Post by edmason on May 2, 2011 17:35:40 GMT 8
From The Guardian newspaper (UK)
It is, perhaps, the archetypal romantic dilemma and now the subject of a school entrance exam: just how do you fend off an ex-lover with compassion in the space of a text message?
Thousands of students across the city of Shenzhen, China, were posed the conundrum in the Chinese language segment of a mock entrance exam, according to the Times. The question ran: "Xiao Jun was Xiao Hong's lover. For a variety of reasons they broke up ... If one day, a lonely Xiao Jun asked Xiao Hong whether she wanted to meet up, please write a 50-word note on behalf of the broken-hearted Xiao Hong in which she turns down Xiao Jun's advances."
The rather robotic model answer followed: "I have received your letter and, with regard your invitation, it gives me cause for hesitation. I think that our meeting could bring neither you nor myself happiness, so we had better not see each other. Thank you for your invitation."
Have you ever rejected an ex-lover? Did you do it in 50 words or fewer? Can you better this model answer?
It is, perhaps, the archetypal romantic dilemma and now the subject of a school entrance exam: just how do you fend off an ex-lover with compassion in the space of a text message?
Thousands of students across the city of Shenzhen, China, were posed the conundrum in the Chinese language segment of a mock entrance exam, according to the Times. The question ran: "Xiao Jun was Xiao Hong's lover. For a variety of reasons they broke up ... If one day, a lonely Xiao Jun asked Xiao Hong whether she wanted to meet up, please write a 50-word note on behalf of the broken-hearted Xiao Hong in which she turns down Xiao Jun's advances."
The rather robotic model answer followed: "I have received your letter and, with regard your invitation, it gives me cause for hesitation. I think that our meeting could bring neither you nor myself happiness, so we had better not see each other. Thank you for your invitation."
Have you ever rejected an ex-lover? Did you do it in 50 words or fewer? Can you better this model answer?