Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 324 frolic

In any case, 97 is coming, and Angela can only stay in her grandfather's villa like in London and not go anywhere. The storm caused by "Titanic" is too big, and she is like a lighthouse in the dark as a target. Even if you want to go out after dressing up, you can hardly escape the eyes of the paparazzi who are watching for 24 hours. Besides, there are many fans who come to Long Island, so even if you want to Getting to Natalie's was also difficult.

Fortunately, if the mountain does not come, Mohammed will go, and Mohammed can go to the mountain.

"Obviously, I won't be able to come out again until I leave New York... Yes, I'm sorry... Okay, goodbye then." After the wireless phone left her ear, Angela watched as it let out a breath, closed the lid and put it in the on the table.

"It sounds really regrettable, or can you invite him to your house?" Natalie's voice came lazily from the side, she curled up on the single sofa in the bedroom like a kitten, holding him in her arms. Flipping through this thick dictionary.

"He's already been to my house once in Los Angeles. It doesn't need to be that frequent. I don't want to be misunderstood." The girl curled her lips and knelt on the ground to pick up all the books and chessboards thrown on the ground.

"How come? This only shows that your relationship is developing steadily, doesn't it?" Natalie snorted softly.

Angela couldn't help frowning slightly, but then stretched it out again, then raised the corners of her mouth and moved her knees to Natalie's side, lay down on the armrest of the sofa and looked up at her: "Well, if you don't like it, I'll just break up with him."

"Is this necessary?" Natalie didn't take her eyes off the dictionary at all.

"Of course, your tone is sour. Since you are jealous, of course I will do what you want." The girl giggled, her crooked eyes were full of narrow eyes, and Natalie couldn't help but turn over. White eyes: "I'm not jealous!"

"You have."

"no!"

"Have!"

"no!"

"Have!"

"I made it very clear. I didn't!" Natalie suddenly closed the dictionary, then glared at Angela angrily, but the girl immediately held her face and kissed her lips with a sizzling sound.

"Don't deny it, and even if you deny it this time, do you still want to deny it last time?" Angela said with a little pride.

Natalie looked at her with gritted teeth, and was about to say something. The girl's hand holding her face suddenly moved forward, kissed her lips again, and then took the dictionary away from her hand: "It's better to do it." Order something else, don’t think Chinese is easy to learn.”

"Really? At least I can have a simple conversation with Mrs. Mason." Natalie retorted unwillingly.

"Of course, of course, I know, but..." Angela sat cross-legged on the ground, and counted with her fingers: "First, you only know a few daily expressions like thank you, please, hello; second, you The pronunciation is not standard, very non-standard; third, your spoken language is mixed with the pronunciation of Chinese regional languages; fourth, don’t think that you can speak it, even if you know how to pronounce it, it doesn’t mean that when these words appear in front of you , you can still recognize it!"

At first she was resentful, then very angry and dissatisfied, but in the end there was nothing she could do. After changing several expressions, Natalie said with a flat mouth and a bit of grievance: "Do you have to expose all my shortcomings? You know These square characters are so difficult to decipher, God, even the difference between 'B' and 'R', the pronunciation and meaning can be completely different! This is harder than any foreign language I have ever learned!"

"It's normal, my dear. Both French and English have the same language foundation, and Chinese is an oriental language based on pictographs, so it is inevitable that it is difficult to learn." In a small blow, Natalie Afterwards, Angela began to comfort her in a gentle voice, what a good way!

"I've studied Japanese for a while, and it should be an oriental language, but I haven't had a headache like this." Natalie rubbed her nose, still a little unwilling.

"At that time, because many of the pronunciations of Japanese were changed from English pronunciations or in similar language families, there were basically no major problems in learning listening. Basic communication was solved, and it was easier to learn reading and writing." The girl shrugged.

"I know this, but I have been to Chinatown to practice my spoken English, and occasionally I will ask Mrs. Mason for advice, but the progress has not been great. I really don't understand why. Didn't you say that you also learned this way?" Natalie asked with her head turned. road.

"Because I'm a genius." Angela smiled triumphantly, and after the other party rolled her eyes at herself, she showed a wicked smile: "Do you know what is the most difficult thing in Chinese, Nat? It's writing Chinese poetry!"

Yes, in Chinese poetry, it is enough to make Westerners with a certain level of Chinese stare blankly just by figuring out the contrast between flat and obtuse, not to mention writing appropriate poems, which is a difficult problem for many Chinese.

"You mean that in a sentence of just a few words, each word must be arranged according to certain rules, and at the same time, attention must be paid to its phonology and symmetry with the next sentence. This is really a bit...some... "

"Pervert, isn't it?" Angela asked suddenly.

"...It can be said that there is indeed a little bit." Natalie was startled, then nodded.

"Well, what I want to say is that it is this kind of rhythm and rhyme that makes Chinese poetry have a beauty different from that of sonnets, a beauty that is carefully crafted." Speaking of this, the girl couldn't help using Read it in Chinese: "A thousand mountains and birds fly away, and a thousand paths and people disappear. A lone boat and hat, fishing alone in the cold river and snow."

Natalie, who was listening intently, rubbed her chin thoughtfully, and breathed a sigh of relief after Angela explained the meaning of the poem in detail: "It's unbelievable, only 20 words can contain so many meanings ... To be honest, it's really strange, although I can't understand what you are saying, but from the tone of your recitation, I can somewhat feel the artistic conception that this poem wants to express!"

She thought for a while and suddenly asked with great interest: "It seems that you have a good understanding of Chinese poetry, have you tried writing?"

"Honey, most Chinese people can't write well... I just write a random sentence sometimes." Speaking of the last sentence, Angela was a little dazed, and then blurted out: "A desolate lonely girl, a lonely bachelor. Mingming There is God's will, and there is a helping hand in danger. Nuan Nuan gives birth to affection, and Lian Lian expresses his heart. Injustice will be reported, and Yin and Yang have already separated."

After a few seconds of silence in the room, the girl suddenly jumped up from where she was, jumping up and down angrily, screaming in a shrill voice: "Damn it! Damn it! God! God! How could I... how could I meeting……"

She blushed and ran around the room like a headless chicken, as if she had been exposed, leaving Natalie confused: "What's the matter, Angie? What happened?"

"No, no, nothing!" Angela quickly waved her hand, and then she remembered that Natalie couldn't understand, which somewhat relieved her.This inexplicable poem was written on a whim when she watched "Leon the Killer" in her previous life.

At that time, I happened to be interested in ancient poetry, so I randomly wrote a poem imitating the Tang Dynasty poet Han Shan's "Yaoyao Hanshan Road", but it was only flat and not flat, and the rhyme was not rhyme, and it was not even a doggerel. My friend made a mess of it, so now I suddenly read it, and it was still in front of Natalie, and I felt ashamed and embarrassed like a natural conditioned reflex.

"I promise, I'm just a little excited." The girl who has stabilized her mind tried her best to pretend to be nothing, but in the eyes of the observant Natalie, the more she behaved like this, the more she was covering up something, and it should be the same as before. It is related to the Chinese poems I read!

"So what's the meaning of the poem you just read?" Natalie asked deliberately.

"Poetry? The poem I read just now?" Angela rolled her eyes, and then showed a sweet and charming smile, "Don't worry about that poem, anyway, if you don't understand, you can't understand the meaning. Why don't we play poker? Liv will come to see me tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, how about asking Manny to play strip poker again? Didn’t you always want revenge?”

Natalie's face turned slightly red, and she snorted heavily: "As long as I don't team up with Liv, you will lose!"

"Really, mathematician, then I will partner with Liv." The girl said with a smile, secretly delighted at the success of changing the subject, but Natalie immediately asked: "Are you sure you don't plan to make it clear to me?" , what did you read just now?"

Angela, who thought she had passed the level, couldn't help but coughed out violently, as if choking on saliva, looked at Natalie with a little anger and guilt, but didn't know what to say, but the other party didn't seem to intend to continue asking, just smiled Laughing: "Okay, it doesn't matter if you don't tell me, at worst, I'll ask someone else."

Just as the girl was confused, she saw Natalie raised her hand hidden on the other side of her body, and then her eyes widened. Natalie was holding a small tape recorder in her hand, and the rotating tape was obviously working normally. .

"This...that's impossible!" Angela exclaimed immediately, her tone was terrified, and she pointed at the tape recorder tremblingly: "When did you have this? You must have just turned it on and wanted to talk to me, so I won't I was fooled!"

"Actually, I didn't plan to bring this with me. I just put it in my pocket and forgot to take it out. You know, many people record their own voices when they are learning foreign languages ​​to practice their pronunciation, and compare them with the standard pronunciation. I don't either. Exception." Natalie looked at the girl with a smile, "Look, there are such coincidences in this world, I want to know a few more words when you talk on the phone, and then I can ask you about your normal pronunciation, just right I found the tape recorder I still had with me, and when I pressed to start using it, your call was over again, so our conversation from just now to now has been recorded."

Seeing that Angela opened her mouth and wanted to yell for courage, Natalie immediately put up a finger in front of her: "Did you just open it, try it and you'll know!"

She said and pressed the stop button of the tape recorder, then rewind, stop, play!Angela's voice came out immediately, and she was reciting the very first song "Jiang Xue".

"Give it to me!" The girl screamed and was about to step forward to snatch it, but Natalie, who had anticipated her action, turned over and jumped from the sofa, then waved her hand triumphantly: "Don't think about it."

hateful!Angela screamed in her heart, and chased after her again. She didn't know why she didn't want Natalie to know the content of the poem, was it just because it was poorly written?

Unfortunately, in front of Natalie who was already prepared and determined not to let her get the tape no matter what, everything she did was useless. Angela had cornered Natalie several times Or hugged and pressed to the ground, but she escaped.

The chase ended with Natalie escaping from the room under Angela's negligence. When the girl chased her to the living room, the other party was already obediently talking to her grandma, and then said goodbye to the girl in front of the elders on the pretext of something at home .

"Angie, can I come see you again tomorrow?" Natalie's smiling words blocked all of Angela's excuses to keep her, and she could only stare blankly at her departure.

I'm going to make you pay, Nat!Knowing that it was impossible to get the tape back, the girl wailed in her stomach facing Natalie away from her back, although she always kept that reluctant expression and sent her to the door.

It's a pity that her wish was not fulfilled until she left New York. Although Natalie kept her promise and did come to see her the next day, and not only that, she often came over in the next few days, but she never gave the girl a chance by being alone with her, either Always stay with other friends—such as Limou or Scarlett, or in a place where elders or servants can see.

She is very familiar with Angela's little tricks, and besides, the relationship between the two has already been made clear. Natalie, who is no longer at a loss, will undoubtedly be able to take the initiative, so unless the girl uses force—in fact, Angela almost It succeeded. She pressed her against the corner of the corridor on the second floor and teased her up and down. Then she wanted to push into the room, but she got a little anxious and looked at the wrong door. Aunt Ruth and her husband Ed were in the room she entered. Fortunately, they didn't see what they were discussing, but Tuli took this opportunity to escape from her again.

Although Natalie was very angry, she was angry and couldn't escape immediately. She was used to the fights and tricks between the two lovers.

In short, with dissatisfaction and regret, Angela and her parents left New York and set foot on the way home. The only good news is that the girl can be sure that Natalie has not yet understood the meaning of the doggerel, so—she will laugh on the phone If you want to, you can hang up immediately!This thought made her a lot better.

And at the same time that Angela arrived in Los Angeles, the North American box office of "Titanic" officially exceeded 2 million!