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somebody knocking on the door. Old Aunt ran to

open the door. I stood up to greet Big Wang. After I

heard the two women greet each other loudly, Old

Aunt brought in a tall woman. She was quite good

looking and had a fair complexion. She looked

younger than her age. With a proportioned body, she

seemed like an athlete. She took a look at me and

smiled. I greeted her with a smile too.

Old Aunt introduces us. “This is Big Wang-” she

pointed at Big Wang, “-and this is Soapy.” She

pointed at me.

“Soapy?” Big Wang laughed. “It sounds like a

foreign name!”

“Yes, it is. That’s his nickname. We are used to

calling him by it. Soapy is an English major,” Old

Aunt said.

“English is the language of the US imperialist.

Who’d want to learn it?”

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