For the time being, hypnagogic jerks remain yet another mysterious evolutionary quirk of being human-but they certainly aren't an issue worth losing sleep over.这句话of being human为什么要加being有强调是人类的意思吗?
The average income of the top 1% has risen by 242%, about six time the rise for middle-earners.句子里的倍数表达 six time the rise for middle-earners用法不是很了解,希望老师们讲解一下
As soon as the light in the bedroom went out there was a stirring and a liuttering all through the farm buildings.这里的stirring和fluttering并不像painting和swiming那样变成一个真正意义的名词,为什么也要用冠词a,而且它的单复数有什么意义呢?
...as stolen until he got home.I saw a girl lying on the ground yesterday. 是定语还是补语?是否可以转成I saw (that)a girl lied on the ground yesterday.补语和宾从什么情况下可以互换?补语和限制性后置定语什么情况下可以通用?
Research by the charity Education and Employers suggests five times as many 17 and 18 year-olds in the UK want to work in art, culture, entertainment and sport than there are jobs.请问老师如何理解最后这个than的比较分句?这里的分句there are jobs是省略了什么成分吗...
I know that there are many young applicants who may have the ability to do it, but not everyone has what it takes to give the best performance.to give the best performance做what的定语,还是做takes的目的状语?