12-01-12 Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night a...

11-12-05 My two sister and I were all away at various colleges at the same time. One day, after facing one crisis too many and tired of being treated like just another undergraduate, I phoned home for some consolation and understanding of my unique problems....

11-11-10 On Saturday, February 12 two thousand, two things happened that changed everything in my life. The first was that on this day my baby sister was married. She was twenty-six this day, and yet to me she was still my baby sister. I suppose that I pictu...

11-10-21 Papa's jaw dropped when mama told him that Sister had cheated on her final exams-not to succeed but to fail. It's unbelievable! he said. Sister has always been so proud of her good grades! Yes, she has, said Mama. But it's not unbelievable. It just...

11-09-08 Little brother: I saw you kiss my elder sister, and if you don't give me a nickel I'll tell my father. Sister's boyfriend: No, don't do that. Here's a nickel. Little brother: That makes a buck and a quarter I've made this month. 弟弟：我看见你亲我姐...

11-07-06 This is story from Three Kingdoms. Tricked by Zhou Yu, Liu Bei married Sun Shangxiang, Sun Quan's younger sister. After the wedding ceremony, Liu Bei stayed in the state of Wu. In light of Zhuge Liang's plan, Zhao Yun made a false report to Liu Bei...

11-06-09 THE ladies of Longbourn soon waited on those of Netherfield. The visit was returned in due form. Miss Bennet's pleasing manners grew on the good will of Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley; and though the mother was found to be intolerable and the younger s...

11-05-20 Dick was seven years old, and his sister, Catherine, was five. One day their mother took them to their aunt's house to play while she went to the big city to buy some new clothes. The children played for an hour, and then at half past four their aun...

11-04-22 This is a story from A Dream of Red Mansions. Third Sister You, a very pretty and strong character, was the sister of jia Zhen's wife. When Jia Zhen, a play boy by nature, was tired of his wife, his eyes fell on the beautiful Third Sister. Collabora...

11-02-17 汉语中的把字主要起引导受事者的作用，语态形式上表现为主动式，因此使汉语减少了被动句的使用频率，很多被动意义都可借助把字句来表达。 1. 省略把字 ---我错把她当作她的孪生妹妹了。 I mistook her for her sister. 2. 译为被动句 ---他所做的一切把我感动得流下了...