She said that schools were giving four, five and 11-year-olds several worksheets to complete during the Easter holidays in preparation for key stage two Sats tests next term.

她说：各学校给四、五岁和十一岁的孩子们发放了几张作业表，要他们在复活节假期完成，以为迎接下学期进行的两个关键阶段的标准成绩考试（Sats）做准备。

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Regardless of whether it is your first or last semester in college, the start of each term requires a certain amount of preparation.

在大学期间，不管是第一个学期还是最后一个学期，每个学期伊始都要进行大量的准备工作。

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It was an ordinary Saturday morning. I felt a little tired because of the preparation for the mid-term exams.

这只是一个平凡的星期六早晨，我正在为准备下周的期中考试而“焦头烂额”。

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Although Radzai has a short-term plan for a tsunami, he has no long-term preparation plans to weather the aftermath of one.

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