How many foreign languages ??are needed for travel?

As the person with the worst English in the family, he is often laughed at, but he travels to the most places. Isn’t it incredible?

Travel English is not a problem for me when it comes to asking for directions, eating, riding in a car, staying in a hotel, going through customs, or buying things, but it is not difficult for me to communicate in depth.

When entering the Zambian customs, the luggage of our fellow photographers was generally overweight. The black man at the counter must have not graduated from elementary school. He could not figure out the excess fine amount. He was about to miss the boarding, so he hurriedly During the trip, I taught them calculation methods in simple English. Thank God, I finally learned it before boarding the plane. To express their gratitude, they took the initiative to reduce the fines of the three of us traveling with us. Some people joked that I made money with my limited English.

Regarding Japanese, because I had 5 years of working experience in a Japanese company, I was young and eager to learn and had a good memory. It was like learning Cantonese when I came to Guangdong. I can basically speak and listen in Japanese daily conversations, but the grammar is completely Won't. Later, I changed jobs and lost the use of Japanese, and almost forgot all about it. I went to Japan several times, and when I returned to that context, I remembered it again. This year’s Hokkaido photography group had a groupmate jokingly asking me to be a translator. Oh my God, I can only remember curse words (it seems that the easiest, most practical and most memorable language to learn is the curse words). After more than 10 days of practice, my Japanese is growing from words to short sentences, and when it becomes more fluent, it’s time to go home.

I remember returning to Ushuaia from the Antarctic continent in 2014. After everyone got off the ship, we celebrated together and found the restaurant where they had king crab. My goose friend who was traveling with me asked me to order, and he took a look at the menu. They were all in Spanish, and their eyes were blank. Argentina was once a Spanish colony, and Spanish was widely spoken. However, this city at the end of the world is extremely small. The waiters in the restaurant did not know English at all, let alone Chinese. I had to look around and found that the window There was a pair of yellow-skinned Asians sitting next to them. When I asked, they were Japanese, so I asked them in halting Japanese how to order. Fortunately, the problem was finally solved.

In fact, no matter where you go, the best language is a smile and sincere eyes. Everyone can understand the expression of kindness. Sometimes, you only need to remember the simplest word "OK". When you meet someone you like at a roadside cafe and you want to have a cup of coffee with them, you ask them "OK?" They will definitely say: "OK!", maybe this is the beginning of a lasting relationship.