In those days, foreign languages ​​were absolutely equivalent to incomprehensible books, mainly because of the severe shortage of teachers. Unlike later generations, English was directly a junior high school course, and even some primary schools and aristocratic kindergartens taught English.

The extent of its popularization was simply incomparable to what it is now.

For workers, peasants, and soldiers, the only chance of acquiring proficiency in a foreign language was if they were majoring in foreign languages ​​or were exceptionally hardworking and ambitious. But this possibility was truly slim.

After a while, Zhang Chenghai stammered, "Teacher Tan, I, I understand a little bit, but not much..."

Tan Dexi said to Liu Hongyi, "Liu Hongyi, copy a random passage from the document you translated yesterday and let them try it out."

"Okay, teacher!"

Liu Hongyi agreed, picked up the blackboard eraser, erased the equation, and started writing in English.

There was no need to read the original text of the material. I just wrote a paragraph based on my memory, the simplest one.

Now even Duan Weimin looked at Liu Hongyi with admiration.

Apart from anything else, his beautiful blackboard writing and fluent English writing alone are enough to stun most of the researchers in their research institute. Even the experts invited from outside do not seem to be as at ease as Liu Hongyi.

Just kidding, Professor Liu is a very particular person.

When he was a teacher at Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology, he was a recognized academic authority and the first person in the entire Chuzhou Institute of Science and Technology to be promoted to a second-level professor.

As for first-level professor, don’t even think about it.

It was tailor-made for the academicians of the two academies.

The ceiling for non-academicians is second-level professor.

Liu Hongyi's blackboard writing was directly used as a model by other teachers.

This time, all four of them put pen to paper and were able to translate a little. Zhang Chenghai translated the most, about half of the text. And grammatically, there were basically no major problems.

The other three could only barely translate a small part.

Tan Dexi didn't attack them any further. Instead, he said to Duan Weimin, "Old Duan, it seems your office has been hit hard over the years..."

Tan Dexi was very clear about the previous strength of this research institute.

Duan Weimin complained immediately, "Isn't it? Oh, Old Tan, you don't know how much I've worked to maintain this structure. I've already done my best to keep these few people here. Please take care of them for a while, so that we can leave some seeds for our institute."

Tan Dexi agreed, giving a rare moment of agreement: "That's the truth. We researchers ultimately have to rely on our academic achievements. We can't just slack off and produce nothing."

"Well, let me divide the work."

"Zhang Chenghai, you will follow Liu Hongyi and serve as his assistant. First, work with him to translate all the English materials. If you don't understand something, just ask him directly or look it up in the dictionary. You can leave the technical terms blank; I'll handle them."

"Also, if you have any questions about mathematics, you can ask him for help."

Several people suddenly felt embarrassed.

Zhang Chenghai was already the best among them, but when he came to Tan Dexi, he was only qualified to be an assistant to his elementary school student. This was still a nice way of saying it, but in fact, Zhang Chenghai was just asked to be a student of Liu Hongyi.

Zhang Chenghai is like this, what else can the three of them do?

Tan Dexi ignored their embarrassment and continued, "You three, follow me. I'll assign you some work within your capabilities. I'll also give you two hours of tutoring every day. Your professional knowledge is so far behind. If you don't work hard, how can you take on the responsibility? You can't even complete the most basic design, let alone innovate."

The three of them stammered in agreement.

Duan Weimin was overjoyed.

Old Tan may have a quirky temper, but he's also a genuine person. When he preaches, he truly teaches, never hiding anything, and certainly not showing any bias.

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