"Well, actually I don't think this is bad news. On the contrary, if you pass, it will also show your strength and shut up those who hold objections." Laura said, glancing next to her.
Douglas sitting calmly.
"Professor, what do you mean?" Lin Xiaoguang raised his eyebrows.
While they were talking, Douglas was sipping whiskey, Anna was busy with barbecue, a couple was eating barbecue around the dining table, and two children, a man and a woman, aged seventy-eight or nineteen years old, were playing on the grass, doing what they were doing.
, raising his head and looking at him from time to time.
"According to the master's admission process of HKU, only after the bachelor's degree passes the undergraduate defense and the master's entrance examination can the master's degree education be started. The same is true for you. You must pass the defense and the examination before you can enroll."
Laura's eyes were kind.
"If I understand correctly, the bad news is that in addition to the previous defense, I have to pass an additional exam, right professor?" Lin Xiaoguang saw her nodding and asked again: "Then why didn't you tell me in advance?"
Laura didn’t speak, her eyes remained calm.
Douglas, on the other hand, stopped drinking whiskey and smoked a cigar. He leaned back on his chair and smoked leisurely and leisurely. He said leisurely: "Young man, a ship will make full preparations before embarking on an ocean voyage, but
You will encounter all kinds of things on the way, such as storms and tsunamis, ranging from getting lost at worst to shipwreck and death."
"So?" Lin Xiaoguang looked directly at Douglas.
"So, you can't prepare for everything. Many things are unexpected."
Lin Xiaoguang said no more, frowned and thought. After a few seconds, he stared at Laura and asked: "Professor, what about the good news?"
"The good news is that I have read your thesis. A defense team composed of four professors has been formed. You can defend it. The time is set for tomorrow morning. Can you do it?" Laura saw that he was calm and admired him a little.
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"tomorrow?"
"Yes, tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, do you have any questions?"
Lin Xiaoguang thought for a moment, tomorrow is the 1st, except for the payment for Qinhuai Food and Beverage, Huarun Wanjia will call him immediately after the settlement is completed, there is nothing else too important, as long as he can get the news at noon.
Thinking about it, he nodded: "No problem."
He was confident and calm, neither ostentatious nor modest, which made Laura admire her very much. She kept looking at him with a smile and did not eat anything.
Lin Xiaoguang thought of another thing and asked: "So when is the exam?"
"Tomorrow too, at one o'clock in the afternoon."
"Shit!" Lin Xiaoguang cursed secretly, feeling a little angry in his heart. These son-of-a-bitch British guys, in order to keep him out, they really tried their best. As mentioned before, it's fine as long as the defense is passed, and now it's
If you want to add an exam, you still need to give one day’s notice, so there is no time for people to prepare.
"Preparation time?"
Lin Xiaoguang suddenly thought deeply when he thought of this. The exam was so sudden. It was probably because of this mentality that he was not given time to prepare, review or anything else. The surprise exam was just to test his true level, or to do it on the spot.
play.
"What is the exam specifically like? Open book or closed book? Is there a scope of the exam syllabus?" he asked.
"No, I didn't come up with the question, and I don't know either." Laura shook her head.
Hearing this, Douglas couldn't help but speak again and looked at him sideways: "I heard that you Chinese people have very strong examination ability, but it is only examination ability. Since it is an examination, it is not other things, such as writing professional papers.
What do you have to fear about publishing? I didn’t even ask you to do research.”
Lin Xiaoguang turned a blind eye to his repeated provocations and smiled at Laura: "Professor, I have no problem, I can participate normally tomorrow."
"Okay." Laura smiled and nodded.
After making the agreement, he went back and went to bed early at night. After one night and the next morning, he woke up early, washed up, tidied up a little, went out to have breakfast, and then returned to the dormitory again, put on a suit and leather shoes, and looked
very energetic.
When he went out, he looked up at the sky.
The morning sun has just risen from the east, and the whole world is bathed in morning glow. There is not a single cloud in the sky. It is a rare good weather.
"Hope it will go well."
Talking to himself, he got in the car and headed to Laura's house on Pok Fu Lam Road, arriving on time at half past eight.
At this time, Laura had just finished breakfast and was about to go out. The two met, and then two people, four people to be precise, Douglas and Laura, plus Lin Xiaoguang, and a driver. The four people sat in a black car.
Get in the Bentley and go straight to HKU.
The University of Hong Kong is located on Pok Fu Lam Road, very close to Laura's house. It is very convenient to walk there. Lin Xiaoguang doesn't know why Mr. and Mrs. Smith still take a car there.
It's a very close road, and it only takes a few minutes to get there. When the car drives into the school gate, the guard will let you go directly.
The Bentley drove all the way to the downstairs of the headquarters building, and the three of them got out of the car together.
The School of Liberal Arts is located in the main building, and the school board of directors is also there. The three of them separated. Then he was led to a classroom, pushed the door in, and when he went in, there was no one inside. Laura asked him to
Find a seat in the back, sit down, give instructions, and then leave.
Lin Xiaoguang took the paper and waited quietly. Before nine o'clock, four professors came over one after another.
These four people form the defense committee, two foreigners and two Chinese. The youngest is in his forties, the old has white hair. The two foreigners are both British. There is also a mixed-race Chinese, and the last one is pure.
They are of Yanhuang Miao descent, but I don’t know if they are yellow on the outside and white on the inside.
Infield is the main defense professor, Professors Evan, Hall and Zhang are the defense committee members. Laura is not on the defense committee. Lin Xiaoguang only knows these things.
When nine o'clock arrived, he took the initiative to walk up to the podium, raised his head slightly, and glanced at the four professors sitting in the lecture theater one by one.
Then, he began to speak in English and introduced himself: "Dear professor, hello, I am Lin Xiaoguang, a graduate of Tsinghua University..."
Before he could finish speaking, Hall, a slightly younger mixed-race professor, interrupted him rudely: "We all know your origins, so don't say more. Our time is precious, so let's get straight to the point."
Lin Xiaoguang ignored his rudeness, looked at the other three professors, and proactively asked: "Professor, do you want to start the topic?"
The leader, Professor Infield, a white man with gray hair, looked stern and did not nod, but asked: "Your English has a Californian accent. Have you been to California or for some other reason?"
"I learned English from elementary school, and my English teacher came back from Chinatown in California." Lin Xiaoguang explained.
"That's it!" Infield nodded: "Then let's get started."
Lin Xiaoguang just started.
"First of all, I will talk about the title of the paper in about 15 minutes - "Moby-Dick"'s reconstruction of the symbolic meaning of 'white' in American literature and culture, and the reasons for choosing this topic. I will discuss the paper in detail.
Introduce the main arguments and arguments, and talk about your experience in writing the paper.”
This time, no one interrupted, not Professor Hall, not Professor Infield, not Professor Zhang.
Lin Xiaoguang then began to talk endlessly.
Fifteen minutes passed in a blink of an eye. During his speech, no one interrupted until the respondent's summary of the thesis ended and the most important part began, when the respondent teacher asked questions.
Now we have to see the real chapter, which is full of swords and swords and bloodshed.