The Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, who has been killed, aged 54, in a bomb attack ata political rally in Rawalpindi - the northern town where she had once gone to school - died as she had lived, plunged deep in the chaotic political life of Pakistan, a victim, as well as in part a culp...
...re too much in a hurry to accept as a gift to your humanity
some pieces ofthe minds of Sophocles— and right down the scale and down theages to Yeats, Einstein, E. B. White, and Ogden Nash — then you may be
protected by the laws governing manslaughter, and you may be a voting entity,
but you ar...
...se, and we buried him, she and I, sewn up in three pareos joined
together, underthe mango-tree -- he made her promise that she would set fire
to the house and not leave it till it was burned to the ground and not a stick
remained."I
did not speak for a while, for I was thinking. Then I said:"He
rem...
...l as fatas ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself o...
...eld in store, or how
much water, and of how turbid a character, was to run under bridges before Toad
should sit at ease again in his ancestral Hall.这句话摘自《柳林风声》，原文翻译：獾说是这样说，但他并不能预测未来会发生什么，也不知道是福是祸，更不...
The last thing we will have seen of Enlightened---spoilers for those of you still waiting to watch---was Amy winning a small victory over her corporation. 一本书上的句子。我的疑问是：1. 本句红色部分是“现在分词结构”还是“独立主格结构”呢？难道是独...
...总是非常糟糕。 2. Wet or fine, he got up at six and took a walk in the park. （= Whether it was wet or fine, he got up at six and took a walk in the park. ） 不管是晴天还是下雨天，他...
With him was the son of captain of police, a boy of sixteen years ofage，who had recently entere thearmy.这句的主语是a boy of sixteen years ofage 吗？可以这么写吗？其中有什么语法知识，可以详细讲解一下吗？
...n Twenty-Four Hours a Day）Arrived
at Mr. Damon's home in Waterfield, Tom got quickly to work on the little job he
had come to do for his old friend. （TOM SWIFT AND HIS ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE）但这种用法十分罕见。除了arrive，其它动词尚未见到如此使用，不宜“以此类推...
theaverage unemployment rate under my administration is lower than any previous administration in the history of our country.在上句中，为什么前面theaverage unemployment rate under my administration 和后面的比较对象 any previous administration in the history of our country. ...
...old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and gota big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You don't need bookcases ...