...018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate
(说明) a specific
statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload’s worth of plastic enters the ocean.
For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,” Von Wong and a group of
volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied
together to l...
... it because you are
just a prairie chicken.”So the eagle never gave it a second thought, believing
that to be the truth. It lived the life of and died a prairie chicken, depriving
itself of its heritage because of its lack of vision. What a waste! It was born
to win, but was conditioned to lose.
...
...39;t. But who else is there? Think of all the other chances I've had! Not one of them has as much brains in his whole body as Bentley has in his little finger. Besides, they've no distinction. It's as much as I can do to tell one from the other. They wouldn&...
...s. 他听到这个消息欣喜若狂。I was thrilled to hear that I had passed the entrance examination. 听说我已通过了入学考试，我非常兴奋。We are thrilled to have you. 能把你请来我们的节目我们都很激动如果就 thrilled 单独出现的话，是...
...的权利”。之前看到有人有这样的表述“when I was a child I had a right against my parents to be taken care of by them.”或者是“My rights against the University of Oxford arise out of my contract of employment with the University. ”不然翻译成“对抗”比较古怪...
...years and ten. (The
Oxford
Thesaurus-An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms)(05) He had lived for three score years and ten. (MED)有些源自英文书刊。例如：(06) Much as John F. Kennedy did more than two score years ago, Kerry called on
Americans to follow his lead and serve their country, if not in...
...词为不及物用法，后面为副词。例句：The paint on the sign had worn away./The tires wore out after 60,000 miles.3.另外，区别一个小词是介词还是副词，可看它在例句中后面带没带宾语。若没有宾语，就一定是副词。如果带有宾语，那它既有可...
... do some reading, only to be told that it ______. A. was
decorated B. had decorated C. had been decorating D. was
being decorated 【答案分析】第1题答案为A，考查被动语态用于现在进行时的用法。根据句子前半部分说的“他们暂时与父母住...
...ar of that type).She was wearing the same dress that I had on. 2 exactly the one or ones referred to or mentioned; not different. 同一个We have lived in the same house for twenty years.Our children go to the same school as theirs.We were staying&n...
...he following words can best take the place of the word “relish” in
the second paragraph? A.
chooseB.
enjoyC.
prepare forD.
carry on74.
Where was the writer going? A.
Johore Baru. B.
The Causeway. C.
Butterworth. D.
Singapore. 75.
What can we learn from the story? A.
Comfort in traveling by t rai...
...间状语。The submarine was found on August 11, about 15 hours after it had departed Copenhagen. （By Susanne Gargiulo, Katie Polglase and Laura Smith-Spark, CNNUpdated 1213 GMT (2013 HKT) October 7, 2017） Clark County Undersheriff Kevin C. McMahill seemed almost apologetic Frida...
...时，其后通常用部分倒装。如：So cold was the
weather that we had to stay at home. 天气太冷，我们只好呆在家里。So fast does light
travel that we can hardly imagine its speed. 光速很快，我们几乎没法想象它的速度。So sudden was the
attack that we had no time ...
...t the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!我的疑问1：The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, pot...