All this has happened, in part at least, because the fathers who were plumbers made enough money to send their children to college so they wouldn’t have to be plumbers.书上的参考翻译：做水管工的父辈赚了足够的钱，把孩子送进了大学，于是孩子们便不用再当水管...
...”，则可数；若指芭蕾舞的演出团体，则为集合名词。I
like opera but I’m not keen on ballet. 我喜欢歌剧，但不特别喜欢芭蕾舞。Have
you seen this ballet before? 你从前看过这出芭蕾舞剧吗?
His
dream had been to study ballet. 他曾有过学芭蕾舞的...
下面三句都出自章振邦英语语法教程第6版P4751.Today is like unto
yesterday, and to that which shall be the morrow.unto和to都是介词，为什么能放在like后面？2....; had I lived to no
purpose, that I could discover ;...前面是省略了if的状语分句，后面的that是...
It’s hard to imagine what rock would belikeif there
had not been English performers such as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and
David Bowie.请问老师，if这个句子是对过去情况的虚拟吗，主句没有用would/
could / might have done?
...derly gentleman, with corked eyebrows, a husky tragedy voice, and a figure like a beer-barrel. [em01]Mercutio was almost as bad. He was played by the low-comedian, who had introduced gags of his own and was on most friendly terms with the pit. They were both as grotesque as the scenery, and that loo...
例句1：I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment
of discussing this subject...讨论这个话题太尴尬，我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。例句2：The policy has not spared the farming
community from severe financial pressure.这项政策并没有使农村社会逃脱沉重的经济压力...
I promise youthis. Your crew so much as lights a firecracker on the east side of Dolton Park, I will make sure you less enlightened associates get a copy of that videotape.1.这是今天看到的一个句子，这里的so much as并不是用于了否定句中，但用so不用as，句子的否定意...
"As long as I thought he'd run away with some woman I thought there was a chance. I don't believe that sort of thing ever answers. He'd have got sick to death of her in three months. But if he hasn't gone because he's in love, then it's finished.""Oh, I think that's awfully subtle," said the Colonel...
1. That was a fine meal if ever there was one!2. If ever there was a sign that football is taking off in America, this is it, says Mr Goldblatt.请问在 if ever 这个搭配中，ever 是什么意思？
...ying with fire. It是形式主语，指代playing with fire 2 This is my first time driving a car. This也是形式主语指代driving a car吗？？driving a car是动名词短语吗？这句话的语法不理解 3 It is my first time driving a car.
It 是形式主语...