... asked what she should bring. Every year, her sisters exchanged a
glance before saying,"Chips
and dip will be fine." Aunnt Es always agreed, but not without reminding
them that if she wanted to, she could make something great." "Like
her special chicken soup," I told our guests."I
didn't think chick...
...ion, and I was left to myself. When at last we were all assembled, waiting for dinner to be announced, I reflected, while I chatted with the woman I had been asked to "take in," that civilised man practised a strange ingenuity in wasting on tedious exercises the brief span of his life1) I was left ...
Some Tunisians even yearn forthe returen of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, the despot whom they toss out in 2011. According to today's rose-tinted nostalgia, he at least ensured that Tunisians had work. In fact, Mr Ben Ali left Tunisians (突尼斯人) feeling much as they do today: as if they have n...
...quire qualities of wit, eloquence, brilliance, insight, or intelligence. A former talent coordinator for "the Tonight Show," says that when he would ask a scheduled guest, "What would you like to talk to the host about?"the reply he got most often was, "Have him ask me anyth...
...问句AA: _______________________________________, _____________?B: Thanks forthe invitation,but I can't tonight. Maybe another time.有两种答案:A1: You would like to (go to the cinema) tonight, wouldn't you?A2: You wouldn't like to ( go to the cinema) tonight, would you?有人说这两种回...
...ajas have limitations and many questions remain
the potential implications for group discussion and decision-making are
enormous.以上摘自2023年高考英语新全国卷1阅读理解D。请问上文中的 most frequently 可以换成 most frequent 吗?我记得作评注性状语的 most importa...
TOEIC test question:We would like to thank you for renewing your membership and we look forward to our partnership.The answer is continued. Why can't we use “continuing” here?
...nments to be made accordingly . And they also identify preferred customers for promotional campaigns.请问:句中的 allowing 的逻辑主语是?allowing 相当于 which allows,那 which 的先行词是不是和 allowing 的逻辑主语是同一个词?
...t is happy that I love you.That I help the poor makes me happy.It is happy for us to help the poor.老师,上面句子都正确吗,非谓语短语动词,复合句里的从句,它们所表达的意思是什么,也都指一次事件,一种状态,一个动作吗;为什么表语从句,...
...eration. This is becoming a matter of urgency that we reclaim public space for our children and relearn skills that came naturally to our ancestors.出自专八改错题,原文第二处错是将this改为it,而我把to改成from。想请问一下各位老师,这里为什么不改成from,还...
Our
vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never
managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The
big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years
ago and has been silent ever since.One
night, however, our vicar work up with ...
Forthe first time in a long time, the recovery looks as if it might be starting to sputter a little bit.Everywhere you look, after all, there has been less-than-stellar news recently. Consider the fact that the economy not only added a 75,000 jobs in May — 180,000 had been expected — but also t...