... ever since their early years, have learned to associate
snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are
despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For
years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to
him. The idea nev...
...ard to understand, let’s keep it as simple as the arugula at the back
of my refrigerator. Mike Curtin sees my arugula story
all the time — but for him, it’s more like 12 boxes of donated strawberries
nearing their last days. Curtin is CEO of DC Central Kitchen in Washington,
D.C., which recove...
Choose the most natural-sounding option:A. My girlfriend and I clashed over whose turn it was to wash up.B. My girlfriend and I argued over whose turn it was to wash up.The answer is B.请问：(1) clash over 和 argue over 有什么不同？(2) 如何理解句中的 whose？
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that trip I made up my mind to eat anything my hosts would put in front of me. A decision that
took courage, considering the Chinese word for animal is dongwu (moving
thing).译文：在那次旅行中，我（外国人）做了一个决定，要把主人放到我面前的所有东西都吃下去...
Oh my god, it's 2000 dollars. That is almost both cars (that are) paid for!如题，paid for 可否理解为定语后置？that is almost both cars (that are) paid for!但是这句话的意思是：这2000元几乎能付清两辆车了。我还觉得可以理解为 that is almost both cars ...
...with a real life of their own; and, wondering if the fault is mine, I rack my brains to remember idiosyncrasies which might lend them vividness.I feel that by dwelling on some trick of speech or some queer habit I should be able to give them a significance peculiar to themselves. As they stand they ...
You can certainly say dad gives my welfare his constant attention. Sometimes, however, I wish he wouldn’t try quite so hard. To be frank, he seems to have a talent for embarrassing me. He should know better than that, but he never seems to learn and just goes on making the same old mistakes repeat...
...tween the desk and the window are some shelves.Next to that is a desk with my computer on it.1. 资料书上说：between ...and....is/are (就近原则)Next to ....is/are......(就近原则)2. 自己以前的理解是：这两个句子都是全倒装，be动词跟主语一致。请问: 资料书上...
The first semester of my junior year at Princeton University is a disaster, and my grades show it. D's and F's predominate, and a note from the dean puts me on academic probation. 1、D's and F's是什么意思？has的意思吗？2、put在这是使....处于什么状态的意...
Seeing it is going to rain, Mother told me to send a raincoat to my father, who is working in the field.在一篇作文批改稿了上看到上面一句，说是要把这里的 send 改成 take。不明白其中的道理，请专家解释一下，谢谢！
... 21st of the this year tomorrow afternoon.今天是我的生日。Today ismy birthday. 或： My birthday is today.我家有一只可爱的小花猫。I have a lovely little colourful cat at home.
...I soon
made friends with the local skaters. We spoke our own language. And my
favorite: Safe. Safe meant cool. It meant hello. It meant don’t worry about it.
Once, when trying a certain trick on the beam (横杆), I fell onto the stones,
damaging a nerve in my hand, and Toby came over, helping me ...