As we all know, India has been colonized by the British for a long time. English is to India, just like Mandarin is to China, it is the official language. I remember that I heard some Hakka cross talks when I was very young. One of the cross talks described Putonghua as "Mandarin". Saying "Mandarin" would be regarded as a great thing. Usually only those who have read books and become officials can do it. Speaking "Mandarin", it's just that Mandarin is one of our mother tongues, and many dialects will make people think that it is Mandarin with a changed tone. In India now, English has also become the official language, and English is the mother tongue in many places. Gradually, many Indians do not even speak Hindi. In the movie, the heroine is a traditional Indian woman who can cook good dishes. Her English is not good and she is often laughed at by her daughter and husband. Gradually, the heroine is angry and inferior. The film began to use some family trivia to describe the heroine's ambivalence in such an environment. Later, taking advantage of the opportunity of going to New York to attend a wedding, she signed up for a four-week crash course in English.
Before this, the film did not rush to tell how the heroine worked hard to learn English, but arranged two stories. One section is about meeting an old Indian gentleman on the plane, which is very interesting. He only appeared for 5 minutes to convey to the heroine, "Be confident and bold in everything." The other section is that the heroine goes to the cafe alone. Encountered a black waitress in Ba La, because she couldn't order food in English, she was humiliated in public, and the heroine broke down and burst into tears. In the second story, I feel a little bit deeply. When a person is very helpless, others ignore it. I think about how I usually help others, but when it’s my turn to need other people’s help, I don’t have one. That kind of anger and grievance.
Back to the movie, the English crash course for the past four weeks is run by a teacher who is very loving. The classmates are from other countries outside the United States. There are nanny from Mexico, taxi driver from Pakistan, and handsome chef from France. , Looks like a Chinese beauty hair stylist, also an IT otaku from India, and a silent boy from Africa, plus the heroine, to form this small English class. They have to come every day and learn very joyfully. They told each other why they came to this class to learn English. Everyone has different reasons, but the common reason is that they want to integrate into this English country. Their English is not very good, and they are from different countries, so they can only use poor English when communicating with each other. The scene is both familiar and funny. Just like when we were in our freshman year, the teacher asked us to communicate in English in class. We spoke awkwardly in English, spelling out the meaning of each word one by one, especially hoping to say a mouthful. Fluent sentences. There is such a scene of love in the class. Teacher Jiyou is lost in love. The classmates are discussing, of course, in bad English. At this time, the heroine said, "Although the teacher is gay, he is abnormal for us. For the teacher, we are also abnormal. But our heartache will be the same." Teacher Ji You took sunglasses and heard this statement outside the door and felt very relieved. Here, English is like a bridge, building a bridge between people of different nationalities. The biblical story says that God created mankind, but he was afraid that mankind was too united and too powerful to resist. He felt that mankind was torn apart, so that mankind did not have a common language, which resulted in conflicts and wars. If the world can have a common language, conflicts can be reduced. I must define to learn this language without hesitation, for peace.
People can talk with each other, and they will also be said to have a common language. It can be seen that a common language is so important. The so-called words are not too speculative, and this is the truth. Since the Tao is not conspiring, then there is no need to communicate.
The ending of the movie is also warm and joyful. The heroine said, "If you don’t like yourself, you will hate everything around you, but if you learn to love everything around you, it will gradually become attractive, and it was originally silent as stagnant water. Life began to look new and better. "
Thank you for teaching me how to love myself.
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