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1. I saw Simon shortly before his departure for Russia. 2. His parents will depart for Hawaii tomorrow from Heathrow airport

1. Remember the following useful expressions and translate them into Chinese: 1. With a view to supporting your sales, we have specially prepared some samples of our new makes and are sending them to you, under separate cover, for your

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1. to know the operation and advances of WDM and optical network Teaching 2. to understand the main idea and organization of the text; Objectives 3.to master some important new words, phrases and their

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