by Mignon Fogarty Political ads and analysis are reaching a fever pitch, so it seems like a good time to talk about the phrase straw man. What does it mean when two people are debating and one accuses the other of putting forth a straw man argument?

发表于:2018-12-01 / 阅读(119) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

假期过得好吗? Did you have a good holiday? A: Hello,John.Did you have a good holiday? B: Great,thanks.Good food,good weather.I enjoyed it very much. A: That's so nice. B: Anything special happened when I was away? A: Nothing that you could ca

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Hello! everyone!这里是广播学口语.我们今天要学习两个和水有关的句子: (1)Your story just doesn’t hold water. (2)I don’t want to throw cold water on you. (音乐) 我们要检查

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it Takes Balls A standard set of balls for the snooker table consists of 15 rids,6 colours and 1white/cue ball.Historically,snooker balls were made exclusively from heavy ivory.Thankfully,these quickl

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TALKING WITH FRIENDS 与朋友聊侃 S/he will win because they are hungry for the title 她/他会赢,因为他们渴望摘取桂冠。 if you say this you think that the player really wants to win

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我们上次学到了好几个由buy这个词组成的习惯用语. Buy通常解释买,而卖这个词的英文是sell。今天我们要讲几个包括sell这个词的习惯用语。第一个是: hard sell。很多人知道hard这个词可以解释硬

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American Muslim groups seeking to build mosques or community centers - or even summer camps - have faced suspicion and sometimes organized opposition since the September 11 terror attacks by Islamic extremists 10 years ago. Some of the fiercest battl

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Uncle Speaks Out About Boston Bombing Suspects Who are Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Both lived near Boston and are of Chechen origin. Friends described them as smart and athletic. The youngest, Dzokhar was a wrestler. The oldest, Tamerlan, a boxer

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Sometimes our biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story t of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that the had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident. 有的时候,你的弱项可

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I understand you have a shield for me. With your swordcraft and this shield, I guarantee you'll win. Show me how it works. Certainly. When you're competing in the tournament, you pin your opponent under the shield, a snake strikes... Your opponent wi

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One Punch Pauly was the world's greatest boxer. With either hand, he had the world's most powerful punch, said his trainer. I saw him punch a Manhattan phone book. It was four inches thick. After Pauly's punch, it was one inch thick. Pauly weighed on

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Weakness or Strength 没有左手的人 Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one girl who decided to study judo[柔道] despite the fact that she had lost her left arm in a car accident. 有的

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我们上次学到了好几个由buy这个词组成的习惯用语. Buy通常解释买,而卖这个词的英文是sell。今天我们要讲几个包括sell这个词的习惯用语。第一个是: hard sell。很多人知道hard这个词可以解释硬

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I will always remember my time spent with Houston Rockets as some of the best time in my lifes 火箭生涯是我生命中最好的一段时光 As a basketball player, i was one of the most blessed players on planet 作为一名篮球运动员,我可

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今天我们还是继续讲在大选年中时常用到的习惯用语。多数参选的侯选人在选战刚拉开序幕时常常会作承诺。例如,他们会信誓旦旦地保证绝不向竞争对手进行人身攻击,也决不信口诋毁对手

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PANDA:I think I prefer the mast(桅杆). TIGER: Apologies.I used to punch the ironwood trees(硬木树/铁树) by the palace to train .Now I feel nothing. PANDA:Thats severly cool. TIGER:Again. PANDA:So, this punching ironwood trees, how long

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英语学习笔记: knock somebody down 将某人给击倒在地 knock over 不小心把撞到 knock down 漫游;漫谈,随意地谈谈 knock off 提前下班 the school of hard knocks 逆境把人锤炼成才 The boxer knocked his opponent dow

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14. These shoes punch my toes. 这双鞋把我的脚趾夹疼了。 还能这样说: These shoes are too tight to wear. These shoes don't fit me, they are tight. 应用解析: punch in=clock in 记录上班时间,打卡;敲入,钉入; pun

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Mike: Now Mark, you study, or you do Aikido. Is that right? Mark: Yeah, I started studying Aikido when I was about 15 years old. Mike: And what got you interested in Aikido? Mark: Well, I saw a demonstration at a church one time and I immediately fel

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1. 【真题】Lightning is a ___ of electrical current from a cloud to the ground or from one cloud to anther.(1996.6) A. rush B. rainbow C. rack D. ribbon 2.【模拟】Our company intends to gi

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