He told me with grim humour of the time he had spent acting as guide to Cockneys who wanted to see the night side of life in Paris; it was an occupation that appealed to his sardonic temper and somehow or other he had acquired a wide acquaintance with the more disreputable quarters of the city. He t...
When
the doors of the Asile de Nuit were closed to them, Strickland and Captain
Nichols sought the hospitality of Tough Bill. This was the master of a sailors'
boarding-house, a huge mulatto with a heavy fist, who gave the stranded mariner
food and shelter till he found him a berth. They lived with ...
...t a loss. I’m not quite interested in Balzac,say,or“Tristram Shandy.”There’s always“War and Peace,”which I’ve covered some distance several times, only to get bogged down inthe “war”part, set it aside for a while,and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again,havin...
The researchers took measurements on days when the volunteers stood,and when they sat around.When they looked at the data,there were some striking differences.Blood sugar became level after a meal much quicker onthe days when volunteers inthe study stood compared with the days they spent in a chai...
No mystic ever saw deeper meaning in common things. The mystic sees theineffable, and the psycho-pathologist the unspeakable. There is a singular fascinationin watching the eagerness with which the learned author ferrets out every circumstance which may throw discredit on his hero. His heart warms...
1.Again when we report or describe our thinking to other people we do not merely report unspoken words and sentences.Such sentences do not always occur in thinking,and when they do they are merged with vague imagery and the hint of unconsciousoror subliminal（潜意识） activities going on just ...
The empires had yet to work out an elusive compromise that was achieved
only too rarely: the viable balance between a rigorous, disciplined mode of
government and attention to the ethical values of the humanities. From the
outset they faced one question, seen indeed before the days of empire had
daw...
...时间就需要用完成体。如：There having been 2 gift shops inthearea for years, Tom opened a new one recently. 独立主格结构作让步状语。显然不如用让步状语从句自然。但理论上完全可以有这种形式。我的疑问4：there being作复合宾语，其中there是...
...1. that引导的主语从句与动名词1） It surprised us that John wonthe marathon.=That John wonthe marathon surprised us.=John's winning the marathon surprised us.2） That he lost the game came as a surprise to everybody.= His losing the game came as a surprise to everybody.2. that引导的...
Physicists’ opinions diverge on whether the unexpected phenomena that
can occur in systems more complex than individual particles represent new
physical principles, or whether the principles involved are _____, in that they
rely, albeit in an extremely complicated way, on known physical principles...
...in Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, a Pulitzer Prize winning book onthe roots of anti-intellectualism in US politics, religion, and education.Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege，as a .... privilege是作intellect的后置定语被分割了吗？如果不是，那要怎么...
...能连用具体的地点，此时要用 leave。如：I've left my bag onthe bus. 我把包忘在公共汽车上了。I left my homework in my
car. 我把家庭作业遗忘在车里了。但是，2019年的天津高考题有这样一句（它对吗）：Like Faith, who often forgets
her backpack i...
At present, China's per unit area yield of grain is low compared with countries with high grain yields.请问compared with countries with high grain yields在句中做什么成分呢？