... recording, to the best of one's ability, what
various words have meant to authors in the distant or immediate past. The writer
of a dictionary is a historian, not a lawgiver. If, for example, we had been
writing a dictionary in 1890, or even as late as 1919, we could have said that
the word “broa...
...d read only few of the letters.也不说*She had done only hardly anything about it.剑桥版英语语法教程English
Grammar In Use（2012）在Unit
87讲到关于数量限定词little和few的用法时指出：……****************************试读结束，后面内容为收费阅读***********...
...field event at the Summer Olympics
is the 50-kilometer race walk, which is about five miles longer than the
marathon. But the sport’s rules require that a race walker’s knees stay
straight through most of the leg swing and one foot remain in contact (接触)
with the ground at all times. It’s ...
...ich they lived together. I do not know how they got on or
what they talked about. After all, there are twenty-four hours in the day, and
the summits of emotion can only be reached at rare intervals. I can only
imagine how they passed the rest of the time. While the light lasted and so
long as Blanch...
...之前完成这项工作。230. tell sb off（P2667）作“if
someone in authority tells you off, they speak to you angrily about something
wrong that you have done 斥责，责骂，训斥”解时，构成“tell somebody off for doing something”。例如：My dad told me off for
swearing.我...
I asked him toreportedto me after the job was completed.
请问，这里的report to me 换成 report it to me或 report back to me意思一样吗？
另外还想问一下，completed在句中是形容词还是动词被动？
...ighly unique camps being offered.
Broadcasting Camp
Become the next star reporter,
news writer, director or producer. While running every aspect of our own news
station, kids and their fellow campers will create and host a broadcast airing
each night at dinner for the entire camp. Every night it g...
...e time, but it wasn’t the dominant response. Most frequently,
the groups reported that they “shared arguments and reasoned together.”
Somehow, these arguments and reasoning resulted in a global reduction in error.
Although the studies led by Navajas have limitations and many questions remain
t...
But I also think that education isn't only something that has to be. . . has to be relevant. . . um, I think education can be just a. . . a gradual extension of oneself, and I don't think it's um. . . important for subjects to be seen only in terms of how useful they are when you leave school. . . b...
...is at once a love letter to engineering and a paean to its
breakdowns. Its author, Dr. Henry Petroski, has long been writing about
disasters. In this book he includes the loss of the space shuttles Challenger
and Columbia,
and the sinking of the Titanic.这是2020年高考英语新全国卷2阅读...
请问下面几个句子中，an author, the author 和 author 在意思上有差别吗？Qian Zhongshu, an author from China, wrote a book called Fortress BesiegedQian Zhongshu, the author of Fortress Besieged, passed away years ago.Qian Zhongshu, author of Fortress Besieged, passed away years ago.
It's reported that a pop singer embroiled herself in a dipute with her agent over the debt. Don't trust what is reportedabout the singer，it's all about publicity.想请老师讲解一下第一个句子怎么理解，over the debt是 dispute的定语吗？（和dispute about一...
...net without leaving my room. When I shop on the Internet, it takes me onlyabout half an hour to find what I want. Second, I can send photos to people anywhere in the world in less than five minutes just at home. The most important reason for me to go online is to keep in touch with my friends and t...