A subway security guard in Nanjing guides foreign passengers in fluent English: by self-study.
Wearing a uniform, he greeted the passengers with a smile and showed them the way. Not only that, he can also communicate with foreign tourists in fluent English. He is Zhang Hua, the security guard at Zhonghua Gate Station of Nanjing Metro. Recently, a video shot by a netizen of Uncle Zhang Hua guiding foreign tourists in fluent English made Uncle Zhang a "online celebrity". The netizen even felt: "Uncle English is so awesome, I thought it was a bronze, but it turned out to be a king!"
The pictures in this article are all dragon and tiger network pictures. "I learned English by myself when I was just working in my twenties, and I also took the national self-study exam." On the afternoon of July 18th, the reporter met this "online celebrity" uncle at Zhonghua Gate subway station. Uncle Zhang told the reporter with a smile that he liked English very much when he was in high school. Later, he met many foreign friends at work and the company had a lot of English materials, so he had the idea of learning English by himself. "Actually, I didn’t use a lot of English in my previous job. I didn’t expect to be a subway security guard after retirement, and I was surprised to use English in this position."
Uncle Zhang said that before foreign passengers asked for directions in blunt Chinese, he communicated with each other in English. "Foreign passengers were surprised and thought that a small security guard could speak English so well." Before being transferred to Zhonghua Gate subway station, Uncle Zhang worked as a security guard in Xuanwu Gate subway. At that time, he met a group of international students from Beijing who wanted to visit Xuanwu Lake Park, but didn’t know which exit to take. "I told them how to get there in English at that time. They were very happy and gave them a thumbs-up before leaving." Talking about this impressive guide, Uncle Zhang smiled happily. "I feel that I have won glory for Nanjing."
(The original title is: "The security uncle of the subway is a real cow: fluent English is praised for guiding foreign passengers")