Robert Gates sat before them, almost penitent about the past.

罗伯特·盖茨坐在他们面前，对过去的事几乎无颜以对。

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Everyone in the room knew it was the single hardest task before them.

屋子里每个人都知道这是摆在他们面前的一项最艰巨的任务。

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A noble mansion was before them.

他们面前是一座富丽堂皇的宅邸。

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An open book is before them. They wear the long, full dresses of their day.

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Moses came and summoned the elders of the people and put before them all that the Lord had commanded him.

摩西下山，召集了长者,把上帝的命令告诉了他们。

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And sometimes what we do, what we want to do is have them solve problems before problems get to be too big.

所以我们做的这些，就是为了在问题发生之前就解决了。

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