...passed his driving test? Why? I was being tested for a driving licence forthe third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully. After having been instructed to drive out of town,...
...下面的内容摘自《朗文当代英语词典》：it is irresponsible (for sb) to do sthIt would be irresponsible not to turn up for work without calling. 不打电话说一声就不去上班是不负责任的。It was highly irresponsible of him to leave the children on their own in the po...
...h government grants Marshall scholarships to citizens of the United States for study at Oxford and other universities that are located in British.翻译：英国政府为在牛津和其它英国境内的大学里求学的美国公民提供“马歇尔奖学金”。请问for后面的study为什么...
...urno found thanks to remote sensing, he'd walked right by it every day for five years and had no idea it was there- until he saw an infrared image of the area.请问：walked right by it 中的right理解，是直接地 意思吗？MALE PROFESSOR: He points out that riding on trains distorts peo...
There are now many patients waiting for consultation, we cordially request for your patience to wait for about 2~4 hours. During this period, should you feel worse, please call our nurses at the Triage immediately.我知道should you feel worse是if you should feel worse的省略倒装，但是这...
They were forced to spend another uncomfortable night at the airport waiting fortheir plane. 为了等飞机，他们只得又在机场挨过了难熬的一夜。请问句中的 waiting fortheir plane 与动词 spend 有关吗？换句话说，它是属于 spend time doing sth 句式吗？...
...一句话：The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan had been out campaigning for more troops on top of the 21,000 that Obama had approved shortly after taking office.其中的 had been out campaigning for more troops on top of the 21,000，没弄明白所表达的意思？因为：had been out（原...
...leasure of life, thereby
proving the excellence of their civilisation, and forthe most part they are
entertaining talkers. The extent of their experience is pleasantly balanced by
the fertility of their imagination. It cannot be said that they are without
guile, but they have a tolerant respect for...
Dear Xiaoming,I am very glad to get your email. I haven’t seen you for a long time. Is everything going on with you?When it comes to buying private cars, different people have different views. Some people think that private cars have a lot of advantages. Firstly, it is very comfortable and conveni...
... dominated by Mount Etna, Europe’s biggest active volcano, is being transformed into a Mediterranean Silicon Valley. And the 'Etna Valley’, as it is already being called, is rapidly changing the old stereotype image of the island at the tip of Italy.‘Catania has become the most competitive...
...at Hough
Bakeries, which, at Easter time, made little bunny (兔子)
cakes for all its stores throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant
downtown needed eight kids for temporary help during our spring break, for
which I had no plans beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d earn minimum
w...
... Now at age 78 he becomes the oldest president ever elected,as he readies for his toughest political challenge yet,steering a divided nation into the future.上句中的ever，yet怎么理解呢？ready如作动词，应该是及物动词，这里readies for 却没有宾语？
...in it resulted from
the unification of Western Germany and Eastern Germany forthe unification
brought about different expectations for Germany's roles from Central and
Eastern European states.想向老师们请教：1. within后面的it指代的具体内容是什么？ 2. in Germany修饰conflict...
... without handles. When tea got popular in Britain, there was a crying need for good cup with handles to suit Britain habits. This made forthe grow in the porcelain industry.
...n use a pen.(2)
We live in a stress-filled world. Rather
than only looking for ways to change the stress-filled situations, look for
stress that can work for you.第一句为什么rather
than 后接了动词原形use？而第二句Rather
than 后却接了looking，而不是动词原形look呢？rath...