bicycle.

In the classroom at this moment,

Although Chen Luyang was only lecturing, the students present had all listened to Teacher Lian's class during the day, and their own comprehension abilities were also very strong.

So all you need to do is be quick and copy Chen Luyang's words into your notebooks.

Just as Chen Luyang finished speaking and everyone had finished copying, an embarrassed voice rang out in the classroom:

"Chen, could you please give us a brief overview of the next chapter in advance?"

Chen Luyang looked at the classmate who was speaking.

He was a philosophy student.

He's about the same age as the eldest brother, Tao Runze, and looks a bit like Lao Hao.

Seeing Chen Luyang looking at him, the man looked embarrassed.

"As people get older, their comprehension slows down, so they need to learn a little in advance, otherwise they won't be able to keep up in class."

After hearing this, the older students in the classroom felt embarrassed to speak up.

"Yes, Xiao Chen, our English isn't very good, so reading the original book is really difficult for us."

"Even if we have a vocabulary book, there are still many words we don't recognize when those sentences are put together. Could you please explain them to us in more detail?"

Chen Luyang is afraid of people who try to reason with him.

He had been talking all night until his throat was dry, and then he spent the afternoon reading.

To be honest, I'm really tired.

He looked down and flipped through the original text, then glanced at the students sitting in the classroom waiting to hear his lecture.

She sighed softly, then began her self-strategy.

Whether you talk about it early or late, it's all the same...

That's all for today, I won't talk about it tomorrow.

If we talk about it today, we can end it after finishing the next chapter.

But if we continue talking tomorrow, we might not need to say anything more.

They might even go on and on...

After mentally reeling in a jumbled mess, Chen Luyang said:

"I haven't prepared for the next chapter; I can only translate as I read, so the translation may not be perfect. But..."

"I try my best!"

Upon hearing Chen Luyang's words, the students in the audience immediately brightened up.

Chen Luyang opened the book, turned around, picked up the chalk, and wrote a series of English characters on the blackboard.

After finishing writing,

Chen Luyang, like an English teacher, marked the phonetic symbols:

"Everyone, read this after me: The consumer reaches equilibrium... when the ratio of the marginal utility to price... is the same for all goods."

"Everyone, pay attention to this word, reaches. Don't curl the tip of your tongue. It's not 'rechis,' it's 'rechis,' and the 't' at the end is just lightly slurred."

The students in the audience had never received such detailed pronunciation instruction before, and they all followed along, imitating and correcting their pronunciation.

After listening several times, Chen Luyang held the chalk between her fingers, leaned against the podium, and said:
"This means that when consumers make choices, if the satisfaction brought by each dollar (that is, 'marginal utility divided by price') is equal across all goods, then they have reached the most comfortable, most economical, and least disadvantageous state, which is called 'equilibrium'."

"The main content of this chapter, Consumer Equilibrium and Utility Maximization, is how a rational consumer, with limited income, can make every dollar spent worthwhile and maximize their utility."

"..."

Chen Luyang took the book, read it in English, and then translated it into Chinese.

When encountering unfamiliar words, he would write them on the blackboard with phonetic symbols, read them aloud, and explain their meaning.

The students in the classroom were so engrossed in taking notes that their pens were practically flying off their hands.

I'm speechless...

I'm fucking impressed!
Chen Luyang is practically a living encyclopedia!

There wasn't a single word in the book that he didn't know.

In just one short night with him, I not only followed the original text of my major course, but I also memorized more than ten pages of vocabulary.

In terms of learning efficiency, it saves so much time compared to studying alone!
Moreover, he was writing while explaining.

He erased the blackboard at the back of the classroom from left to right and then back to left, writing on it countless times and erasing it countless times.

It's just a pity...

"Ring ring ring!!!"

As the bell rang to signal the end of get out of class, Chen Luyang stopped writing with the chalk in her hand.

"I haven't finished speaking..."

This isn't the bell for the end of get out of class; it's the bell that rings when the lights are turned off and the dormitories are closed at night, reminding students to pack their things and go back to their dorms.

The students in the classroom were listening attentively when they suddenly heard the bell, and they were all a little surprised.

"It's time, let's stop here for today." Chen Luyang threw the chalk back into the chalk box.

"I haven't finished explaining the budget constraint and indifference curves to you yet. They sound abstract, but they're actually easy to understand. I'll draw some diagrams for you later, and you'll see what I mean."

Chen Luyang closed the book. "Thank you all for your trust and for listening to me talk all night."

"Thank you all for your hard work, students."

Saying,

Chen Luyang walked from behind the podium to the side and bowed deeply to everyone.

He was neither a teacher nor a teaching assistant.

In terms of age, almost everyone sitting in the audience was his older brother or sister.

Chen Luyang was deeply moved that they could listen so quietly and attentively to a little kid like him for an entire night.

As soon as Chen Luyang bowed, a burst of warm and sincere applause erupted in the classroom.

It started with the five students from room 421 and the students from the Economics Department leading the applause, and then the Philosophy Department students joined in.

At first, the applause was sparse, but after a while, it became as dense as raindrops, resounding throughout the large classroom, even more enthusiastic than the applause after a regular teacher finishes a lecture.

Everyone here got here through exams, and we all know that time is the most precious thing.

Chen Luyang could clearly study on her own; she didn't need to take up her own time to teach everyone.

But he didn't mind that the older men and women in the room didn't speak English well, so he explained pronunciation and textbooks.

"Thank you so much, Chen!!!"

Shouts of gratitude echoed through the classroom.

"I used to get a headache just looking at the original text, but now I'm not afraid anymore."

"We'll come back to listen to your original story again—just come, we'll fill the seats!"

"When will we talk again? Are you coming next week?"

……

At the classroom door, an uncle holding a mop, who was about to go inside to mop the floor and clean, stopped at the classroom door.

He looked at the students in the classroom, clapping excitedly and full of enthusiasm, then at the young man in a shirt standing by the podium, and couldn't help but say:
"This year's group of students is even crazier than last year's group from the physics department."

……

After this lecture, Chen Luyang's status among her classmates rose rapidly!

Not only when he eats in the cafeteria, but also when he passes by the dormitory, strangers will greet him.

Thanks to him, the guys in dormitory 421 no longer have to get up early to reserve a spot in the classroom.

Gao Xiaolin and the other girls would get up early every day, eat breakfast, and then run to the classroom to save seats for them.

At first, the men were a little embarrassed.
After a few times, everyone got used to it.

Tao Runze and the others all have salaries, and they are generous with their money.

He would often bring his female classmates some fruit, canned food, and biscuits to eat.

Although Chen Luyang excels in philosophy, economics, and other courses, he is far ahead of the competition.

But when it came to advanced mathematics, he was completely lost.

(End of this chapter)