We asked Jason to write an essay about his hometown.

我们让杰森写一篇关于他家乡的短文。

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Given my druthers I'd rather write an essay than draw a picture.

如果我可以选择的话，我会写一篇论文，而不是画一幅画。

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I have to write an essay about the media.

我得写一篇关于媒体的文章。

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So I was reading Media, and I have to write an essay about it. So that's what I was doing.

我在读与媒介有关的内容，需要写一篇有关的论文。那是我之前在做的。

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Monday evening will be the time at which the midterm exam will be posted on the website, and that'll be at 6:00 pm Monday evening. You'll have a 24-hour period of time in which to find--I forget what I said--30 or 40 minutes? It'll be clear on the instructions. To just sit and treat it as if you're in an in-class exam situation, and write your essay.

周一晚上期中考试的内容会,粘贴到网站上，应该是晚上六点,你可以在一天之内抽出30到40分钟完成考试0,这在说明上都写明了,就把它当作课堂考试对待，写一篇短论文。

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And you have to write an essay about why you want to go to law school

同时，你要写一篇文章，谈谈你为什么想上法学院，

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The best advice I could give you is not to write an essay.

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Life gets too hard sometimes to, say, sit down and write an essay.

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In a gentle manner, he implored that current ball players should write an essay on Marvin Miller before they cash their first check.

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