... into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come.'Mr. Harmsworth,' I s...
"That's better," said he, seeing the shadow rise from my face. "And now tell me the result of your visit to Mrs. Laura Lyons - it was not difficult for me to guess that it was to see her that you had gone, for I am already aware that she is the one person in Coombe Tracey who...
I wish I had done things better.我希望我做的更好。这句话的better是宾补还是方式状语？是该翻译为“我希望我能把事情做的更好”还是“我希望我能以更好的方式做事情”？是否需要具体语境才能判断，如：I am sorry.I wish I had done thing...
...n only. It was attended by
twelve of Henry's closest friends. Henry Ground had asked his brother, Colin,
to read out his will. Henry had been in debt all his life, hadn't he? What
could he possibly have to leave in a will?曹老师，您好！It was attended如何理解it的用法，指代的是什...
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...
...essengers from the member banks delivered
to the clearinghouse checks that had
been drawn upon other banks; .....此处无法理解checks的位置，在不改变意思的情况下我把checks交换了下位置，如下：Each day messengers from the member banks delivered checks that had been drawn ...
...ew minutes ago, haven’t been in for a couple of days. Uh, just give me a second to check my email. Uh, here’s a message from Max. Let’ see. Well, it seems you’ve really impressed him. He says it’d be wonderful if you could join our staff. Man: Oh, great! When can I start? Woman: ...
...t people’s
attitudes to protecting the environment and what actions they had taken.2.
Unfortunately, not as many who took part had taken action to save water and energy in their homes.上面两句为什么一个用的是
take acitions，另一个用的是
take action 呢？这样用的
action 用...
...y, listened with apparent astonishment
to his words, and in another moment had fixed itself gazing over his shoulder
on the volume.
各位老师好。请教老师，第四个谓语动词为何用had fixed 而不是和前三个谓语动词一样用一般过去时态? 感谢老师。
...All night long, people dance and
sing. In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is
thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone
living to eat it. In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had
been hung in the streets the night bef...
下面这个句子如何翻译？She felt again the same exhilaration that she had felt when she first saw her newborn baby. 这里的 when she first saw her newborn baby 是修饰哪个句子的？是修饰 that she had felt？还是修饰 She felt again the same exhilaration？谢谢！
His sensations were bitter enough. The race, it is true, which he had
thus summarily dismissed from their ancient place of refuge, was idle and
vicious; but had he endeavored to render them otherwise? They were not more
irregular characters now, (1) than they had
been while they were admitted to co...
If the weather had been more comfortable, the crops would be growing still better.If the weather had been more comfortable, the crops would grow still better.老师，以上同为虚拟语气，但两个句子的区别是什么？