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To write or not to write 拿起笔还是放下 Writing is not easy. I do it everyday. 写作非常不容易。我每天都在写作。 And I can tell you, its quite a challenge. 我可以告诉你，这是一个相当大的挑战。 But, the more I d

英语学习乐园：Is that all?

I want someenvelopes, please. Do you wantthe large size or the small size? The largesize, please. Do you haveany writing paper? Yes, we do. I don't haveany small pads. I only have large one. Do you want a pad? Yes, please. And I wantsome glue. A bott

英语访谈对话 223 Writing

Todd: OK, John, you were saying that you taught writing in AmericaJohn: Yeah. Todd: OK, and you said it was a paperless class. John: Paperless classTodd: OK, what does that mean, a paperless class? John: Basically, it means that we didn't use paper.

原版英语对话1000个:223 Writing

Todd: OK, hello! Alex: Hi! Todd: Hi, what's your name? Alex: Alex Cromer. Todd: Cromer! Alex: Yes, sir. Todd: And how do you spell that? Alex: C-R-O-M-E-R Todd: OK, and where are you from Alex? Alex: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Todd: OK, what's Pittsbu

实战口语情景对话 第208期:写作 Writing

Todd: OK, John, you were saying that you taught writing in America. 托德：约翰，你说过你在美国教授写作课程。 John: Yeah. 约翰：没错。 Todd: OK, and you said it was a paperless class. 托德：你还说那是无纸化课程。

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Because writers have a various ways of writing, a variety of reasons can cause writer's block. When you are blocked, consider these causes and try the strategies that sound most promising. IF You have attempted to begin a paper without doing any prel

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You Don't Know Who I Am 你不认识我 One professor had a strict policy that the hourly examinations were done at the bell and anyone who kept writing on their exam paper after the bell would take a zero on the exam. 一个老师对于考试时间的