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！