I did a lot of planning before summer vacation.

暑假前我做了很多的规划。

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It was the end of July or the beginning of August, in the last few days before summer vacation.

那是七月底或八月初，暑假前的最后几天。

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Before the Civil War, schools operated on one of two calendars, neither of which included a summer vacation.

在内战之前，学校采用了两个日程表中的一个，而那两个日程表上都没有暑假。

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