【转录12/12】 Yeah So I think there are two things that teachers can achieve, which are knowledge and inspiration. Of course, a teacher needs to provide the accurate knowledge to the students. But they also need to inspire the students to study not just teach them like a robot Yeah, not only give them fish but also teach them to fish 受人以鱼不如受人以渔 Yeah, exactly I think that is the most important thing the teacher should teach us After that, I think they can accurately chart and care for the students' progress and help them reach their goals. That's what a teacher should do and that's also my aim. 就是我作为一名老师的话，我也是希望我不仅仅是教会这个学生知识,而且我还想教会他们学习的能力。这样子他们可以应用在以后的生活当中 Sounds great So I think that's for today And one more thing. Since today is the高考，就是现在是高考期间，所以我们在这里的话祝愿所有的高考跟中考的学子们可以金榜提名，可以考到理想的学校 就预祝大家愿望成真 对的,心想事成 OK, thank you for listening 大家可以在我们小宇宙、喜马拉雅、苹果播客 、QQ音乐上面 收听我们的同名播客以及在小红书以及微博上面给我们留言 对,我也很期待你们分享一下你们的考试的经历，看一下我们能不能产生共鸣 然后我们对应的一些口语的小tips都会发布在小红书以及微博上面，欢迎大家留言 OK, see you guys Have a good weekend See you

那么卷！嗯，我也打算做寿司卷鸡蛋卷francais卷😀

想问一下具体的音标学习方法🥹（前两天因为没学过音标面试失败了）

【转录1/12】 Hello, everyone! It's gossip English time! 《尬聊英语》又来了! This is Yao. And I'm Wing. Let's learn English through gossip! Hello! Hi! Wing, do you know what date it is today? June the seventh. Do you know June is a life-changing month in the year? 高考? Yeah, not just 高考 and 中考. Oh, really? Yeah. It's the same day? Oh, I didn't know that. Oh, no, it's not the same day, but it's in the same month. I see. So, because of both of the most important exams for Chinese students, one is China's National College Entrance Examination, aka 高考, aka, as known as 也叫做, and Senior School Entrance Exam, aka 中考, two important exams in every Chinese student's life. So, Wing, what do you think about 高考? I took it twice. Really? Yeah. Wow, is it very tiring? No, not really. It's very challenging to get to the university I really want to. That was why I took another one. I really wanted to go to a school in Shanghai. Wow, so you had a very strong motivation and determination. Well, in the end, I didn't go to Shanghai anyway. I stayed in Guangzhou. It's great. My school is still really great. Yeah. I just wanted to study a little bit further away from my hometown. But in the end, Guangzhou is nice because it's Cantonese-based. Yeah, I think so. What about yours? Mine? You know, 高考 is actually one of the most awful exam experiences in my life. Well, not to mention I didn't do well in the 高考. But two days before the exam, I was having a fever. Can you imagine that? That's really bad. That sucked. Yeah, and my teacher called my mom immediately and sent me home. I remember clearly on that day, my classmates were busy preparing for the exams. They even burned the midnight oil 就他们晚上还在开夜车,对吧? Just to get good results. I packed my stuff, feeling lost. At home, I slept for the whole day. It wasn't because I didn't want to study. It was because I had no energy.我真的是累到不行了那时候。 你病了吗? 我生病了,我发烧了。 However, it was the soundest sleep during my whole senior year.

【转录2/12】 Oh my god, that is the soundest sleep. Yeah. Over a year, or maybe more than a year. Yeah, exactly. No wonder you were sick. Yeah, after waking up, I never felt so refreshed, to be honest. 就我从来没有觉得那么精神过。 你真的是,怪不得你会病倒了当时。 Yeah, so the next day when I felt better, I went back to school and joined the exams. You know, when the bell rang for the last exam, finally 高考 came to an end. And the whole classroom was full of cheers and screaming. I heard my classmates saying loudly, 我解放了! Did your classmates or you tear apart the books or throw it away? I think so. I remember a boy was tearing the book happily, you know? Especially those books called 五年高考三年模拟, 还是三年模拟五年高考? I forgot, whatever. But you know, I just sat on the chair, worried about my future. 因为那时候我是觉得别人都在挑灯夜战, 然后大家都在紧张复习,我回家睡了一整天。 然后我以为那一天的话, 可能会给我带来致命的打击。 But actually, we had prepared for more than a year for that one exam. Not just one year, I think twelve years. Right? So one day didn't mean anything actually. But for me, you know, at that time, I didn't think so. I thought like I was left behind.就是我觉得我落后其他人二十四小时。 你太卷了。 You're too competitive. No, I think just because I was too weak. So how about you? I remember after the first 高考, I went to hair stylist. Oh, finally. I cut my hair. What? You cut your hair? Yeah, from long hair to short hair. Why? I don't know. Just like your classmate says 解放了. And then I just I want to be myself. Long hair doesn't represent me. So I had to have my hair cut. Then I surprised, shocked everyone, including my mom, my classmates, everybody who knew me at that time. I felt like great. shocked everybody. That's great. Was it like a ceremony for you? 像一个仪式感那样子? Maybe a little. Not sure. I just felt like I just want to do that. Do something for myself. That's very nice. I think you finally you found yourself and be yourself. Yeah, and then I took another exam. That's really sad. I don't know.

【转录3/12】 You know, I don't think I can resit the 高考, you know.I didn't have that strong motivation. I cannot do that. I think actually you are a heroine. Because I took twice, took 高考 twice? Yes, because I don't think I have that strong motivation to resit 高考. I'm afraid that I might have another fever before the exams. You should have slept more. Yeah, supposed to be like that, right? But actually many students like me have experienced stress, anxiety and depression in the test and have buckled under the pressure. 就是我那时候的话，其实应该说很多学生跟我一样，我现在也有很多学生，他们也是面临很大的压力， 还有压力山大 对,压力山大，就真的像一座山那样压得喘不过气 Besides, family pressure is also a huge issue with many parents expecting their children to study for hours on end 就是说家庭的压力也是很大，家长们都希望孩子们多抓紧时间复习，温习功课，好好备考 对,exactly. Many parents see the test as determining, not just which university you enter, but also which job you end up in and your future social status. 就是很多家长，爸爸妈妈会觉得说高考，不仅仅是决定去了哪个大学，而且某种程度上也决定了，你将来的一个社会地位 对,就是我们很多时候说，一考定终生嘛，所以的话确实会比较大压力，我记得我当时 就告诉你们一个小秘密，我当时的话，我高三的时候其实我经历了起起伏伏，当我成绩不太好的时候，我记得一个周日，我妈妈过来给我送饭，就是像很多高三的学生，我妈妈过来给我送饭 你是住校的 对,boarding school，对,我们全住宿的，当时我妈妈给我送饭的时候，我一边吃饭我一边流眼泪，我就感觉到我好对不起我妈妈，就是我妈妈会这么辛苦，对吧,特地从家里面，然后做好饭,然后带来学校，可是我还是学不好，所以我当时真的经历很大压力，我相信可能我们有一些听众朋友，也是有相关的经历 我当时还是走读，所以就没有经历过，住校这段时间，因为我爸妈一直都不太管我学习，所以我就全都自己来 你学霸呀,所以不用管你 我在我那个学校真的不算什么，学霸大有人在 我觉得高考真的是人生中很重要，但不是最重要的 我记得当时我有一个老师，其实是我复读期间的一个班主任。他说高考就像一座独木桥，不是适合每个人过的。So the College Entrance Exam is a single-log bridge that is not for everyone. I totally agree. but you know what, when I just entered my senior school, I had a senior就是我当时刚进入我的高中的时候，有一个考上了北大的一个师兄，他回来学校给我们做一番演讲，我本来以为是非常鸡昂，我看你的表情，就是觉得肯定又是什么鸡汤 No OK 他跟我们说，高考就像一个屎坑一样 Shithole 然后就说，那看你怎么过它了 哇 所以我觉得他，话糙理不糙，就是我觉得他形容得非常好 But anyway, in my view, I still think Gaokao is regarded as fairest way to test all would be university students across a vast country and to ensure that all candidates are tested in the same way. 就是我觉得高考，目前来说的话还是最公平的一个方法，对于我们这么多的学生，然后来自不同的地方、不同的背景，无论是贫穷还是富有，

【转录4/12】 所以我觉得这个已经算是非常公平的一个考试方法 OK, Wing. Since you were young, we were young, we have taken so many exams, actually what kind of skills have you learned? The most important one. Share with us Good sleep What? I think it's really important to keep your mind sane. I don't know about you. But for me if I am lack of sleep, my brain is very muddy. 就是我大脑非常混浊。so I need good sleep to keep my mind sane and clear. 就是多睡觉，保持清醒 What about you Well I think, I've learned a lot of skills. One of them is the time management skill. Since we have so many subjects, for me at that time, I have subjects to study, so I have to allocate the time very well. How I prioritize those kind of weak subjects 就是弱科。For example like my physics, I spend That's my major in high school Yeah So I think at that time I spent nearly thirty percent of my time on this subject because I failed so many times. That's why I work harder. Well it's not just for 高考 or 中考, which is long time ago for me, I'm still taking exams recently, like a few months ago I took IELTS. I think you took IELTS a few months ago. I mean like as an adult, a grown-up, who has been working for so many years. We're still taking a lot of exams. Yeah true Is it fun to learn? Well I think, learning is a combination of happiness and tiredness. Recently I'm preparing for BEC higher test Oh wow How's the preparation I should have done it earlier Everybody said that I should have started it earlier. But I am 临急抱佛脚 To hug Buddha's feet in an emergency. To cram at the last minute That's me So Same here Don't do that. All our friends, don't do that. It's a bad habit. But next time still do it I don't know Yeah probably That's funny You know 新东方New Oriental Of course Yeah when I just graduated from my university, I actually applied a job. Really? Yeah in 新东方 Oh okay which position I wanted to be an IELTS speaking teacher Oh wow But they didn't let me do so Why?

【转录5/12】 Well at that time I didn't take any IELTS exam yet, I just wanted to try. Because I thought my oral English Was good enough. I think so. I agree So I tried to get a job like that. But New Orientation sent me to 高考 section. Funny 分配到高考那一组 Is it because you got a really good result from the 高考? I don't think it's because of that because they didn't know my scores in 高考. I didn't send it to them Maybe there is a shortage in that team Probably Then they gave me like exams of the last 20 years and ask me to go through all the exams. Not the recent ones? They gave you the one 20 years ago? Like within 20 years Yes like 20 years of paper Oh my gosh such a work load Yeah so they ask me to go through it and just see if I can summarize any key points and stuff like that. So did you manage to get the job? I didn't go through the training. I'm like I already took twice 高考. I already took 高考 twice. Why do I need to go through it again for 20 times? Yeah for 20 times. No no no big no to me So why do they do so I guess to get a better summary of the exam. So we can have some rules or patterns from the exam to help the students That's true 就是希望找一些规律 Pattern规律去给考生们 去学习 I think that makes sense. For this kind of big corp 就是说对于这些大的集团，大的公司来说的话，是非常正常的。因为他们要培养一些同质化的老师，就是每一个老师出来都是那一套 对他们也要保证那个质量 Quality. That is the only way to keep the high quality and make sure whoever teaches you. You will get almost the same quality of education or training. So Wing, after graduating for so many years, Yeah what are you talking about I mean me okay Joking, Just a joke I'm very curious, so in addition to our previous study, What kind of things do you want to learn? I always want to learn the principles of anything, like I want to know what the basic logic is in that subject Wow you are such a nerd Yeah I am pretty nerdy Like for example in English, when I first learn the pronunciation. I want to know all the 音标 Oh phonics

【转录6/12】 I want to know the basics of the pronunciation of English. So I can self-taught myself about the words So you will learn the language in a systematic way Yes correct 就是更系统的去学，更加系统 and more structural 更加有结构性的 What about you Well you know, actually I hope I could learn more life saving skills. You know because I think the knowledge we have learnt in school can help us in our workplace, but not in our life interesting So you know what, surprisingly in TikTok, the overseas TikTok, a few videos has aroused a heated discussion. It was about a Chinese kindergarten preschool education. Ok what's interesting? But I want to ask you first, do you still remember what you got from your preschool education? I remember two 兴趣班 interest classes. One is drawing and one is accordion 手风琴. Wow that's very unique Yeah very very unique I don't hear many kindergartens have something like that. So did you pay a lot for that kindergarten? No that is a public school. It's a public kindergarten. It doesn't cost that much. But of course for those interest classes, my parents needed to pay extra, but not that much. So did you learn how to cook when you were a preschool student? No no I don't think so So did you know how to do the crafts 手工when you were young Yeah I learned how to do origami 折纸 纸艺. Oh yeah me too And did you learn how to play basketball at that time? No I was too little. But I taught myself to tear tissue apart. I remember that is one of the stories that my parents and my aunts talked about a lot. When I was little, I loved tearing tissue apart. They said I created a world through the tissues. Although I just tore all the tissue apart, kind of in some patterns. But I didn't remember it at all. 所以就是通过撕那个纸，然后建造你自己的世界 对他们是这样说的， 说我那时候可爱撕纸巾，就将纸巾撕碎，或者是将它叠成一个，什么样子的东西 哇你那时候好有创造力，So creative 但是我不记得 but I don’t remember at all probably beauty is in the eyes of beholders. 情人眼里出西施，其实你只是撕那个纸，但是你的家人就觉得，哦他在创造世界

【转录7/12】 What about you? Do you have any interesting stories? Well actually, I thought when I was in the kindergarten, I only learned how to count numbers one, two, three. Of course in Cantonese, one, two, three, four. Probably at that time I was just learning, maybe, how to behave well, like eat on time, sleep on time, 就是该睡睡该吃吃。I know nothing. But you know what, right now the kids are totally different. So based on the TikTok account, it's called Scenes of Asia, it shares a look at some of the things Chinese students learn in kindergarten. And for many is shocking and inspiring. 就是那个TikTok account上面呢，他就分享了很多关于现在 中国的幼儿园的小朋友，他们在学什么东西，然后他非常让人震惊，而且非常的有启发性。 就是很小就开始, 做鸡娃 You see, this video that shows kindergarten basketball training has more than forty-seven million views. The basketball is bigger than the kids. Yeah, that's the thing, right? Yeah And thirty-four thousand comments 就是说,就那个单一个视频，他已经有47,000,000的播放量，而且有 34,000条条评论 That's a lot Let me show you that video. They actually do a lot of strange things. Like climbing on the rope, like military training, like cooking street food, not just normal food. It's actually like 章鱼小丸子 The little octopus ball. And also a lot of stitching That's very strange Yeah, I don't even know how to stitch. 他们还学会缝缝补补，还踩着那个缝纫机 对啊,这个有点too much, too crazy. I understand why it went viral I don't think many kindergartens have those kind of activities and have that capacity. 就是他们没有那个活动，而且他们也没有那个容量，可以做这么多的事情 Actually, well, it's not like that crazy. But actually a few years ago, I filmed a kindergarten for their own advertisement campaign Really? Here? Local one? Yeah, in 佛山 And they have very advanced skill training like mock merchandising, mock doctor, patient scenes. 那不是我们以前玩的过家家吗? 是有一点,但是就 all uniforms and everything. And then they have like gardening, they can learn how to grow a plant Oh really? Also a lot of basketball events like that, all kinds of events So actually that's not something new to you.

【转录8/12】 Not as crazy as the video. like for me, that is way too much The first time when you told me the story, I thought it was like the kindergarten I filmed, all the mocking stuff, like mock cooking Not cooking with the fire, right? Yeah, not with the fire 我之前拍摄过一个幼儿园，那它里面其实很多是过家家类的，那种让我们学习生活技巧的东西，只是我没有想过，那个视频是真明火，在做这么多事情。So it's quite shocking to me. I think that's the reason why our overseas audience were shocked too. 就是我也明白为什么 TikTok上面的人也是 非常的震惊 Because many TikTok viewers are left in awe after witnessing some of the daily routines that Chinese kindergartens teach their young students Left in awe 敬畏,我看到我也敬畏了 Yeah, exactly And this is not the only one. A different TikTok account also shared a look into a Chinese kindergarten's day. So it started with a script “Do you know what Chinese kindergartens are like?” While kids in other kindergartens eat, sleep and play games. Kids in this Chinese kindergarten do laundry and cook, learning self-reliance, the video explains. Do they get paid? That's one of the questions that the viewer asked. And they have outdoor stoves proportionate to their heights. And they make their own meals every day Is it safe to do so? Well, of course they are under guidance. 他们其实是有个户外的炉子，然后是匹配他们的身高，就不是像我们成人那样子，那么高，他就是有一个小的一个炉，然后专门就是为他们量身定做 That doesn't sound safe to me Yeah, I think so However, this is what they learned Okay, interesting I think at least it sounds fun Sort of like it's more interesting than only learning in the classroom Just try to imagine that how old were you when you first grabbed the skill of cooking? I'm still not good at it Really? I can cook for myself. I can feed myself But I can't say I cook really well. I helped my mom since I was very little Oh, really? Just like she was the one who cooked and I was the one to help out like cleaning the vegetables, chopping the vegetables and stuff Chopping? But not really cooking. I don't think I can make the food delicious

【转录9/12】 But you know what? When I was 18, I cooked. I almost burned the kitchen Uh oh I remember at that time I was cooking the dishes called 糖醋排骨 Wow, that is really hard I don't know why That's a really difficult dish I don't know why I was so brave at that time and then my friend taught me how to cook that dish. He said, remember to thicken the sauce 我们所说的收汁 I did. But the sauce, it was just burned because I forgot the fire, to watch out the fire 就是我都已经忘记看火了，然后他收汁收到最后，整盘排骨全都黑了，那个锅还不能用，然后还得扔掉 Wow And that becomes one of the jokes my mom plays on me 就是变成了我妈妈经常 Tease you Tease me However, actually after I studied abroad, I started to learn how to cook because I got no chance. I had to cook by myself. Else I have to eat the British food. You know And also it is quite expensive to eat outside Yeah, exactly Eating in the restaurant is quite expensive abroad usually Yes, so when the kids gets older, they learn more and more skills that help them to be more independent I think that's a very good part And the older kids actually can cook an entire meal from scratch on their own while the younger ones can knead dough and make pancakes Wow, from scratch 从零开始 大点的小孩可以从零开始做一个完整的一桌菜，然后小一点的小朋友呢，就可以自己搓那个 面团做饼 对,做饼了 They are so much skilled at cooking than I am Impressive Yeah, I think if we and the kids live in an isolated island, we might die in a day The kids might survive They can also sell the pancakes right now on the street Yeah, they can make money 就是如果我们 跟那群小朋友一起放在 那个孤岛上面的话，然后我们可能就两天就死了 Do they know how to catch fish as well? Well, you will never know Wow, okay I better start learning. Just in case, right? Yeah So actually after cooking and eating, they voluntarily clean up and even line up to wash dishes Wow I don't know what to say Don't let most of the parents know because they are going to use that against us Yeah Although I think we should do more, but that is wow

【转录10/12】 Probably if my mom watches this video and then my mom will say “You see see you, one day day, you are not even like the kids.” 你看看你一天天的，然后你都不如那个小朋友，生旧叉烧好过生你 Yeah, that is very Cantonese. Your mom said like she'd better labor rather a char siu roasted pork than you Yeah At least she can still eat the char siu, right? Oh no So actually there are some interesting comments. What are they? So blessing bag said Just look at my little cousin and sign cause the only thing he knows is to watch skibidi toilet That is a real kid 这个人就是说，我看看我的那个小外甥，然后就叹一口气，因为他只会看那个动画片 That's for most of the kids Yeah, that's how the kids should be like, right? Yeah, I think so That sounds like a kid And Pink Hitman said “What is the age limit for admission?” Maybe at least you need to be three or something. I'm not so sure If they can accept the adults as a student, right? But you know what, if they allow the adults to join the class, I would definitely enroll in it Me too I need this kind of life-saving skills Yes, those skills are so advanced 很高级，对，就是做章鱼小丸子，然后做那个煎饼 I want to learn all those stuffs I don't know how to make it Once I left abroad, I wanted to make 肠粉 Really? Yeah, and it's so so so hard So if they open to adults, I want to join. I want to learn how to make all the food Yeah, true I mean if one day I lose my job, at least I can set up a store in the street and then sell the 章鱼小丸子 Yeah, exactly 就是有一天如果我失业之后，我还可以在路边摆摊，然后就卖那个章鱼小丸子算了 我可以打你下手 You can help me mix the dough And also someone wrote in the comments “I can't even get my kindergarten class to walk in a line” And apparently many others could relate since the comment received 48,000 likes. 就有个人评论他就说我连我那个幼儿园的班 都不可以排成一条直队，这个显然就是非常多的那个幼儿园老师赞同，因为他得到了四万八千个赞 过来东方取取经，现在流行来东方取经，不是去西方取经 Yeah, that's true So what do you think about this piece of news? It's hard to be a kid 鸡娃 That's true 我觉得鸡娃，就是以前我们所说的那个鸡娃，就是鸡他的学术成绩，就是上完这个课 ，然后再去上一个语文数学英语物理化学生物课，但现在鸡娃的话，不只是鸡他的那个学术表现，而且还鸡他的一个生活技能

【转录11/12】 卷就要从小开始 That's true I guess parents worry about their kids to survive in the future, not only about jobs, but also how they can live independently. I think life skills are also very important which make us a well-rounded person 让我们成为一个更加全面的一个人 I see, that's true So after all those awesome kids, can we use anything that we learn from those kids in our exams? Of course We have a few tips in our speaking. So the question is describe another course that you would like to take, not related to your previous study Please say What kind of course would it be? What do you want to learn from it? Why would you choose it? Can you give us an example? Of course, let me think. I would love to take the cooking course to learn the art of cooking from scratch (从零开始) It's not related to my previous studies but I believe it would contribute to (致力于) my holistic development (全面发展) by enhancing my creativity, patience and attention to detail (专注于细节). I want to learn how to create delicious and visually appealing dishes as well as develop self-reliance in the kitchen self-reliance自力更生； delicious and visually appealing dishes 色香味具全的菜肴 Choosing this course would leave me in awe as I mastered the skills to create amazing meals and share joy through food Leave me in awe 让我感到很惊叹，敬畏 Yes, that's something we can use And we also have another question What suggestions would you give to teachers to improve education? That's a big question Yeah, true I wish they can bring more fun to the class. For example, I would like the whole process of English learning is more fun, more interesting, more entertaining. So students can learn to speak, not just use it for exams What about you? Well, that's very true. That's what our podcast promotes, right? Of course And actually for me, different needs and learning styles vary on individual basis. I don't think each teacher has a different style of teaching, which may not work well for all students. So one cannot fit all 就是因材施教的意思