曾有一段时间，每个老师每周都花一小时来测验学生的各门功课。

There was a time when each teacher spent an hour, one day a week, testing students in every subject.

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例如，在英国，50岁以上的女性在化妆品上花的钱比其他任何年龄段的女性都要多。

In the UK, for example, women over 50 spend more money on cosmetics than any other age group.

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求你叫我知道爬山的一段力气是必须花的，因为你的家是在山上！

Tell me I am only forced to climb because Thy house is on the hill!

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We looked last time at Saint Peter's declamatory speech in Lycidas, and we spent a lot of time on it.

我们上次读过了圣彼得在“利西达斯“中说的话，花了很长时间研究这段话。

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So what I'm saying now is it took a long time for this to solidify. And one of the things we think made it solidify was the development of codices,a codex.

所以这花了很长一段时间,才得以统一，我们觉得,使它统一的是抄本的出现。

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Look forward to working with you on this and appreciate the time you spend watching this video.

期待和你们完成该任务,感谢你们花时间,看这段视频。

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