Today we are going to tell the story of the foreign minister who came out of the meter factory. The story takes place in a watch factory in Shanghai in the sixties and sixties of the last century, and the protagonist of the story is an ordinary employee of the meter factory.
Although this employee is an ordinary employee, this employee has a special hobby, that is, he always likes to hold a worn-out English book and teach himself English there during breaks. It seemed out of place in his surroundings, as the co-workers next to him were either sitting together smoking and drinking or playing mahjong in their spare time, and he was the only one immersed in a shabby English book.
The workers were puzzled, thinking that he was a strange person, what was there to look at in this broken book, after a long time, the workers were not surprised, and some began to laugh at the young man who was trying to Xi learn English: "Nerd, what is the use of a small employee learning English?" These words reached the ears of the young people from time to time, but the young people were not affected by these cool words, and continued to insist on their English learning Xi.
A few years have passed, and on this day, the meter factory has introduced some advanced equipment imported from abroad, but the instructions for the new equipment are in English. At this time, the young man's English Xi learned for many years played a role, and he translated the manual into Chinese so that everyone could understand how to use the new equipment. This made everyone look at this strange young man with admiration.
Knowing English has also brought about a turning point in young people's lives. At that time, society was slowly changing, and communication with foreign countries was getting closer and closer, and government departments needed translators who knew English for foreign-related work, but there were not many English-speaking people. When the city leaders heard that the young man from the meter factory spoke good English, they seconded him. The young man was recognized by the organization for his excellent English and full competence in diplomatic work, and then the organization arranged for the young man to go to the United Kingdom to learn English Xi. With such an opportunity, the level of spoken English of young people has improved by leaps and bounds.
After returning from his studies at the age of 25, he was assigned to work in a department specializing in dealing with other countries, and eventually became a very good foreign minister.
Telling the story of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, we will continue to learn Xi root affix to memorize English words today, and today we will learn that the root word of Xi is fortun. The root word fortu means chance, and once we have mastered the root, we can use it to help us memorize English words.
The word fortune, this word is made up of two parts. The root fortu means opportunity, and the suffix e means noun, and the two parts are combined to form a noun to seize the opportunity and make a fortune, so the word means wealth.
The word fortunate, this word consists of two parts, the root root fortun means opportunity, and the suffix ate usually means noun, but here it means an adjective, and the two parts combine the word to indicate a good opportunity, so the word means lucky.
The word unfortunate, this word consists of three parts. The prefix un means negation, the root fortun means opportunity, the suffix ate still means adjective, and the combination of three parts means that there is no good opportunity, so the word means unfortunate.
Today we learned Xi the root fortun for opportunity, and the words made up of the root fortun, have you memorized all of these words? Of course, in order to make it more convenient for everyone to learn Xi, the machine farmer has also sorted out more examples of efficient memory of words with root affixes.