Foreign Language Skills
During Liu Huan’ s lectures, he always introduces some foreign words which are names of people, schools, and locations. These words sometimes are English, and sometimes are French, German, and even Italian. His foreign language skills were beclouded by his students. However, Liu Huan says modestly: “My major is French, and I can speak English, too. For German and Italian, I only knew some terminations of them, but it doesn’t mean I can speak them.”
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