...t,however,ended up involving a lot more than that. Hence this
book,Chasing the sea:Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia,which
talks about a road trip from Tashkent to Karakalpakstan, where millions of
lives have been destroyed by the slow drying up ofthe sea.It is the story of
an America...
...，有比较意义的时候
1.A "sliver democracy" that spends far more on thethe elderly than on eduction and child care.
spend…on然后，和thethe elderly做比较的eduction and child care前面加了on,
2.Perhaps it is more helpful to look at specific issues rather than the social impac...
...p;make some draperies for my home. When the bill arrived, I was dismayed.A few days later, a friend dropped in and looked atthe draperies.The price was mentioned,&n...
...s Mr. Collins's long speeches would allow, every thing was
settled between them to the satisfaction of both; and as they entered the
house, he earnestly entreated her to name the day that was to make him the
happiest of men; and though such a solicitation must be waved for the present,
the lady felt...
...2017年高考英语北京卷的听力材料：It’s 8:00 am, and
I’m on the platform at Sullivan Station. I’m waiting for the train to central
station. I’m noticing thatthey’ve made improvements to this station. It’s
cleaner, there are benches to sit on, and there are the arts on the wal...
With 40% of its babies born outof wedlock, America sits near the middle ofthe global pack in this category. Conservative Turkey brings up the rear with a scant 3%.请问：brings up the rear 是什么意思？
...是编辑书籍的原稿。They’re
showing the edited highlights of last month’s game. 他们正在放映上月比赛的精彩片段剪辑。To
edit it, you need to run the built-in Windows Registry editor. 要编辑，就需要启动内置的视窗注册编辑程序。He
used to edit the Washin...
Zhao Wenying, a 65-yearold woman from Zhejiang Province, recently
became the world's oldest person "to pass" the professional Rubik's
Cube(魔方) B-level exam.
She also holds the world record for a person over the age of 60 to solve the
Rubik's Cube blindfolded.这里意思不就是通过这个考...
The house he built was a spacious one. There was a courtyard in front ofthe place and two gardens in back, one to provide vegetables, one to delight the eye in the formal Japanese fashion. One ofthe two living-rooms was American, with easy chairs instead of tatami, and so were the kitchen and bath...
...为，etc.The city of Beijing.；The port of Dalian; the year of 2019, themonthof mayof表示动宾关系，为后置定语：a waste of money: 浪费…. a lack of….缺乏 the use of nuclear energy 利用核能； a split of revenue.of表示描述关系，为后置...