...esults must be handled with care, the authors note. The paper says nothingabout the inherent qualities of any language, or the cleverness of its speakers. Cesar Hidalgo, one of the authors, notes that the paper is really about elites. Bilinguals with time to edit Wikipedia are not typical people, n...
...ting and lied that his car broke down.He was late for the meeting and lied about that his car broke down.He was late for the meeting and lied about the fact that his car broke
down.上面的翻译哪个是对的？请专家老师指点！另外，用英语表示“谎说……”，有哪些常用...
...ould go.A. Were he to come back B. If he was aboutto come backC. Had he come back D. If he would come back这里的BD不选，但是这两个句子不是符合：if+主语+动词一般过去式（be动词用were）的...
...ght be called “a short fuse”They begin to splutter and move restlessly aboutif they feel time is slipping away without some return——be this in terms of pleasure work value or rest. Normally Americans do not assess their visitors in relaxed surroundings over prolonged small talk; much l...
...rom 800
people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of
time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada,
was unmapped wilderness (荒野). But gold was discovered there
in 1897, and two years later, it was one of the largest cities in the Wes...
...eaflet, suggesting parents discuss with their children their online lives, about which they often know nothing.特朗普夫人制作了一种传单，建议父母关心孩子的上网经历，让孩子敞开心扉？1.这个suggesting是做伴随状语还是做定语？这种情况是不是只能根...
...t drive so fast/I am sorry he drives so fast)3）If only I hadn't been late for work = (I wish I hadn't been late for work)我的困惑是：（a）If only 是否也可以单纯表示类似于If引导的条件句，如果...？（b）上面3句是if only表愿望的，疑惑是：为什么1...
...e and more does it seem that putting yourself on display is what it
is all about, that there is nothing more to love and friendship than being
mutually visible.请问老师：1.does it前不需要who做定语从句的引导词吗？2.what it is all about. it 用作什么含义？3.there is nothing m...
...nt at a bar with friends, and we were embroiled
in an intense conversation about, of all things, death."You know what helps me when I think about death?" Claude
asked."I think of that psalm about the valley of the shadow of
death."He must be joking, I thought. Claude, a professor, was an inveterate
...
B：Why are you here?A：I'm here to ask if you will come be in my corner tomorrow.B：Nothing in this world would keep me away.这句话中would是表示推测还是决心？为什么不用will？
The period between learning a nursery rhyme and transmitting it may be something from 20 to 70 years.这句话出自2009年专八改错题。答案是“把 something 改成 anything”，即：The period between learning a nursery rhyme and transmitting it may be anything from 20 to 70 ye...