...proof that I was hopelessly bad. Contrary to what must have been popular belief, however, I really did want to be good like the teacher’s pets. I just didn’t seem to have it in me. When I got called to Mr. Ratcliff’s office for the sixth time, I had noidea what I had ...
.... It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone ran...
...e restaurant has no off-street parking at all?W:
None, I checked it. Look, there isa space.男：我们得找一个停车位。我们绕着街区再开一圈吧。你是说这家餐馆旁边根本没有路边停车位吗？女：没有，我查过了。看，有一个车位。 Text 2M:
You have to...
...breaking
rules and playing jokes on others, among whom I soon found myself.Popularity isa
well-explored subject in social psychology. Mitch Prinstein, a professor of
clinical psychology sorts the popularinto two categories: the likable and the
status seekers. The likables’ plays-well-with-others...
...uite / well able to take care of
himself. 他完全可以照顾自己了。There are some extremely able and
intelligent children at Summerhill. 萨默希尔学校有一些非常聪明能干的学童。4. able的反义词是unable(不能的，不会的)，不是disable，后者是动词，其意为...
...!”我的疑问1：It couldn't be better。可以改成 Nothing could have been better. 我这边这么改可以吗？我的疑问2：they had taken special precautions so that noone should recognize them. 像这样情态助动词用在目的状语从句中，是什么意思？这里肯...
...r they were as near
as early man could get to writing. It is possible that there isa definite
relation between these paintings and the markings that sometimes accompany
them. It seems that man was making a
real effort to understand the seasons 20,000 years earlier than has been supposed.1)
as it we...
...a runaway car, Banks
gets his first real task. He must make friends with apopular girl at school,
Natalie Connors. Then, he must spy on her father, a scientist who has developed
a dangerous technology (技术). Banks must stop a group of bad
people from forcing Natalie’s father into using the tec...
...ona calm day.
People are very (73) welcoming
(welcome), gentle, and calm. There’s no phone network, shops, computers, roads,
cars, or motorbikes. Food is cooked on open fires. People here live
sustainably. They don’t overfish or pollute, making no contribution to the
warming of our planet. Howe...
... we can’t
stop ourselves from getting drawn into others’ conversations while we’re trying
to focus. Indeed, the researchers found that face-to-face interactions and
conversations affect the creative process, and yet a coworking space or a
coffee shop provides a certain level of noise whileals...