He would try to explain it this way when students asked for a top grade just for studying hard in chemistry class: What if a baseball player came to spring training and worked harder than all the others, but still could not play well.

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For sure, they're all hard. Yes, studying, I have to do a lot of studying here.

肯定有过，所有的考试都很难。确实，我需要非常认真的学习。

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I've been studying really hard, but I just don't get it.

我一直很努力地学习，但总是学不好。

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