汤姆和杰克在开学初首次相识。

Tom and Jack met for the first time at the beginning of term.

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我们通常是在开学初做学习计划。

We usually make our study plans at the beginning of term.

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开学初，老师就把全班同学的手机收取工作交给你，虽然这是份简单的工作，但是你坚持了一个学期，且都做得很仔细，负责。

At the beginning of the term, I gave you a task to collect all the students' mobile phones everyday. Although it was an easy job, you have insisted for one semester.

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Moving forward, we'll actually move some place other than the dining halls but we thought this is a nice way to start the term in a more casual communal environment.

注意前面，看黑板，把心思收回来,虽然开学之初,大家心思涣散，这无可厚非。

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