所以理智的做法是在期末的时候交三篇论文；这样就可以提早把论文写完也没有因推迟而扣分的危险。

So the rational thing to do was to hand in all the papers at the end of the semester; that way you'd be free to write the papers sooner but not at risk of a penalty if you didn't get around to it.

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只是气氛有点沉闷，实际上我在那住了大半个学期都没出什么事情，只是在期末考试前两周的时候出了点麻烦。

The atmosphere was dull at best and I actually inhabited the room for the better part of the semester without incident until two weeks before finals.

youdao

我们还要写一篇简短的书评，在临近期末的时候完成。

There is a book review, a short book review, to be written towards near the end of the class.

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There is a book review, a short book review, to be written towards near the end of the class.

我们还要写一篇简短的书评,在临近期末的时候完成

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And then towards the end of the semester, we, you know, became boyfriend-girlfriend.

然后在期末的时候，我们成了男女朋友。

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And this is exactly the kind of project that everyone in this room 11 weeks hence could absolutely tackle as a final project.

这正是在座的每一位同学,在第十一周的时候,就完全可以作为期末考试来完成的项目。

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