It was enough to make anyone say "Hullo!" The incredible was visible to them all. The lamp hung upside down in the air, burning quietly with its flame pointing down. Mr. Fotheringay stood with a forefinger stretched out and the troubled face of one expecting a terrible crash.the...
Mr Bissell skillfully organizes
historical insights and cultural references, making his tale a well-rounded
picture of Uzbekistan, seen from Western eyes. His judgment and references are
decidedly American, as well as his delicate stomach. As the author explains,
this is neither a travel nor a histo...
...eak English fluently. 他能流利地说英语。The ability to be clearly heard is extremely important for newsreaders.
声音宏亮清晰对新闻广播员来说极为重要。The ability to keep calm is one of her many strengths. 能够保持冷静是她的多项长处之一。The job requires po...
...men, may I have your attention please, I have an important announcement to make. 女士们，先生们，大家请注意，我有重要消息要宣布。除 ladies and gentlemen 这一固定搭配外，一般不用 gentleman 表示“先生”，而用sir。如：Would you like red or white wine, si...
They rarely quibble with the need for children to learn how to use computer, but find little evidence that making technology more available leads to higher student achievement.老师好，请问介词短语with the need for ...作什么成分？
The longer an advertisement
stays on a user's screen, the greater the possibility of him or her tapping on
it and the manufacturer making money. 这句话前面半句有“the+比较级+名词+动词stays”，后半句只有“the+比较级+名词”，请问这种用法对吗？
...e functions with that of the
context since he suggests that the translator make textual operations more or
less on the four levels in the translating process: the textual level, the
referential level, the cohesive level and the level of naturalness.
...
we walked along I reflected on a circumstance which all that I had lately heard
about Strickland forced on my attention. Here, on this remote island, he seemed
to have aroused none of the detestation with which he was regarded at home, but
compassion rather; and his vagaries were accepted with tole...
What is it that has make him ______excited?
A. so B. such C. quite D. too
凭语感感觉应该是 so，答案也是 so，那么为什么不能选 quite 和 too 呢？
我的理解：quite 修饰分级形容词时表折衷，“还算”，这里...
...Economic development specializes functions, differentiates abilities, and makes men unequally valuable to their group. If we knew our fellow men thoroughly we could select thirty per cent of them whose combined ability would equal that of all the rest. Life and history do precisely that, with a subl...
Many have been surprised at the length of time it has taken him to make up his mind.他居然花了那么长时间才拿定主意，许多人都对此感到吃惊。He was disgusted at the length of time he had to wait.他非常讨厌要等那么长时间。length of time一样吗？
老师们好，下面这个句子：The possibility that mass extinctions may recur periodically has given rise to such hypotheses as that of a companion star with a long-period orbit deflecting other bodies from their normal orbits, making some of them fall to Earth as meteors and causing widesprea...