An appointment with Luyu turns out to be a coal digger. Who was finally admitted to NTU as a graduate student in English?

Hello, the name of the person you are talking about is Yin Xingsheng. A miner struggled for 8 years in order to take the postgraduate entrance examination. This kind of spirit is really admirable! He took college entrance exams and undergraduate studies, majoring in English. But the university that admitted him to graduate school should have been Southeast University, not Nanjing University. But it was the power of love that strengthened his determination to take the postgraduate entrance examination. His girlfriend was admitted to Nanjing University as a graduate student in law, so he set his sights on Southeast University. ================================================== ============================== Here is how he went from being a miner to going through 8 years of hard work and finally successfully admitted to graduate school. You can take a look at the process: He is a miner who graduated from a technical secondary school. In a mine 500 meters underground, he secretly memorized two entire English dictionaries. Within 8 years, he passed the adult self-taught college and undergraduate examinations one after another with unimaginable perseverance. Recently, he successfully passed the re-examination for the postgraduate examination of the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Southeast University and became a graduate student of this famous university. He wanted to drop out of school on the first day of technical secondary school. In 1978, Yin Xingsheng was born in a mining family in rural Si County, Anhui Province. Because he is a miner's family, he attended junior high school at Zhuxianzhuang Mining Middle School. "He had very good grades at that time and was among the top in every exam." Talking about her son, mother Wu Caiyun was full of pride. However, there are three siblings, Yin Xingsheng. Their mother does not have a job, and the whole family depends on their father's salary. "I really wanted to go to college, but it was too difficult at home at that time, so I just wanted to get into a technical secondary school to lighten the burden on my family." In 1995, Yin Xingsheng was admitted to the Anhui Coal Industry School. So Yin Xingsheng came to Hefei with 1,600 yuan to sign up. However, on the first day at school, Yin Xingsheng regretted it. At that time, there were several universities next to their school that were also accepting new students. Seeing the happy faces of the college students made him feel very sad. More than ten years later, his memory is still fresh. "I'm so envious. I think I'm going to go to college, so I won't miss technical secondary school." He found his head teacher. The teacher persuaded him that it would be good to go to a coal school and he would have a formal job after graduation. But Yin Xingsheng still insisted on dropping out of school. The teacher clearly told him that according to relevant regulations, tuition fees are non-refundable. At this time, Yin Xingsheng had no choice, because the money was borrowed from his family for his schooling. In desperation, he had to settle down and go to technical secondary school. I once wanted to be a singer. "There are a few people in our mine who have passed the postgraduate entrance examination, but Xiaoyin is the first to pass it by relying entirely on self-study." On April 27, Zhu Daming, the publicity officer of the Propaganda Department of the Zhuxianzhuang Mine Party Committee Introduction, "He sings well, can also line dance, and recite. We often organize production safety cultural activities, and he performs almost every time. He is very popular with everyone." "I have liked singing since I was a child. Later, I also I want to change my life through singing.” Yin Xingsheng said that after seeing many singers becoming famous through singing, he also wanted to take this path. A direct reason is that his economic situation was very bad at that time, and he wanted to change the situation through singing. Since attending technical secondary school, Yin Xingsheng has continued to participate in various singing competitions. "What impressed me most was participating in the first Anhui Provincial Young Singers Competition in 2000. I was already at work at that time. Because I had to rush back to my work at 5pm, I rushed to Hefei early in the morning and persuaded the judges to let me sing first. . After singing, I hurried back to Suzhou. "However, he did not get the ranking. Changing his destiny through singing was not an option. He scored 46 points in his first self-study English exam. One day in the second half of 1995, Yin Xingsheng overheard a classmate talking about a self-study exam. That night, he was so excited that he didn't sleep. "I was very happy at the time. I could study and get a college diploma, so I thought I would have a future." Because he liked English, Yin Xingsheng took the self-study exam for an English college. However, when I was in technical secondary school, the school taught almost no English. "I don't know the words and I don't know the grammar. When I read, I felt like I was reading a book from heaven." Yin Xingsheng said that he had to learn English again. In 1998, he graduated from technical secondary school and returned to Zhuxianzhuang Mine to become a miner. At this time, he had passed 5 courses. "I am not willing to be a miner and am determined to change my destiny through hard work. I have been struggling for eight years since I started working." According to Yin Xingsheng's recollection, at that time, he felt that the most difficult thing was basic English. In 1996, when he took the basic English test for the first time, his score was only 46 points.

The second time I took the test, I got about 50 points, and the third time I took the test, I got more than 40 points. It wasn't until the fourth time that he passed the test. In June 2001, he obtained a self-taught English college diploma. Compared with junior colleges, self-study examinations for undergraduates are much more difficult. Yin Xingsheng only scored 7 points in the British and American Literature test for the first time. He didn't know the questions at all, so he was confused by a few multiple-choice questions. This made him realize that his level was far from adequate. After that, he tried his best to read English books and expand his knowledge. Because of his tight work schedule, he saved all his meal time to study. Secretly reciting words 500 meters underground. After working for a period of time, he began to be responsible for the mechanical and electrical maintenance work underground. "The work location is 500 meters underground, or even deeper, and it is very hard." Engineer Wang of Zhuxianzhuang Coal Mine said. Yin Xingsheng himself concluded that to learn English well, you must pass the vocabulary level and maximize your vocabulary. But how can you make the most of your time learning English? "At that time, I didn't dare to let the leaders in the mine know, for fear that they would say that I didn't work hard at work. If I took the whole book down the mine, the goal would definitely be too big. I just tore out the English dictionary and carried it with me every day A few pages. After arriving underground, he used the light to memorize the words secretly. "Yin Xingsheng became interested when talking about those days when he learned English underground. In order not to let the leader find out, he often went to a relatively remote place underground to memorize words. Once, he ran too far and almost couldn't get out. The geological conditions underground are relatively complex, especially on the coal mining front line. Some places are so narrow that you have to kneel down to crawl through them. There were many small ditches in some places, and he accidentally fell into the ditch when he was memorizing words. Several times, he used a light to read words and forgot that he was on the coal track, and was almost hit by a coal truck. When the car passed by, he would often break into a cold sweat. What Yin Xingsheng fears most is going down the well with the leader. Because when the leader is around, he won't be able to memorize the words, and it will be difficult to complete his day's plan. "Later, I thought of a way. I would run ahead for a while, take a quick look, and then wait for the leader to come." Yin Xingsheng said with a smile. "In those years, every time I washed his clothes, there were pages of English words in his pocket, with coal dust on them." Wu Caiyun said. Within 4 years, he tore up two thick English-Chinese dictionaries. After tearing up two English dictionaries, he memorized TOEFL and GRE vocabulary. After that, he used a third English dictionary - the "New English-Chinese Dictionary" with more than 1,700 pages. This thick dictionary has been "changed beyond recognition" by his paintings. "How do you say 'spontaneous'?" The reporter randomly selected a word. "Sponta鄄neous" Yin Xingsheng blurted out. "After finishing the postgraduate entrance examination this year, many students said there were too many unfamiliar words, but I didn't encounter a word I didn't know." He has become a walking dictionary. He finally succeeded in taking the postgraduate entrance examination four times. In 2002, Yin Xingsheng's father was injured and was recuperating at home. In order to take care of his father, he applied for nursing home, which gave him more time to study. In 2004, he passed the self-study English undergraduate examination. "The difficulty of English lies in listening, speaking and translating." In order to improve his listening and speaking skills, Yin Xingsheng listened to as many English tapes, English radio broadcasts, and English movies as possible to practice speaking by himself. Because it was difficult to estimate his English level, he kept taking the CET-6 exam. The first time, he scored 43 points. The sixth time, he scored 84 points. "Later, the registration system became stricter and they stopped letting me take the exam." From 2002, Yin Xingsheng began to apply for graduate school to fulfill a dream in his heart. The first two times he applied for Anhui Normal University, he failed. This also inspired him to study more seriously. For example, when he wanted to learn a second foreign language for the English major, he chose Japanese, bought more than a dozen Japanese books, read them over and over, and studied tirelessly. At the end of 2004, he applied for the 2005 postgraduate program in the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Southeast University. This time, he passed the written test but failed the interview. "After all, there is still a gap between self-study and regular school graduates, especially in speaking." He concluded. After the re-examination, the first thing Yin Xingsheng did when he returned to Suzhou was to find a foreign language teacher from Suzhou College. However, such opportunities are rare. He remembered that he only had time to say "Nice to meet you" to the other party. As soon as he said this, the foreigner walked away because of something else. In order to have more time to review, he submitted his resignation to the mine last summer. Having learned the lesson from his failure in the last re-examination, he paid special attention to English listening and speaking, and took advantage of every opportunity to speak and listen to English. At the end of last year, he applied for the 2006 postgraduate examination of the Department of Foreign Languages ??of Southeast University.

After the Spring Festival this year, the written test results were announced. He scored 367 points, 31 points higher than the retest line. Not long ago, he successfully passed the re-examination and became a graduate student of a famous professor in the department. "My spoken English is still relatively poor. After all, I have never had the opportunity to practice it before. After I get to school, I will work hard to improve my spoken English. If possible, I will also develop in the direction of simultaneous interpretation." Yin Xingsheng said. Love moved from the Internet to reality. One day in 2001, Yin Xingsheng met a Huangshan girl online. "At that time, she was a sophomore in college in Anqing." When talking about his love, Yin Xingsheng was a little shy. "At that time, I was still taking the self-study exam for college. Because I had never gone to college, I was very envious of college students." The girl asked him online what he did for a living. Yin Xingsheng answered truthfully: "Miner." A female college student and a miner, "We are people from two completely different worlds." The girl answered with some teasing. After that, Yin Xingsheng told the girl about his hard work and self-examination, and also talked about a lot of things in the mine. The girl found it very interesting, so she told Yin Xingsheng a lot of stories about the university campus. After that, they often chatted online and exchanged emails, and people from two different worlds gradually came together. "We often encourage each other." In 2003, the girl was admitted to the graduate school of the Law Department of Nanjing University, which strengthened Yin Xingsheng's determination to take the postgraduate entrance examination. After that, he set his goal at Southeast University. On April 27 this year, Yin Xingsheng went to the mine to visit his colleagues. When they learned that he was back, all his former co-workers came running over. These dark-faced, strong-bodied men gathered around and happily smoked and chatted. "Coal miners work very hard. After everyone takes a shower, we smoke together to relax." Yin Xingsheng introduced while smoking. "Xiao Yin, when will you start school?" "You are really good, you have brought honor to our miners." Colleagues kept talking and praising. "I just thought, as long as you work hard, you can definitely change your destiny." Yin Xingsheng had a simple smile on his face.