{"id":3678,"date":"2019-11-12T04:01:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T04:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/chinese-reading\/guest-post-by-rebecca-chua-the-difference-between-lifes-exam-and-exam-papers\/"},"modified":"2019-11-12T04:01:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T04:01:14","slug":"guest-post-by-rebecca-chua-the-difference-between-lifes-exam-and-exam-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/fr\/guest-post-by-rebecca-chua-the-difference-between-lifes-exam-and-exam-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Post by Rebecca Chua: The difference between life\u2019s exam and exam papers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Well well well, lookie here. A guest post! Today we’ll be reading Rebecca Chua’s (Chinese name: \u8521\u5e78\u5f64) translation of an essay from her textbook. The post is a<\/em>bout the rewards of honesty. I remember my own textbook being full of these types of essays, so thank you, Rebecca, for the traditio<\/em>nal read.
Learn Mandarin Chinese Characters: Practice Reading Simplified Chinese Character EssaysRebecca has this to say a<\/em>bout the post: This story talks a<\/em>bout a school-going child’s problems of getting his parents to sign his papers. It also talks a<\/em>bout being honest, and that life’s exam papers matter the most. This essay was from my tutoring centre’s teaching materials. This was done with help. Thank you for those who helped me!
(And the same in Chinese:) \u8fd9\u4e2a\u6545\u4e8b\u662f\u8bb2\u8ff0\u534e\u6587\u8003\u8bd5\u5377\u8981\u7b7e\u540d\u6240\u9047\u5230\u7684\u56f0\u96be\u3002\u8fd9\u4e2a\u6545\u4e8b\u6559\u6211\u4eec\u8981\u8bda\u5b9e\uff0c\u4e5f\u6559\u6211\u4eec\uff0c\u867d\u7136\u8003\u5377\u7684\u771f\u6b63\u5206\u6570\u4f4e\uff0c\u4f46\u4eba\u751f\u7684\u8003\u5377\u4e0a\u6709\u9ad8\u5206\u624d\u662f\u6700\u91cd\u8981\u7684\u3002
One of the interesting things a<\/em>bout this post is the punctuation. In Chinese, they use a six-dot ellipses …… wher we o<\/em>nly use… three. (u c wat i did thar?). We also learn a little culture here: it’s worth noting that in most Chinese highschools, parents actually have to sign your test results to prove you showed it to them. We also see that Rebecca’s book spells “A+” as “A*”.
I’m super loving this phrase – \u4ece\u5929\u5802\u964d\u843d\u5230\u5730\u72f1 – though it might need a little breakdown:
\u4ece – From
\u5929\u5802 – Heaven
\u964d\u843d – descend
\u5230 – to
\u5730\u72f1 – Hell
This phrase means to “have a sinking heart” or to “fall from joy to misery”.<\/p>\n

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Carrying a heavy load on my back, holding the exam papers that were just handed back to us, I wo<\/em>ndered how I could make my father sign this paper……
The exam, which was held just two days before, was handed back to us. I got an A+, a high score of 97 points! All the students in my class were envious of me, and I got the praise of my teacher. But when we were asked to do corrections, I found myself dropping all the way from heaven to hell. I actually forgot to do a whole page of questions, and had to be deducted of ten marks! But my teacher hadn’t discovered yet, and I wasn’t sure if I had to say it to her. I was in two minds. One said, “Don’t tell her, otherwise you would lose face and lose your father’s present!” The other said, “No, you should be honest, just tell her!” So, I said, “I missed these questions, the actual points should be 87!” When she helped me change my score, I heaved a sigh of relief.
When I was going home, I wished I had not said all that. Now, not o<\/em>nly was I going to lose my father’s present, but I was also going to be scolded by him. At night, when I passed my paper to him, he said,”Why were you so careless? Why did you miss out a whole page of questions?” Usually, when he asks me all these questions, I call him a “dad of ten-thousand questions”. But now, I daren’t, because he seems so angry that he might hit me. Suddenly, when he saw that my 97 points became 87 points, he asked me,”What happened?” I told him the truth, and lowered my head, ready to co<\/em>ntinue being scolded.
My father silenced for a while. Then he suddenly said, “No, darling, even though you results aren’t satisfactory, in life’s exam, you have gotten a high score. I am proud of you! You have done it right……” after saying that he signed his name.
The next morning, carrying my schoolbag, with light steps, I was feeling happy. Welcoming the rising sun, I walked towards my school with confidence……<\/p>\n

\u53d1\u4e0b\u6765 – f\u0101 xià lai – To pass out (papers), hand back (homework)
\u8003\u5377 – k\u01ceo juàn – Exam paper
\u6c89\u91cd – chén zhòng – Hard, serious
\u7fa1\u6155 – xiàn mù – To envy
\u7adf\u7136 – jìng rán – Unexpectedly
\u677e\u4e86\u4e00\u53e3\u6c14 – s\u014dng le y\u012b k\u01d2u qì – Let out a sigh (usually of relief)
\u987f – dùn – Classifier for a period of time when a beating, scolding or critique takes place
\u5230\u5e95 – dào d\u01d0 – When all is said and done
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