The other -- which sort of sounds like ru -- exists in French but not English.

另一种发音有点像 ru，存在于法语中，但不存在于英语中。

So, ru, or ur, so it's the verb " to be" , the form " are" , okay?

所，ru ur， 所它是动词“to be”，“are” 的形式，好吗？

They feared the move would strengthen government power over the country's cyberspace, which is called " Runet" because the country's internet addresses end in " ru" .

他们担此举会强化政府对该国间的权力，其间被称为" Runet" ，因为该国的互联地址" ru" 结尾。

Some languages, like Japanese, have few distinct sounds and tight rules on how syllables may be structured, so that the number of possible syllables is low (think ka, ru, to, etc).

有些语言，比如日语，很少有清晰的发音，音节的结构也有严格的规则，所可能的音节数量很低(比如ka, ru, to等等)。