我就讲个冷笑话，提前给各位降降温。

I speak a sneer words, advancing to decline for everyone.

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And it's not a la-di-dah thing where--I'll tell you, once there was a student in there who had really fantastic French and I said, "Why is your French so good?"

其实也不是那么严格要求的,我给你们讲,以前有个学生法语特好,我就问他你法语怎么这么好啊

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