It was near Christmas during my first semester teaching at a new school.

那是我在一所新学校教的第一个学期，临近圣诞节的时候。

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Accustomed to seeing As and Bs on high school report cards, they may be upset when their children's first semester college grades are below that level.

他们习惯于在孩子的高中成绩单上看到 A 和 B，所以当他们的孩子大学第一学期的成绩低于这个水平时，他们可能会感到不安。

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While I was in graduate school at Columbia, I taught seven courses per semester at the Manhattan School of Music and City College.

当我在哥伦比亚大学读研究生时，每个学期在曼哈顿音乐学校和城市学院里要教七门课。

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"I was finishing my last semester of law school, so,I guess, check back with me in 30 years and see if he's a litigator, because he would definitely come alive in my corporations classes and he always heard my professors speaking."

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So I'm guessing now, i won't make you show your hands, because it's probably embarrassing, but what is the state of your dorm rooms, your shared dorm rooms, at the end of the semester or the end of the school year?

我在想,我就不叫你们举手了,这挺尴尬的,到期末或者年末的时候,你们寝室卫生怎么样

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So I'm just guessing, having been in a few of these things over the years, that by the end of the semester, or certainly by the end of the school year, the state of the average Yale dorm room is quite disgusting.

我看啊,因为我也念过大学,期末或年末的时候,耶鲁大学多数寝室会挺脏乱的

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The income is taxed at lower rates in Whitney's pocket and should cover her last semester at boarding school and her first semester at Sweet Briar College this fall.

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But the practical decision left a huge gap in my education I had never filled out a FAFSA form for financial aid before my second semester of graduate school, which began this week.

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During his first high school semester the coach of the basketball team sits him down and tells him that in order to be a pro one day, he is going to need to focus on one sport and give it his all.

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