At first, tulips were rare in the Netherlands and only for the wealthy. But in the early 17th century, as more bulbs were produced there, you'd think the prices would come down. In fact, though, the popularity of some tulips increased tremendously. So demands soon far exceeded supply and their p...
...he years, I've heard a fair number of slurs shouted at campus cops. Seldom were they "pig" or "fascist." Far more often, they diminished the power of the officer, using words like " fake cop" or "rent-a-cop". This is where the power and class dynamics get tricky. They are real cops. Employed by Cali...
...the people, not in a separate ruling class or a king, and where the people were citizens and not merely subjects.句中前半句定语从句“in which sovereignty resided in the people”的先行词是form还是government，如果还原成单独的句子是什么样的？有两个介词in？
...han从句的定位问题产生了观点的分歧。如：案例一：There were more casualties than _______ reported.
(A. was B. were)谓语动词应该用单数还是复数？than是代词还是连词，引导的究竟是定语从句还是状语从句？案例二：The project will go forward as...
...nd a look of fatigue in the faces of the women on either side of him. They were finding him heavy. Once or twice Mrs. Strickland's eyes rested on him somewhat anxiously.请教老师：They were finding him heavy. find 是发现，找到，是短暂动词，为什么用了进行时呢？如何理...
...的避免了这些情况。 你提到的：第二种还原方式：There were many (A) casualties.Many (B) casualties were reported.A>BThere were more casualties than were reported.原句是：There were more casualties than was reported ( = it
was reported there were).这一句的原出处是Wo...
... All the cattle had
been moved into stalls and we stood to lose little. We were, however, worried
about our nearest neighbors, whose farm was
low lying and who were newcomers to the district. As the floods had put the
telephone out of order, we could not find out how they were managing. From an
atti...
...ittle life, ” lighted
our first candle; there is a shovel, (4) wherewith
were drawn forth the glowing embers, in which we saw our first fancies and
dreamed our first dreams; the shovel (5) with
which we stirred the logs, until the sparks rushed up the chimney as if a
forge was in blast below, and ...
...ysically exhausted after her tears. Her body felt cold; her mind and heart were empty.Outside her window she could see the trees. The air smelled like spring rain. She could hear someone singing far away. Birds sang near the house. Blue sky showed between the clouds. She rested.She sat quietly, but ...
The
task was challenging, but laborers were proud of their work.On
a wall in Khufu's Great Pyramid, for example, a group of workers wrote"Friends
of Khufu.". "It's because they were not just building the tomb of
their King."Says
Egyptian archeologist Zahi Hawass.
"They were building Egypt.It
was a...
...he sensation of something very strong, overmastering, that held him, as it were, against his will. I could not understand. He seemed really to be possessed of a devil, and I felt that it might suddenly turn and rend him. 请教老师：1)如何理解这里用了虚拟语气as it were, against his w...
... that it is filled with
what looks like a thick, grayish substance.
If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud. If you expressed
doubt or surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub
some into your skin. This brief exper...