Now, let me take a sidebar for about five minutes to talk about course administration, the administrivia things that we're going to do in the course, just so you know what the rules are.

现在，让我用大约五分钟的边角料时间,来说说本门课的基本信息,也就是我们需要在课上做的事儿，好让你们了解一下规则。

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I know it's boring, but we need to do it so you know what the ground rules are.

我知道这很无聊，不过为了让你们了解规则,我们必须得做这个。

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