"You lot, what are you staring at? Keep practicing!" Zhao Rong said, after noticing some students peeking over, and then led Qiu Xi and the others to another area.
"Come on, who's going first?"
The four of them looked at each other, and finally, Wei Ziqin stepped forward.
He was the senior, so he should go first.
"Teacher Zhao, I'll go first."
"Alright, if it's you, then this passage, read it to me."
Wei Ziqin took the paper handed to him by Teacher Zhao, which had markings on it.
"Okay."
After speaking, Wei Ziqin began to read what was on it.
"...Stop." Before he could finish, Zhao Rong called him to a halt.
"Who's next, continue reading."
"Okay."
Mo Yaya took the manuscript from her senior brother and continued reading.
"Good, next."
"Me." Luo An took a step forward.
He had quietly discussed it with Qiu Xi with his eyes.
He decided he would go first next.
Forgive him, he had witnessed Qiu Xi's spoken language before, and to avoid being too embarrassed or cornered later, he decided he would go first!
"Mm, begin."
Up to this point, Teacher Zhao's expression had remained neutral, showing no changes.
So, the students couldn't guess what would happen next.
"Mm, done."
The last one was Qiu Xi.
Even after Qiu Xi finished reading, Zhao seemed to have no expression.
It was her being overly worried; Teacher Qi's standards were still as high as ever.
Her niece, who wasn't very talented, seemed to have little chance...
She wondered if the upcoming interview would go well?
The four of them never expected that Teacher Zhao, with her expressionless face, was having such intense internal thoughts.
"Teacher Zhao, what can the four of us help with today?"
Seeing that the teacher remained silent, Wei Ziqin had to speak up first.
"...Ahem!"
"This is very simple, at least not difficult for the four of you."
As she said this, Zhao Rong's gaze lingered on Qiu Xi for a few seconds.
"The three of you come with me, Qiu Xi, you wait here for a moment."
"I... Okay, Teacher." Although Qiu Xi had questions, she still nodded.
With that, Wei Ziqin and the other two followed Teacher Zhao out of the classroom.
"You three work here. This is the script, one copy for each of you, just help me record it."
"Okay."
"By the way, do you understand the markings on my paper?"
The three nodded in unison, "No problem."
They were just phonetic markings, aids for reading aloud, which they could handle.
"That's good." Zhao Rong breathed a sigh of relief and nodded with satisfaction.
"You all take your time. If you have any problems, come ask me next door."
"Be serious, otherwise if we have to redo it, it's quite a waste of time."
"Okay, we'll be serious." The obedient trio nodded.
"Mm, good luck."
After speaking, Zhao Rong walked back.
"Senior, why does Teacher Zhao have so many recording assignment tasks?" Luo An, who had only been there for half a year, didn't understand.
"Teacher Zhao researches video production, and voiceovers are in high demand, so she often finds students to help with recording."
"Sometimes, when the workload is heavy, it can take ten days to half a month."
"Is that so..." Luo An nodded, "Wouldn't that be very tiring!"
"It's tiring, but Teacher Zhao is also rigorous in her conduct, and she never mistreats students."
"For smaller workloads, she might treat students to a meal, and for larger ones, she might directly offer compensation."
"To be honest, in this regard, none of the teachers in our department can compare to her."
"It's just that Teacher Zhao's requirements are a bit high, and since they are all graduate students, they don't have that much free time, so they tend to avoid it when they can."
It wasn't their advisor, so even if they made a good impression, it wouldn't be of much use at times.
After all, teachers see students the most every day. To be honest, helping out once or twice really doesn't mean much.
In the eyes of the teachers, it was largely commonplace.
"No wonder everyone reacted that way; so that's the reason." Luo An nodded with some understanding.
"Alright, let's also hurry up."
"I don't want to come back tomorrow..."
His most pressing matter right now was his thesis; whether he could graduate smoothly depended on these one or two months.
"Okay."
After speaking, the three of them each went to a corner to prepare.
Practicing now wasn't critical; they would take turns when it was time to record.
This way, it would solve the issue of noise and allow them to help each other spot any problems, achieving two goals with one action.
On the other side -
Qiu Xi looked at Teacher Zhao, who had returned, her eyes fixed on her, awaiting her task.
"Qiu Xi, come with me." Zhao Rong narrowed her eyes slightly and smiled.
Among these four students, she was most satisfied with Qiu Xi.
Her reading had a lot of flavor, which she liked very much.
"Okay, Teacher." Qiu Xi nodded obediently.
"I heard from Teacher Qi that your second foreign languages, French and Japanese, are learned well. I wonder how your spoken language is?"
"Teacher Qi has praised me too much; for these two languages, I am indeed quite good." Qiu Xi did not deny it, as it was the truth.
"Excellent!"
"Do you know any other languages?" Teacher Zhao was a bit curious.
"This... I have also had some contact with German and Spanish."
Teacher Qi herself taught German, and Qiu Xi had previously studied it systematically with her mentor. After becoming Teacher Qi's graduate student, her proficiency had continued to improve.
"Oh my!" Zhao Rong immediately patted her thigh after hearing this.
"You student, you are truly a surprise!"
No wonder Teacher Qi often mentioned this student to their colleagues; she was too outstanding!
And she perfectly met her requirements, exceeding the standard by a large margin.
It turned out she hadn't asked the wrong person this time!
Zhao Rong smiled exceptionally happily, finally able to complete the audio work that had troubled her for a long time.
"Teacher Zhao, you flatter me; I only have a basic understanding, not mastery." Qiu Xi also gave a preemptive statement.
After all, her spoken proficiency in the latter two languages was truly not as good as English and French.
"No problem!"
"I'll give you the script, read it to me."
She could understand it, and if her voice hadn't been less than ideal, she would have been ready to do it herself.
Qiu Xi nodded, "Okay, I'll try first."
"Wait for me a moment, I'll go get it."
"Okay."
After a while, Zhao Rong hurried back with a few sheets of paper.
"Here, this is it. Take a look first, and let me know if there's anything you don't know."
"Mm." Qiu Xi took it.
After a quick scan from beginning to end, Qiu Xi nodded with relief and said, "Teacher Zhao, I can start."
"...Alright, then begin."
Zhao Rong hadn't expected it to be so quick.
The next second, Qiu Xi spoke fluent German, and Zhao Rong smiled with satisfaction.
Good!
Extremely good!
This is it!
This task that had delayed her for a while could finally be completed today!
"Alright." Zhao Rong immediately called out to stop her.
"Excellent, you're the one."
"Do you have time? This script is a bit long, it might take you quite some time."
It was two to three pages of script, and it might not be easy to read it smoothly and complete the recording.
Qiu Xi also glanced at the papers in Teacher Zhao's hand, then nodded.
"It's fine, I have no problem."
If she were to do it, it shouldn't be too difficult.
She wasn't like some people who would record audio assignments for an entire afternoon and still not finish.
This was quite acceptable for her.
She just didn't know how high the demands of Teacher Zhao in front of her would be.
"Good, since you have no problem, then let's start preparing now. We'll begin whenever you say you're ready."
Zhao Rong was in an exceptionally good mood; she had waited so long, she didn't mind waiting a bit longer.
After taking the remaining script from Teacher Zhao, Qiu Xi went to the side to prepare.