134 Konbanwa， Everybady！

　　Sato， a Japanese student， goes to a smiling class in Beijing.

　　（S=Sato； T=teacher）

　　S： Konbanwa， evali-badi！ （everybody！）（The whole class laughs.） Ha！Ha！Ha！

　　T： What on earth is that？

　　S： Wow！ You see. It works. My classmates are so happy they're laughing their heads off.

　　T： They're laughing at you， Mr.Shatou.

　　S： No，no，no. My name is Sato，not Shatou.（The class laughs again.） I think they're laughing at you.

　　T： Whatever！ Anyway， try to just say， “Good evening！” in English next time. OK？

　　S： OK. Gud-e-va-ling！ （Good evening！） How's that？

　　T： I haven't got a clue what you're saying.

　　S： Thank you. Ha！Ha！Ha！

　　accent 口音   heavy Chinese accent

　　hospitable¹ 好客的

　　It works.

　　laugh their heads off

　　ridicule² 嘲笑（正式词）

　　Good evening. 见面时   Good night. 离开时  （6：00 or late）

　　wall flower 无人邀请跳舞的女孩