The tone of American English is relatively smooth, with less variation in pitch, and sounds softer and more comfortable than British English. Many teachers tend to encourage students to practice American English, but to say their American accent is authentic, well, they wouldn't dare.
After all, not many people have stayed abroad, and even those who have didn't stay long.
But the judges do have some skill, and there's even a female teacher among them who stayed abroad for half a year.
She looked at Ye Manman on stage, speaking slowly and clearly, making English sound as fluent as Chinese, and was so excited she nearly snapped the pen in her hand.
"Is this student from Qing University?"
"Which class?"
"What? A freshman?"
"..."
Ye Manman had never felt five minutes so long. Although she tried hard to remain calm and expressively recounted her dreams, all she could think was, "Why hasn't this teacher raised the sign yet!"
"Could five minutes really be this long?"
