我是说，我以为教授们在学期开始的时候就会做出这样的决定。

I mean I thought the professors make that kind of decisions at the beginning of the semester.

youdao

我把它当作一个测试，在学期开始的时候用来了解学生的情况。

I used it as a test at the beginning of a term to find out something about my students.

youdao

甚至在学期开始之前，他所有的课都已经满了，因为许多渴望学习的学生已经预定了。

All of his classes were all full even before the semester began because many students who were eager to learn already booked in.

youdao

B Many of you will end up getting Bs, if not at the beginning, by the end of the semester.

你们中会有很多人拿，如果不是在刚开始，到学期末也会有。

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Well, like, like at the beginning of the semester when I didn't have any midterms,

比如在学期刚开始，还没有期中考试，

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Some of you-- This incidentally will be a more technical of my lectures and it's a little bit unfortunate that it comes early in the semester.

对于部分人来说,这堂课相对于我其他的课程较为专业,而且不巧的是,这门课在学期伊始就开始了

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