不料，从周一开始，感冒病毒突然找上了她。
    尹珊告诉她随时都可能接到面试的电话，严小语一听就急了，不光吃了校医开的药，自个儿又去药店加了一瓶中成药，指望三天内就能攻克发热咳嗽嗓子疼的症状，战胜病魔，没想到感冒让人乏困，感冒药也让人乏困，双管其下的结果就是拿着课本常常地眼皮打架，
    上大课的时候，两三个班级的人聚在大教室里，只要坐在后面，老师点名时举手应个“到”，实在困了趴在桌上打个盹，也不至于被老师点名，一堂课很快就结束了。
    小课，特别是肖安然的英语课，只怕就很难蒙混过关了。
    教室里人少，矮个儿的她又坐在前排大护法的位置，一举一动都落在了老师的眼皮底下，严小语打起精神，还是觉得每节小课都变得好长，尤其课间的听力测验，收录机里的英文单词让她听着听着，眼皮就沉重地耷拉下来。
    \A smartly dressed man entered a famousjewelryshop one day.He explained that he wished to buy apearlfor his wife\039;s birthday.The price didn\039;t matter,since business had been particularly good for him that year.After examining a number of beautiful and expensive pearls,he chose an excellent black one that cost$5,000.He paid for the pearl in cash and left.
    A few days later the man returned and said that his wife had liked the pearl so much that she wanted another one just like it.It had to be exactly the same.\Can you possibly give me any advice on how to get such a pearl\,asked the man.The jeweler regretfully replied,\I would say it\039;s almost impossible to find one like that pearl.\
    “严小语，严小语同学。”
    严小语睁开双眼，魂归现实，肖安然的脸已近在咫尺。
    “请问，我刚才问了什么问题？”
    此君貌似温和，实则很有心机，得罪他的，轻视他的，他都会想方设法让你下不来台吧？严小语只恨不能消失，不得不站了起来。
    一个深受学生爱戴的老师，怎么会在众目睽睽之下，欺负一个老实笨拙，满头雾水，孤立无援的女学生？
    “好吧，坐下吧。”看着脸涨得通红，垂下头，一言不发的严小语，肖安然安抚性地拍了拍她的手臂，免得这个学生站得越久，自卑感就越重，不利于心理的健康。
    “现在，有哪位好心的同学能告诉我啊？老师一不小心，把自己的问题也忘记了。”
    肖安然风轻云淡地笑了笑。
    于是，课堂里响起了一片笑声，轻松诙谐的氛围再度袭来。录音机里再次继续播放那篇英文小故事的后续：
    \Themillionaire insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspaper,and offered$25,000 for the matching pearl.Many people answered the ad,but nobody had a pearl that was just right.Just when the jeweler had given up hope,a little old lady came into the store.To hisamazement,she pulled the perfect pearl from her handbag.\039;I don\039;t like to part with it,\039;she said sadly.\039;Iinheritedit from my mother,and my mother inherited it from hers.But I really need the money.
    The jeweler was quick to pay the old woman