Lesson 20 One man in a boatWhy is fishing the writer's favourite sport？ Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less...
As used in this context, the word "challenging" means "demanding".The author is fairly skilled at word ditch.
Church as we use the word refers to all religious institution,be they Christian,Islamic,and so on.
One
of the reasons why the appointment came as such a surprise, however, is that
Gilbert is comparatively little known. Even Tommasini, who had advocated
Gilbert’s appointment in the Times, calls him “an unpretentious musician with
no air of the formidable conductor about him.” As a descript...
...-employed pet transport specialist.
Her pet transport job was born of the financial crisis(危机)
in the late 2000s. The downturn hit the real estate(房地产)
firm where she had worked for ten years as an office manager. The firm went
broke and left her looking for a new job. One day, while drivi...
221. sting（P2545）作“if
you are stung by a remark, it makes you feel upset 【言论】刺激，伤害”解时，构成“be
stung into doing something”。例如：Besides, I thought it
might sting you into giving me something on the Mallenders. 摘自Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Engl...
...it allows
the traveler to become ___61___ (educate) about the areas—both in terms of
geographical conditions and cultural characteristics, and often provides money
for conservation and benefits the ___62___ (develop) of the local areas.Ecotourism has ___63___ (it) origin with the
environmental mov...
Lesson 86 Out of control As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes. Both...
Although it is often claimed that China is preoccupied with economic
growth to the exclusion of all else, the fact that it has sought to minimize
the flow of production factors without hesitation to contain the epidemic—with
the government still maintaining a tight rein even though the epidemic
si...
具备“名词概念”的副词和介词短语，可以作句子主语刘永科 1. 有网友问，here 可否用作名词作句子的主语？见：https://www.cpsenglish.com/question/49718原句是：Here is where a Bio Force can get creative.2. 有网友问，介词短语by boat 能否作句子...
...做表语，也可以做宾语等等。例如：“The real value of $1.90 in today’s prices is the same as $1.25 was in 2005”. 此句中，the same 为表语， as后引导比较状语从句。This new Switch appears to function the same as the original. 此句子中， the same 做状语修饰...
...at process of degradationfallen...by...这是被动句吗？这里的fallen和介词by怎么分析呢？另外and
every day the boarders took it in turns to help her with the housework 中it怎么理解？去掉it似乎也正确吧？encircled
by a sea more blue than is found in Northern latitudes. ...