I had really never taken Spanish before up till my freshmen year, sure I took "Spanish" coursesswheresthe teacher gave you a list of Spanish terms to memorize for the test next week.

在进入高一之前，我从来就没有正式学过西班牙语。 当然，也记不得是哪年级的事了，老师给了张西班牙语的单词表让背下来，第二个星期就要参加考试。

youdao

And I did not expect you to come here so soon... I had you banished in front of Arronax's prison as a test.

而我并不希望你来得这么快……作为测验，我令你流放到阿罗·纳克斯的监狱前。

youdao

And so about seven or eight years ago, I started a project, you know, I had the resources to start a project to actually go back and test.

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