Tan Yunxian (1461 — 1554) was a Chinese
physician who learned her skills from her grandparents. Chinese women at the
time could not serve apprenticeships (学徒期) with doctors. However, Tan passed the
official exam. Tan treated women from all walks of life. In 1511, Tan wrote a
book, Sayings of...
...ing to walk, my wife and I have kept telling them that our sliding
glass door is just a window. The reason is obvious. If we admit it is a door, they’ll
want to go outside constantly. It will drive us crazy. The kids apparently know
the truth. But our insisting it’s merely a window has kept them...
...ccording to a new report from the United Nations. From 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major natural disasters around the world, resulting (result) in USD2,970 billion in economic loss. Much of this increase can be due to climate change. The findings show a critical need to invest in disaster pre...
▲He’s not our natural son; we adopted him when he was three. 他不是我们的亲儿子——他3岁时我们领养的。
▲这个句子很有意思，原来汉语的“亲儿子”在英语中叫natural son。当然也可以说natural daughter, natural child, natural ...
...ong students entering the US university. The survey by The Harvard Crimson was emailed to incoming first year undergraduates; 1,600 students responded.请教老师，enter是终结性短暂动词，所以entering不是正在进入的意思而是即将进入大学。所以Entering the US university ...
...现在分词被动语态，不能说Being loved by all the students, Tome was elected
monitor. 这是错误的。2) 非终结性动词的现在分词被动语态being done形式：being多余，最好省去。当然不省略，也不能算错。3) 终结性动词的现在分词被动语态，being d...
...制性同位语，名词是不能直接作为后置修饰语的吧2. Ritu was quite a people person and usually went out of her way to offer help.问题2：quite a people person是什么用法？3. There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankin...
...e oneself to do sth呢？He also told us that the best way to earn respect was to devote ourselves to study and achieve high grades. This sounded like my school in China. 他还告诉我们，赢得尊重的最佳途径就是专心学习并取得好成绩。这听起来倒是像我在国内就...
...h his expletives and his indignation, confused rather than informed me. I was glad that, catching sight of the clock at the Army and Navy Stores, he remembered an engagement to play cards at his club, and so left me to cut across St. James Park.最后一句and so left me to cut across St. James Pa...
...xam.A. used to be B. would be C. was答案是 A，同样感觉 B、C 都对。3. There used to be a church here, _____?A. usedn't there B. didn't it C. usedn't it D. did there答案是 A...
... to subject
628, who had shown slight resistance to the T-Virus. The virus was then
introduced to subject 639, with whom 628 had a close relationship. 628 showed
some signs of resistance, but had been implanted with an embryo after 24
minutes. T-Virus resistance does nothing to stop the mental deter...
...o;t been to the school since I last left. It is quite different _______ it was 20 years ago.
A. from B. to C. than D. over
为什么不能选A或B呢？这也看不出是什么英国英语或美国英语啊！
顺便说一句，资料上的...
...，但事件却不可自由运用于该时态。The flag is red是The flag was red的现在时间对应体（counterpart）.(状态)He ate an apple. 但不能说He eats an apple. (除非是剧本的解说）He runs fast. 习惯，为静态意义，或者可以认为这是动态动词转意为静态...
...exˌander the ˈGreat (356–323 BC) a king of Macedonia who, while he was still a young man, took control of Greece, Egypt, and most of the countries to the east of the Mediterranean Sea as far as India. He established many cities including Alexandria in Egypt, and is regarded as one of the gre...