Chapter 4

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In addition to English and Chinese, many languages ​​have coronal consonant sounds like ("R") [р] in the Russian alphabet.

When a person cannot pronounce the [р] ("R") sound, it would sound like [л]. The pronunciation [л] was similar to that of the letter "L". Chen Ting had taught it several times in class before.

I couldn't pronounce it, but Bai Lin and the others could. As a result, [р] became my Russian Achilles heel. It instantly made me anxious every time someone mentioned it.

Bai Lin and I were two minutes late for class that day. There was only one door in the classroom. So each time you enter or exit, you can only walk from the edge of the podium, walking in full view. Therefore, being late was something extremely embarrassing.

Bai Lin reported our presence with embarrassment, "present." And she interrupted Mu Chenghe. Mu Chenghe's gaze spread, causing me to shrink behind Bai Lin. He probably didn't notice me. He nodded cordially and said, "Uh... guys, it's not really bad to be late, but I'm afraid you won't have anywhere to sit."

Immediately, Bai Lin and I followed her gaze: the floor was full of people below the podium. A large classroom that could seat 80 people suddenly ran out of space. Just when Bai Lin and I were in a quandary, a hand that saved our lives beckoned to us.

"Xiao Bai, sit here."

Bai Lin took me and rushed over to me.

"Why are you here?" Bai Lin asked. The person who called her was Bai Lin's friend from the Mathematics department.

The friend said: "I also came here to admire."

I wonder, "Admire?"

The friend nodded and pointed to the group of girls in front of them, "These girls are all from our department, while the ones over there are from the language department."

Bai Lin was anxious.

"You have so many men in the math department. In comparison, our foreign language department only has these few lonely seedlings, but you want to grab them too. Is there justice or not already, ah?"

The friend smiled shyly, "Xiao Bai, don't be so stingy or we share resources, we share resources."

The exchange of resources ......

Mu Chenghe continued: "Someone told me that Russian was not good because my classmates weren't interested. Now, it seems to be very unreasonable. Today, China-Russia relations are getting closer. Besides, Russia has grown closer. become the largest country in China. Power source partner ...... "

Xiao Bai's friend put her chin on the table and looked at Mu Chenghe, who was still speaking, with a stunned look

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Xiao Bai's friend put her chin on the table and looked at Mu Chenghe, who was still speaking, with a stunned look.

"Even her voice is so nice."

If Mu Chenghe knew that the real reason for the revival of the Russian department turned out to be her fault, what face would she make?

"Really in bad taste." I don't even want to see this kind of face. I disdainfully despised it in my heart and kept making copies of the notes.

"Let's review the vocabularies that we have learned in previous lessons. I will ask a partner to read it again. Is there anyone who wants to try it first?"

As soon as Mu Chenghe finished speaking, all the students, especially those who came from other departments, quickly and evenly buried their faces. Mu Chenghe walked, but did not call anyone. He never did anything difficult for anyone on purpose, so he casually said, "Has Mr. Chen appointed a class representative before?"

"Yes." A classmate answered in a low voice.

"Then the class representative can read it." He said.

As soon as the voice fell, they all exhaled together. They raised their heads again and continued to be idiots, and those who were copying notes continued to copy them. Bai Lin faced me with a complicated expression.

"Class representative, introduce yourself." Bai Lin stabbed me with her elbow. Suddenly I realized that I was the unfortunate representative of the Russian class ...

"Class representative?" Mu Chenghe called again. Afterward, my gaze became more resigned, so pretending to be absent was basically impossible. I got up awkwardly.

Upon seeing me, Mu Chenghe did not seem to have any unusual expression. He nodded and said, "Read the words on page 34." He probably no longer remembered me.

Fortunately, when I was learning the word Россия (Russia), I learned about my weakness and tried to overcome it. My tongue flashed and I tried to dodge her at top speed. Even so, I couldn't escape Mu Chenghe's keen ears.

 Even so, I couldn't escape Mu Chenghe's keen ears

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He said, "Wait, you read it again."

I read it with a guilty conscience.

He realized that something was wrong and corrected it: "Follow me and read Россия." (Rossia in Russian pronunciation)

I repeated mechanically.

He shot me a look and seemed to realize, "The class rep can't pronounce the [р] (Rrr)?"

I bit my lip and didn't respond.

He asked the others, "Is there anyone in our class who can't pronounce it either?"

None of the companions in the room knew what he might be thinking, so no one dared to speak and they fell silent.

"No one?" he asked, "Anyone?"

The silence continued.

"After class, come to my office. I'll give you private lessons."

When I heard this phrase, I was stunned and then angry. Was it my fault that Chen Ting chose me as the class representative?

Is it my fault that I can't pronounce the Rrrr .. properly? This man humiliated me in class and now he also tortured me after class. Thinking of this, it was inevitable that she would hate him even more. After sitting down, I found that the classmates were still sighing. They were completely sorry.

Xiao Bai's friend took my hand tightly and said enviously, "Partner, you must be very happy right now. When you return, remember to tell us how you feel." I felt that she was not going to be polite, but she would go ... devoutly.

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