I paid for what we had drunk, and we made our way to a cheap restaurant, crowded and gay, where we dined with pleasure. I had the appetite of youth and he of a hardened conscience. Then we went to a tavern to have coffee and liqueurs.对于crowded and gay, 这个是描述restaurant的主补吗？不...
...s
always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had
just pulled out one of my teeth andhad told me to rest for a while. I tried to
say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was
growing. He then ...
...led his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder who had been his teacher．After
a four-day journey，the young man presented the water to the old
man. His
teacher took a deep drink，smiled warmly，and thanked his
student very much for the sweet water. The
young man went hom...
My
life was perfect when I was twelve years old. I had a big family, including my
sister,Chrissy,and my little brother,Patrick,whom I loved greatly.Spring
was coming, and I was excited about another summer with Grandma.She
and I had great fun together last summer. She was retiring (退休)
this year...
...ses were caused by a lack of food and not the space travel." The tortoises had lost about 10 percent of their body weight. But they had stayed active and showed no loss of appetite.我的疑问出现在最后一句话中：【But they had stayed active and showed no loss of appetite】1. 这里的 t...
...all, but she could see it and write of it without
material pain. Her heart had been but slightly touched, and
her vanity was satisfied with believing that she would have been his only
choice, had fortune permitted it.老师，had
fortune permitted it - 这里的it指代的是什么呢？
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that'd never done previously.译文：有时，我打开电视仅仅是要一种氛围，这是我以前未做过的。我的疑问：something that'd never done previously. 作这个句子的什么...
There are many who stay away from the self-regimentation of a weekly timetable, and dislike being tied down to a definite program of work. Many able students claim that they work in cycles. When they become interested in a topic they work on it intensively for three or four days at a time. On ...
...n over by her writing desk. It was as clear as daylight then that
burglars had forced an entry during her absence. Her first impulse was to
go round all the rooms looking for the
thieves, but then she decided that at her age it might be more prudent to have
someone with her, so she went to fetch the...
见过 look, sound, seem 等系动词后面接介词 like，但好像没见过 become 后面接介词 like 的。比如要表示成为像某人一样的人，可以直接用 become like sb 吗？我看到书上有这样一个句子：Many young people look up to these basketball heroes and want to b...
...pring my wife suggested that I call in a man to look at our lawn mower. It had
broken down the previous summer, and
though I promised to repair it, I had never got round to it. I
would not hear of the suggestion and
said that I would fix it myself.1)
从时间上看，promised在前，got round
to i...