On December 23, the curtain of the 2024 National Master's Admission Examination opened.
Yesterday afternoon, after the end of the English subject test, "postgraduate English" became a hot spot on Weibo. Six of the top 20 hot searches are related to postgraduate English, and the core word is "difficult".
Netizens who were embarrassed to cry in English sighed sadly: Postgraduate English is a big iceberg......
How difficult is it?" happily sent away politics in the morning, and English happily sent me away in the afternoon. ”
Some netizens said: The moment I finished the English test, my hanging heart finally stopped beating.
What is the "nail of the Romans"?
It turns out that there is such a question in the reading comprehension question type of the English (1) paper for the postgraduate entrance examination:
这篇阅读理解原文出自2023年6月《金融时报》（Financial Times）一篇题为“What the price of an ancient Roman nail tells us about value”（古罗马钉子价格的故事告诉我们关于价值怎样的道理）的文章。
Nail, which has driven many netizens crazy, means nails here.
In addition to having the meaning of nails, nails, etc., in the form of nouns, nail is used as a verb and has many meanings such as grasping firmly, staring, etc.
What are the other difficulties in the postgraduate English that make you at a loss, let's discuss it in the message area.
Source: China Daily Bilingual News