One of his favourite pastimes was doing nothing. His idea of an energetic afternoon when the sun was shining was to sit under a tree, with a pretty girl by his side, and all the time in the world to talk of this and that, to count the blades of grass.All the time in the world是做状语还是前面...
But in 1998, a book of prayers from the Middle Ages sold in an art auction for a lot of money, more money than anyone would pay for a damaged book from the 12th century. Beautiful or not, why? It had been discovered that the book was a palimpsest, and beneath the surface writing on the manual script...
..." of genes that Kosmichi and his colleagues are confident play a role in the disorder.能不能这样改写：The new result provides a "very accurate list" of genes for which Kosmichi and his colleagues are confident they (the genes) play a role in the disorder.
...的分句在句子中充当什么成分？
例如"He has ten big houses in this country, not to mention his villa in France"这个句子中的not to mention在句子中起什么作用？还有“we were cold ,wet and hungry, not to mention extremely tirted”在这个句子中，为什么可以后...
...mdash;volcano, hurricane, earthquake。当然不定冠词可以对 volcano 和 hurricane“负责”，但它也能对 earthquake“负责”吗？注意earthquake的读音以元音开头，应该是要用an才对，是不是？所以，是不是应该这样改一下：
Have you ev...
He reached Beijing in 1998, ______, some time later, he became a professor.
答案是 where。请问老师先行词是 Beijing 吗？在非限制定语从句中怎么确定先行词呢？这样写是不是更好呢？
In 1998, he reached Beijing, where he became a professor some time late...
As a result, we see appalling inequalities in the distribution of free time between the sexes. According to the Henley Centre, working fathers in the U. K. average 48 hours of free time a week. Working mothers get 14.其结果是，我们发现男女空余时间的分配惊人地不平等。据亨...
Long, long ago the redwood grew in the Arctic, just as big and tall as they are today.请问原句是由非限制性定语从句“Long, long ago the redwood grew in the Arctic, which were just as big and tall as they are today.” 演变而来的吗？这部分“just as big and tall as they are to...
A lot had happened since they last met.自从他们上次见面后，已经发生了许多事情。They family had lived in the Manor House since it had been built in 1573.这座庄园主的住宅1573年建成后，这个家族就一直住在那儿。这两个句子自从一个过去的时间点后...
In my day, if I were to put
on a pair of trousers like they do now, lightning would strike me.这个句子中。前边的 In my day明明是一个过去时间。为什么后边用将来时的虚拟语气呢？是不是应该用与过去事实相反的虚拟语气呢？
Even in houses where there's enough space for everyone to sleep in their own bedrooms, children often share, whether because an adult has decided to free up additional rooms for guests, or siblings have said that they would prefer to be together.whether...or本是从属连词，却连接了从属连...
请教一下曹老师，Decreasing in the depth of caries lesion
was notified by polarized-light micrographs as applying either
nano-hydroxyapatite toothpaste or nano-hydroxyapatite gel as greater than
fluoride varnish, with no reduction in the depth for untreated group.如何理解句中as applying...