Wake up Maggie, I think I got something to say to you. It's late September and I really should be back at school.

醒来吧，玛吉，我想我有话对你说。现在是九月底，而我真的应该回学校了。

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If you are caught in a traffic jam or something else happens and you can't arrive on time . you must call and say you're coming, but you'll be late;

如果遇到了交通堵塞，或者发生了什么别的事，不能按时到达，你必须打个电话，说清楚你要来的，但恐怕会迟到；

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Experts say by the time a farmer discovers that something is wrong, it is already too late.

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