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短文

duǎn wén

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duǎn wén
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短文
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短文

1 · 名词

short piece; article; short essay

短篇;文章;短篇文章

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Today's homework is to read a short passage and then write three sentences.

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今天的作业是读一篇短文,再写三句话。

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