Indians speak English with a heavy accent, which is extremely difficult to understand. If you can understand British English, no matter where in the world English is difficult for you. Level 4, Level 6, TOEFL, IELTS, SAT are all clouds.
In China, if you don't speak Mandarin, you will be looked down upon; in India, if you don't speak English, you will be looked down even more.
In India, people who do not speak English are often limited to the simplest jobs. Many rickshaw drivers don't speak English, but they'll take you wherever you're going. How to communicate without English? They have their own way. After you get in the car, he steps on a section of the road, then finds a random person on the side of the road and asks you to tell the person where you are going in English, and then the person tells him in Hindi.
I was particularly impressed by one point. Whenever the driver asked the way, he would turn his head and leave without saying thank you. The free translator on the side of the road never had a trace of sullenness on his face, and seemed to regard helping others as himself. vocation. If the British people like to say thank you the most in the world, the Indians are probably the least like to say thank you.
Electric rickshaw drivers, who tend to speak English, make no secret of their disdain for rickshaw drivers who don't speak English. They will tell you, "The rickshaw driver doesn't speak English, so don't take their car."
Three years ago, in front of a cinema in Jaipur, an electric rickshaw driver dragged us back to the hotel in order to steal business and insulted a rickshaw driver in every possible way. The rickshaw driver shrank his shoulders and bowed his head, standing on the side of the road, not daring to let out the air. I couldn't stand it any longer, so I scolded the electric chauffeur a few words, and then got on the rickshaw and left. Are these rickshaw drivers the legendary pariahs?
The heroine of this film is a middle-class housewife who has no worries about food and clothing. She has money and leisure, but because she does not speak English, she is despised by her family. In order to gain respect, she studied furiously, and finally overcame many difficulties. Within four weeks, she learned a beautiful English, which impresses her family. The plot is simple, but full of positive energy, especially the speech at the end of the film about the relationship between husband and wife in marriage, which is thought-provoking. The film emphasizes spiritual pursuit, seeking independence and seeking respect. Obviously, the Indian movies practice the authentic Shaolin and Wudang mental methods, and they pay attention to the principle of being upright and peaceful. In contrast, Chinese films practice cult martial arts, focusing on danger, strangeness, and strangeness.
Now the cinema is flooded with romance films, time-travel films, historical films, horror films, and spoof films. Violent films such as "Little Times", "Personal Customization", "Fuchun Mountain Residence", "Journey to the West: Havoc in the Sky", "My Boy Boy Boy Boyfriend" are flourishing; and "The Piano of Steel" , "Kekexili" such a heavy film but the box office is sluggish.
Many people are powerful, but it is also a bad thing when there are many people. No matter how bad a movie is, someone will always watch it; no matter how bad a movie is, it will not lose money. That's why producers and directors dare to rape our eyes with shitty movies like this.
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