Students are asked to prepare material in advance of each weekly seminar.

要求学生为每星期一次的研讨班预先准备好材料。

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Prepare: Nothing helps ease the fear of public speaking than knowing your material.

准备：消除恐惧的最好方法莫过于熟悉你的材料。

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Besides the tools, one should also prepare raw material.

除了工具，选手还要准备好雕刻材料。

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Your raw material costs on the last and marginal dinner you prepare are still a significant part of the total costs.

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Bogosian warms us up with surefire stuff to prepare us for the riskier, more demanding material in the final part of the show.

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