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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And this person looked at me and said, "Well the maid was from Dijon." And another time, somebody's French was very good and I said, "Why is your French so good?"

然后这哥们看着我说,"我们家保姆是第戎的",还有一次,也有个人法语特好我就问,你法语怎么这么好

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