... in
constituent structure analysis of the type introduced in Ch. 1, §4.2. There is
no basis for postulating any singulary branching here,with the clause
functioning as head of the sentence. Thisis why our tree diagram for the
example A bird hit the car had the topmost unit labelled ‘clause’, n...
...t’s up?” can just mean “What’s new?” or
“What’s happening?”There may not be anything wrong.——在北美英语中，what’s up 可以是 what’s new 或 what’s happening
的意思，可能并不意味着什么不好的事。2. How is it
going? / How are things going?这两句...
...ith the same problem. 他们都面临同样的问题。
The country isnow faced with the prospect of war. 这个国家目前正面临战争。
▲此题如果要选 Facing，则要去掉 with，即说成：
Facing so much trouble, we failed to complete the task on time.
此时的 fa...
以There be 开头的句子，其主语的定语从句常可省略关联词。以此原则成立为前提...1. There isa chance Dr. Li will be able to be back for May Day.按我理解，这句话省略了chance 后的 that。而that后所跟的短句是there be 句型中的实质主语。同时也...
...时请告诉学生这样修改的原因。非常感谢曹老师。1. There
is no one in the hall. The meeting must have been delayed. 2. (1)
That modern building is much like a flying saucer. (2) That modern building looks much like
a flying saucer. 3. Sichuan dialect is much the
same as...
—Did you see _____ a pen on the table just now?—Yes, is it _____ a red one? Someone took it away.A. the, a B. a, a C. a, the D. the, the请问专家老师怎么看待这道题？答案似乎是A， 难道因为 on ...
...是用a还是an，同样要根据单词的第一个音标来确定。如：There isan “f” in “knife”. 【语法观察2】（1）A person
has two hands. 人有两只手。（2）Thisisa beautiful
bird. 这是一只美丽的鸟。【语法总结2】不定冠词表示人或事物的类别...
...uding non-standard ones like Black English, can be powerfully expressive - there exists no language or dialect in the world that cannot convey complex ideas.He isnotarguing, as many do, that we can no longer think straight because we do not talk proper.书上说，这里的do(包括does,did等), ...
...out several nights a week; it was our way to socialize and connect. I’ve now become a pretty good cook thanks to YouTube and the NYT cooking app. Tonight is bacon-wrapped scallops, grilled romaine hearts, and red baby-garlic potatoes.
...mmy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four...
Is
there life on Mars ? We have wondered about Mars since we first learned that it isa planet.老师，这里宾语从句中的it is没有使用it was, 原因是a planet是客观事实/真理，所以要求用is呢？还是因为是非正式语体的原因呢？如果是客观事实/真理，能理...
... life, the stimulus that produces a smile isa pair of eyes. The eyes need not be real： a mask with two dots will produce a smile. Significantly, a real human face with eyes covered will not motivate a smile, nor will the sight of only one eye when the face is presented in profile. Thisattraction...
...以省略引导主语从句的 that 吗？比如：It isa pity that your husband is ill. 你丈夫病了真是遗憾。It was pure luck that he found money lying on the street. 他在街上捡到钱完全是靠运气。It was rather a coincidence that she appeared at that exact moment. 她正好在...