At the same time, I had my first serious encounter with death. My favorite uncle, my mother’s brother, the man who had taught me music, taught me to drive, teased me about girls, thrown me a football—that one adult whom I targeted as a child and said, “That’s who I want to be when I grow up...
In France, as in many European countries, friends generally are of the same sex, and friendship is seen as basically a relationship between men.basically是副词修饰被动句的seen吗？basically的位置可以放在过去分词后的，也可以放在介词后吗？
... can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built...
I’ve never been someone who could muddle along at my life and still get straight A’s. I had to learn hard to do better, and I did.动词不定式to do better这里视作learn的宾语，还是视作结果状语 ，还是目的状语？
However, other people believe that the relatively affordable price has brought a lot of negative issues to the environment. They point out that the main impact of two, such as atmospheric pollution and energy consumption are the direct or indirect results of the cheap air travel .They say that cheap...
When he had gone halfway he turned around and stared at the scene—his
wife and Catherine scolding and consoling as they stumbled here and there among
the crowded furniture with articles of aid, and the despairing figure on the
couch, bleeding fluently, and trying to spread a copy of Town Tattle ov...
...nothing to say, but Mrs. Strickland came to my rescue. She asked me what I had been doing with myself during the summer, and with this help I managed to make some conversation till tea was brought in. The Colonel asked for a whisky-and-soda."You'd better have one too, Amy," he said."No; I prefer tea...
We aren't aware of it because the brain fills in what it thinks belongs in the image. 请问老师，这里it thinks是插入语吗？这里的it thinks 和 I think （that）I heard your voice.中的I think用法是一致的吗？
Not only is the advent of bookless or largely bookless libraries too
large and powerful a change to be forestalled, it also offers too many real
advantages for it to be considered a tragedy.这里的for it如何分析?
...ny was in more direct relation with the men and their demands, but even he had seldom that familiar personal knowledge of theworkmen which the employer had often had under the more patriarchal system of the old family business now passing away.【参考译文】拿薪水的经理代表公司（经...
...nts of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented
a goddess andhad, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found
among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened
to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in
C...
1. Collection boxes have been placed in local offices and telecom stores
and they will remain there until the metal required is collected.为什么remain用一般将来时，为什么不是现在完成时或现在完成进行时？
2. Although pressure, to some extent , can provide motivation, too...