This is a news article about a city in a Western country trialing a four-day workweek.
Sumr Monroe imdiately spotted Aurelia.
Aurelia has been trialing a four-day workweek for a long ti, so this textbook seems to have been published several years ago.
Sumr Monroe focused on the second paragraph and began to read: "Withnocorrespondingincreaseinproductivity..."
Before the first sentence was finished, Rachel Ross’s expression froze.
This spoken English, this fluency, this standard pronunciation... it was just like a foreigner speaking, completely overwhelming her!
One must know, she couldn’t pronounce several words, yet she had just mocked Sumr for not being able to pronounce the first word "With".
The one who truly couldn’t pronounce it was her.
Rachel even felt like a clown in front of Sumr, ridiculous and ugly.
Rachel finally understood why Sumr hadn’t retorted her earlier, because all Sumr needed to do was read the text. This was a silent but firm slap in the face!
anwhile, Willow Grant initially had a disdainful expression, ready to watch a joke, until Sumr finished the first sentence, and her face turned pale.
She felt as if the blood was rushing back from her feet to her head, making her feel like her brain was about to explode.
If her reading was rely smooth, Sumr’s was full of emotion, especially when talking about employers protesting the four-day workweek, it even made people start to feel tense.
After reading a section, Willow was completely rigid, and the other students in the class were also stunned.
Teacher Sutton had played a recording for them when teaching this lesson, and Sumr’s reading was exactly the sa as the recording.
Beside her, Ronan Kingston’s eyes widened in astonishnt.
A master... truly a master!
To think he had been worried about Sumr embarrassing herself, turns out his worry was for nothing.
Teacher Sutton was also dumbfounded, taking a while to co back to his senses.
Sumr’s English was exceptionally accurate, without any pause even when encountering new words; not only that, she even carried a bit of the Aurelia accent.
Many people don’t know, but English-speaking countries have different accents in different regions. Instead of calling it an accent, it’s better to say they have different pronunciation habits, and Aurelia is recognized as having the most pleasant-sounding accent among them.
Other students couldn’t tell, but having taught in Aurelia for many years before returning, he could hear it very clearly.
Sumr spoke with a standard Aurelia accent!
It’s sothing that many nobles abroad intentionally imitate!
Teacher Sutton was beyond shocked; it took him quite a while to digest it all, and he opened his mouth to say: "Good, very good..."
After saying "very good," Teacher Sutton realized that the phrase was inadequate to describe Sumr’s excellence, so he declared: "From now on, you’ll be our class’s English representative. If any students have difficulties with speaking, they can learn from her. Her pronunciation... I suggest you all learn from her, her pronunciation is far more standard than mine!"
The entire class cast envious glances at Sumr; although they didn’t know about the Aurelia accent, they could tell it was almost identical to the recording.
This level couldn’t be compared to Willow Grant’s rely fluent standard.
Holly Holloway looked at Sumr with nearly worshipful eyes.
Sumr was her goddess, her idol!
"Alright, Sumr Monroe, you can sit down now. In the future, I’ll also need to consult you for help with speaking," Teacher Sutton said naturally.
There’s a saying, "Live to old age, learn to old age." He didn’t find it shaful at all for a teacher to learn from a student, but rather he was proud to have such a student in the class.
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