"The teachers in the good classes are all competing to get you. I think we should ask for your opinion. Do you want to transfer to a good class, or stay in your current class?"
Ellie turned her head to look at the people in class seventeen, and then at her deskmate who was holding a book and memorizing words. She said, "No need, Mr. Johnson, I quite like my current class, no need to transfer."
Mr. Johnson looked at her and said, "Alright, the teacher respects your wishes."
...
When January arrived, the end-of-term exams and winter vacation were not far off.
The weather was getting colder and colder.
It was so cold that one's hands would stiffen from holding a pen.
On Monday, January 26th.
Mr. Anderson didn't take a few steps in the hallway before he slipped and fell. He got up, rubbed his butt, and looked at the thin layer of ice on the ground.
He scolded class seventeen, "Who was on duty today? Are you mindless? Don't you know to use a dry mop to wipe the floor after mopping?"
The duty student from class seventeen came out to apologize to him, "Sorry, Mr. Anderson, I forgot to wipe it again."
Mr. Anderson was so angry that he blew his mustache and stared, then touched his already sparse hair, and said, "Mop it again, can't be lazy even though the holiday is coming up."
"Yes, yes, yes."
After Mr. Anderson finished speaking, he left, but then he fell again as soon as he got to the door of class eighteen.
The students from class eighteen, who had been eavesdropping and gloating over class seventeen being scolded, could no longer laugh.
...
The head teacher of class eighteen stood at the podium and said, "Last time's midterm exam was actually overtaken by class seventeen. This time, we must surpass class seventeen in the final exam!"
"Okay!"
...
Daniel said to Hao Ming, "It doesn't matter if I did poorly in the previous exams, but this time's score directly affects whether I can have a good year. When the relatives come over, they ask how much your child scored. If I score too low, my mom thinks I'm a disgrace."
Hao Ming said, "You're right."
Daniel looked a bit worried.
Hao Ming said, "Anyway, that's how it's always been in the past years."
Daniel: Thanks, it's better not to comfort me.
The fourth period in the morning was Mr. Enrico's class.
He strode into the class with a step that disregarded all relationships.
"Teacher, didn't you make this test paper? Is it difficult?"
Upon hearing this, Mr. Enrico touched his hair and said, "It's not difficult. It's almost the New Year, how could the teacher make such a difficult test paper to make your New Year unhappy? You think so, right?"
"Teacher, can you secretly give us some questions? Didn't you make the test paper?"
Mr. Enrico narrowed his eyes and said, "That's not possible, I never do such things, but..."
Everyone in class seventeen was waiting for what he was going to say after "but".
"You guys can beg me, and I might tell you the key points."
"Teacher Zhang is the most handsome."
"The teacher is as handsome as Chow Yun-fat!"
"He's just like Chow Yun-fat in city A!"
The students in class seventeen's compliments became more and more outrageous. Mr. Enrico made a stopping gesture and then said, "There will be a big question on the latest unit learned recently, and I'll tell you which units the other questions are in. The exam is tomorrow, so you can cram a bit."
"Okay!"
"You are my male god, teacher!"
...
At noon.
William was holding the material and said to Ellie, "Little teacher, there's not much left, it's almost finished."
There was only a thin bit left to write.
Ellie glanced at the material in his hand and said, "Great, the new material has already been bought, and I'll give it to you when you finish writing."
"Little teacher, do you remember my reward?"
Ellie smiled at him and said, "I remember, I hope you can improve by fifteen places this time."
William said, "Can I add the two times together, little teacher?"
Ellie thought for a moment and said, "That's fine too."
Daniel turned around and said to Ellie, "Ellie, I don't understand the English listening, what should I do?"
Ellie thought for a moment, then said, "If you don't understand the English listening, you can close your eyes and listen, close your eyes and feel it."
Daniel said, "Okay, I'll try Ellie's method this time."
Ellie smiled and said, "Okay."
After she finished speaking, she said to William again, "Come on."
William chuckled, "Okay."
...
"Excuse me, can you tell me how much the shirt is?
Yes, it's nine, fifteen.
The price of the shirt is nine pounds and fifteen pence, so you choose option c."
"..."
After the trial audio was finished, the formal listening began.
Daniel listened to Ellie's advice and closed his eyes to feel the English listening.
He listened to the series of English listening.
As a result, he almost fell asleep.
He opened his eyes, rubbed his face, and finally became more spirited.
Half of the audio was broadcast, and he didn't understand a few sentences.
With Ellie's encouragement, William was not flustered at all when doing the questions.
The last exam ended, and the end-of-term exam was over.
...
When Ellie came back, she saw William pulling the two desks.
She just picked up the books and heard William say, "Little teacher, put the books on the desk."
Ellie obediently stacked all the books on the desk, and she said, "I'll move the desk with you, it's too heavy."
"You don't have to, just bring the cup in, I'll do the rest."
Just after finishing the desk and sitting down.
Daniel frowned and said to William, "Ellie, it's over, I didn't understand the English listening at all this time."
Ellie said, "Listening?"
"Yes, I listened to you and closed my eyes to feel it, but I almost fell asleep."
Ellie didn't know what to say at this point.
Daniel said, "It's not a problem with Ellie's method, it's my problem. You listen to the listening as if he's telling you directly, choose a for this question, choose b for this question. I listen to the listening and it's just a bunch of gibberish I don't understand."
Ellie couldn't help but laugh.
"Ellie, do you think this test paper is more difficult than last time?"
Ellie said, "It's okay."
Daniel sighed and said, "Just leave it to fate, there are still a few days to be happy."
Mr. Johnson came in and said, "All subject representatives go to the printing room to collect the test papers. There are a bit many, find someone to go together."
Ellie went to collect the English test papers, and William said, "I'll help you, little teacher."
Ellie was counting the test papers with her head down, and William was secretly watching her on the side.
After counting the test papers, William walked beside her with the test papers in his arms. He held a thick stack of more than a dozen, leaving only one test paper for Ellie.
After distributing the test papers.
"Mr. Johnson, there are too many!"
Mr. Johnson smiled and said, "The test papers are printed by the school uniformly."
"There are too many, can't finish writing!"
"Writing names will probably take a long time!"
Mr. Johnson said, "Just write according to the teacher's requirements, you are not required to finish them all."
"That's great! Long live Mr. Johnson!"
"Long live Mr. Johnson!"
Mr. Johnson also explained about the holiday and the start of school, and said, "Wish the students a happy holiday! Pack up your things and leave, wish the students a happy New Year in advance!"
"Happy holiday, Mr. Johnson!"
"Happy holiday, happy holiday!"
William looked at his little deskmate and said, "Happy winter vacation, little teacher."
"Happy winter vacation!"
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PS
Before in high school, I asked a friend of mine who is very good at English, what to do if I don't understand the listening.
She said if you don't understand, just close your eyes and feel it.
I closed my eyes and listened, and then I almost fell asleep.