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This is a slightly sad blurb about a substitue 班长, or classroom leader.  If you've ever used Chinese-made textbooks to study, or if you're studying language in China, this should will be managable for a beginner, otherwise, consider it an intermediate passage. <!--more-->

Chinese beginner textbooks are often filled with classroom-y words, and stories about inter-student and student-teacher relationships, so this should make a bit more intuitive sense if you've ever been in a real Chinese classroom environment. 

In my opinion, there's no good English translation for the word 班长. In Chinese classrooms, one student is elected the class leader - they are responsible for keeping other students in line, are given extra classroom duties, and are akin to a teacher's pet. But in English, the word "teacher's pet" has a negative meaning. Not so in Chinese classrooms, where being the 班长 is considered a real privilege. 

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神 - [pinyin]shen2[/pinyin] - Magical, divine, Godly
哈欠- [pinyin]ha1 qian4[/pinyin] - Yawn
伸伸懒腰 - [pinyin]shen1 shen1 lan3 yao1[/pinyin] - Stretch
香喷喷 - [pinyin]xiang1 pen1 pen1[/pinyin] - Delicious and savory
津津有味 - [pinyin]jin1 jin1 you3 wei4[/pinyin] - With interest, with gusto
香肠 - [pinyin]xiang1 chang2[/pinyin] - Sausage
仓库 - [pinyin]cang1 ku4[/pinyin] - Storehouse, warehouse
稻草 - [pinyin]dao4 cao3 ren2[/pinyin] - Straw
磨牙 - [pinyin]mo2 ya2[/pinyin] - Grind one's teeth
吞 - [pinyin]tun1[/pinyin] - To swallow
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班长是一个班级里的核心，权力地位是不用说的，在班长不在时，能怎么办呢？只能找一位能力好、成绩好的同学代替了。

我就是代替的，在当天班长不在时，老师就总是找我代替，我也很开心为老师干活。

这天，刚好班长有事出去了，我只能跑上讲台，管好纪律。课室里乱哄哄的，谁也没有注意到我。我大声喊: "全部回到自己的位置上，现在开始记名。" 顿时，课室里静了一会儿，大部分同学都回到座位上了，只有少数同学把我的话当做"耳旁风"，埋头继续玩"三国杀"。

我怒了，把他们的名字登到黑板上去，而且写的大大的。他们极力狡辩"为什么登我名？&rdquo;我刚想反驳，可是检查的人来了，我心平气和地对他们说道：&ldquo;检查的人来了，不许吵闹，不然可是要加作业的。&rdquo;他们立刻闭上嘴。唉，班长不好当啊！

检查团一走，他们又不管我的斥责，继续吵闹，并反驳：&ldquo;你嚣张什么啊，你只是个代替的。&rdquo;他们说这话时可神气多了。我转过身，眼泪在我的眼眶里打转，我忍住了，没有跟他们争辩。

最后，班长回来了，我停止了我的&ldquo;代替生活&rdquo;。

唉，代替的比正的还要烦心啊。

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