...可能性，另一是表示愿望。试比较：The train ought to arrive there by now, I think. 我想火车现在大概到达那里了。The train ought to arrive here by now. 火车现在该到这里了。以上第一句表示说话者的推测，即可能性；第二句表示说话者希望火...
...（摘自2002年考研英语一某篇阅读理解）:If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural.【参考译文】如果你在表现幽默时觉得别扭，就必须好好练习，这样就会变得更加自然。【我的疑问】参考书上说 being humo...
...have not made any arrangement for our picnic. A. So far B. Up to now C. Thus far D. As yet为什么这题不选A呢？我们老师给的解释是在否定句和疑问句中通常用(as) yet，但我觉得说服力不够呀。平时so far也在否定句中看到过呀?
...like it if you could. I would keep it in my special green grass area where there are lots of space. I would feed it raw fish and put a collar on it. If it was/were hurt, I would bandage it.这里要用虚拟语气吗，选择 was 还是 were 呢?
我看到一句话：If you are a driver of a vehicle，there is a good
chance it came equipped with this lighting device on both the front and rear.中文译文是: 如果你是一辆车的司机，很有可能这辆车的前后都安装了这种照明设备。我感觉这句话当中的it came很...
My
friend's appearance suggested that he was now in the same predicament, and I
prepared myself to cultivate an agreeable acquaintance. The society of
beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They
are easy of approach and affable in conversation. They seldom put on air...
...d that’s not
actually the case. It’s not as pricey a job as you think. There’s no need to
reinvent the wheel, here. We can just take an existing piece of software and
rework it.B：You
say that, but I know what these projects are like. You imagine it’s all going
to be plain sailing, but then...
...re(即所说的话）（只是对应不是等同）=than what is necessary.There were more casualties than reported.=than were reported（than=the casualties which,也可以说，than为主语，意为伤亡人数)=than it was reported that there were.=than there was reported to be.The studen...
...ndtracks...MALE PROFESSOR: Yeah, but, think of all the movie theaters there were, most employing about six to eight musicians. Some even had full orchestras.MALE PROFESSOR: But in the early 1930s, most theater owners installed new sound systems.So suddenly a lot of musicians were looking f...