... through a journey influenced by the
ancient Silk Road. The trading routes between Asia and Europe brought silk and
spices as well as many plant species to Britain for 61.______ first time. These
plants included modern Western 62.______ (favorite) such as rosemary, lavender
and fennel. The garden al...
【原文1】 "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. 【我的疑问】：compliment我查词典只能接on，这里为什...
... had most
disconcerted me in my dealings with him. When people say they do not care what
others think of them, for the most part they deceive themselves. Generally they
mean only that they will do as they choose, in the confidence that(2) no one
will know their vagaries; and at the utmost only that ...
...eft on Rosen Bulevard.M: Oh, I’m sorry. Didn’t you see 1323 Willson?W: No, 3023. It’s OK though. You don’t have to take me there. I can walk from here.M: Why don’t I just make a U turn at the corner?W: Well, you shouldn’t make a U turn there. It’s the one way street. See the sign up th...
...字母顺序排列的）指南，一览表【典型例句】Does the boy know his ABC? 这个男孩儿认识字母了吗? She learned her ABCs when she was three years old. 她三岁时就学会了字母。I need a book that covers the ABC’s of gardening. 我需要一本有关园艺基础知...
...large普遍地（的），全体地（的），详细地：
This group is not representative of the population at large. 这个团体不是全体人民的代表。（摘自《剑桥高阶英汉双解词典》p.1233）
He spoke at large about the problem. 他详细地解释了那个问题。（...
...men jumping into a car.jumping是现在分词还是动名词，为什么？No one witnessed his(=him) leaving the house.leaving是现在分词还是动名词，为什么？在V+sb/sth+doing+sb/sth这种类似的结构里，1）如何准确判断doing是现在分词还是动名词，判断的依据...
...trated 如何理解：“This
way.” She guides me by the elbow. She says nothing about Simon. She is
strangely solemn, unusually taciturn. And fearing that she might have bad news
to tell me, I feel my chest tighten. “Did you see — ” She cuts me off by
shaking her head. I’m relieved, then ...
原文: It is perhaps no accident that many of the outstanding figures of the past were exceptionally versatile men. Right up until comparatively recent times, it was possible for an intelligent person to acquaint himself with almost every branch of knowledge. Thus men o...
Now, then, I ask you this; could I expect--could I believe -could I even remotely imagine--that, feeling as he did, he would do so ungrateful a thing as to add those quite unnecessary fifteen words to his test?--set a trap for me?--expose me as a slanderer of my own town before my own people assembl...
...ow and what one
contributes to the now, because reading is a give and take between author and
reader. Each has to pull their own weight. There are three
books I reread annually. The first, which I take to reading every spring, is
Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast.
Published in 1964, it’s his c...
A：Is this your first time to set up for a trade show, David?B：No. I attended the fair last year.A：Other than selling interesting books, we have to try and make our booth stand out. That means we have to do something with this boring wall.B：That’s what the posters are for. I see they focus ...
...是，在否定句中，主句动词可以是终止性动词，此时构成not…ntil [till]…句式，意为“直到……才……”。如：She didn’t marry
until she was over fifty. 她直到五十多岁才结婚。We’d better not go
until your sister arrives. 我们最好等你姐姐到...