我问他怎么不紧张，他告诉我说：“这学期应该是考第四套题，会考历史时间、法老的名字、历届朝代、发生的战事等等。”

When I asked why he wasn't nervous, he answered, "This is the semester for Examination Set #4, the one dealing with dates, names of pharaohs, dynasties, battles, and so forth."

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虽然我知道他会怎么回答，但还是问他上次为什么反对我。

Although I knew the answer, I still asked him why he voted against me.

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我的主人问他怎么回事。

My master inquired what was the matter.

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And it's not a la-di-dah thing where--I'll tell you, once there was a student in there who had really fantastic French and I said, "Why is your French so good?"

其实也不是那么严格要求的,我给你们讲,以前有个学生法语特好,我就问他你法语怎么这么好啊

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