• 从握力看健康

    21-02-27 My mother used to say my health was in my hands. I choose what I eat, whether I smoke and how fit I should be so... yes, she had a point. And scientists suspect that what my mother said was not just a figure of speech: the state of our health might...

  • like mother/father, like son/daughter 有其母/父必有其子/女

    21-01-31 Like mother/father, like son/daughter 是一个短语,也是一句谚语,它用来形容家长与他们的儿女的行为、特征或性格一模一样或非常相似。 根据所描述的对象,灵活使用 father(父亲) 或 mother(母亲) 和 son(儿子) 或 daughter(女儿)。比如,有其父必有其女 Lik...

  • to be seen and not heard 乖乖听话,少出声

    21-01-14 To be seen and not heard 这个短语源自英国维多利亚时期的一句老话 Children should be seen and not heard. 它的字面意思是 孩子要被看见,而不被听见,实际用来督促孩子们在大人面前应该保持安静,行为端正。 To be seen and not heard 是被动语态,因为强调的重点...

  • Pauline's Passion and Punishment - Chapter 1

    20-12-19 To and fro, like a wild creature in its cage, paced that handsome woman, with bent head, locked hands, and restless steps. Some mental storm, swift and sudden as a tempest of the tropics, had swept over her and left its marks behind. As if in anger...

  • 英语比较级的用法

    20-12-14 怎样用英语说 A 比 B 好?哪个句式可以表示 越越?英语中的比较级 comparatives 用来对比两个事物的质量、大小以及行为方式等。除了 形容词 + -er/-ier 的形式以外,英语中还有其它句式和短语搭配可用来对事物进行比较。 1. Which of the following sentences is corre...

  • 《Crash》撞车

    20-11-28 Crash is a 2004 American drama film co-written, produced, and directed by Paul Haggis. The film is about racial and social tensions in Los Angeles, California. A self-described passion piece for Haggis, Crash was inspired by a real life incident in...

  • An Old-Fashioned Girl - Chapter 17

    20-11-12 I THINK Tom had the hardest time of all, for besides the family troubles, he had many of his own to perplex and harass him. College scrapes were soon forgotten in greater afflictions; but there were plenty of tongues to blame that extravagant dog, a...

  • Little Women - Chapter 42

    20-09-28 It was easy to promise self-abnegation when self was wrapped up in another, and heart and soul were purified by a sweet example. But when the helpful voice was silent, the daily lesson over, the beloved presence gone, and nothing remained but loneli...

  • 《Winter's Bone》 冬天的骨头

    20-09-05 Winters Bone is a 2010 American independent drama film, an adaptation of Daniel Woodrells 2006 novel of the same name. Written and directed by Debra Granik and starring Jennifer Lawrence, the film explores the interrelated themes of close and distan...

  • 几个读起来看似都不难的句子

    17-07-20 1. I wont do it to save my life. 我死也不会做。 2. She held the little boy by the right hand. 她抓着小男孩的右手。(这里用by与用with意思区别很大。) 3. Are you there? 等于句型:Do you follow me? 4. If you think he is a good man, think again. 如果你认...