Grammar Girl here. I'm so glad to be back. Today's topic is wordiness. I've heard from a lot of you who have pet peeves about different wordy phrases, and it's a lot of fun to hear what gets under people's skin and why. Here's one example from Lara i

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(110) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

2.CATELYN 第二章凯特琳 Catelyn had never liked this godswood. 凯特琳向来不喜欢这座神木林。 She had been born a Tully, at Riverrun far to the south, on the Red Fork of the Trident. 出身南境徒利家族的她,自小在红叉河

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》

Liberians Hope Election Marks Turning Point 利比里亚人期望选举会成为一个转折点 Voting day Tuesday was a celebration of democracy - huge crowds waiting patiently to cast their ballots

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(133) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(下)--国政军事聚焦

经典歌曲-神龙璞夫Puff the Magic Dragon Peter, Paul, Mary Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff, and brought him strings and sealing wax a

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As President Obama completes his first year in office, security experts give him high marks for sticking to American values and trying to win the hearts of Muslims while taking steps to avert terrorist attacks. But they also say the U.S. must not wai

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(一月)

Well, George, said Uncle Robert, we're glad to see you. 喂,乔治,罗伯特叔叔说,很高兴见到你。 Arthur will show you a good time, and will try to teach you as many interesting things about the city 亚瑟会带你去玩,并尽量教

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(46) / 评论(0) 分类 美国小学英语教材4

8The Lord said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary pen: Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz. 2And I will call in Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah as reliable witnesses for me. 3Then I went to the prophetess, and she conceive

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42Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. 2He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the streets. 3A bruised reed he will not break, and a smo

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In the second day of the voyage, they came to the Highlands. 旅途第二天,他们抵达苏格兰高地。 It was the latter part of a calm, sultry day, that they floated gently with the tide between these stern mountains. 当时天近傍晚,无风

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迷你对话: A: Have you met Maggie recently? 你最近遇到Maggie了吗? B: Yes. She is high and mighty now. 遇到了,她现在傲慢得很。 A: Why? 为什么? B: Dont you know that her husband was promoted again? 难道你不知道他丈

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The golden dome which is mounted right at the top of the prayer pole is the most sacred object of all. Or it will be once it's retrieved. The old Shamanic beliefs of Tibet ascribed magical powers to the landscape, but theres a far more tangible sourc

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Hello, I am Patty Kim. Get ready to explore Peru, home to stunning beaches, majestic mountains and of course, one of the most unforgettable places on earth, the great ruins of Machu Picchu, where the Mighty Inca once ruled. Roughly twice the size of

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So the here because this is the holy spot on the Nile. This is a site that is sacred to both Muslins and Christians who believe this is the source of not just the Nile, but one of the rivers of Garden of Eden. Most of the 93 million Ethiopians are ch

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Change will never roll in on the wheels of inevitability It must be carried in on the backs of warriors of love. 变化永远不会载在必然性的车轮上 自动到来必须要有肩负爱的勇士 才能带来变化 See yourself as those warrior

发表于:2019-01-25 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 公众人物毕业演讲

What is extraordinary from our point of view is how well it turned out for us. If the universe had formed just a tiny bit differentlyif gravity were fractionally stronger or weaker, if the expansion had proceeded just a little more slowly or swiftlyt

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 万物简史

One day, about a week before Christmas, a great storm came up. The sky grew dark. 一天,大约在圣诞节的前一周,来了一场强烈的大风暴。天空变暗了。 The wind blew a howling gale. It made a whining noise. 风怒号着刮来刮

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But at the time I am going to talk about, around 2,500 years ago,我要讲述的那个时期里,大约在公元前2500年,all this was yet to come, though China was already a vast and ancient kingdom. 这一切还全都没有,虽然当时的中国

发表于:2019-01-29 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 世界小史

Composed Upon Westminster Bridge Earth has not anything to show more fair: Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare,

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 双语有声阅读

He ate the egg in two bites and flicked a bit of shell out from between his teeth. 他两大口吞下煮蛋,从齿缝间吐出几片蛋壳。 Your brother is in the field with all the power of the north behind him. 你的兄弟虽然上了战场,但

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由希腊神话中的神得到的单词 1.tantalus:致命的诱惑,生存本能的诱惑 tantalize:逗弄 Tantalus was the rich and mighty king of Lydia.Son of Zeus by a fairy maiden,he was

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 考研英语