这本书的几个段落在该书出版前就被一家全国性报纸刊登了。

Several ___passages from the book were printed in a national newspaper before it was published.

她每晚都会在我们入睡前为我们读一段文字。

She would read a ___passage for us every night before [we fell] asleep.

老师要求我们分析莎士比亚戏剧中的一个关键段落。

The teacher asked us to analyze a key ___passage from Shakespeare's play.