【英文短篇小说】Sredni Vashtar

Conradin was ten years old, and the doctor had pronounced his professional opinion that the boy would not live another five years. The doctor was silky and effete, and counted for little, but his opinion was endorsed by Mrs. de Ropp, who counted for

夏洛的网 第199期:胜利时刻(5)

Wilbur had been feeling dizzier and dizzier through this long, complimentary speech. 威尔伯听着这番长篇大论的颂词，头越来越晕，越来越晕。 When he heard the crowd begin to cheer and clap again, he suddenly fainted away. 当它听

英文幽默笑话：你叫什么名字？

What's your name? A very strict officer was talking to some new soldiers whom he had to train.He had never seen them before,so he began:My name is Stone,and I'm even harder than stone,so do what I tell you or there'll be trouble.Don't try any tricks

英文幽默笑话：幸运的母亲

A young mother believed that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her a slice of fresh brown bread and

英语语法：被动语态的“一般”和“特殊”

英语语法：被动语态的“一般”和“特殊”

美文欣赏：幸福人生

Life's Balance Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling five balls in the air. You name them: work, family, health, friends, and spirit, and you're keeping all of them in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you dr

“上当受骗”的13种英文表达方式

1. She has been dumped on too often. 她老是上当受骗。 2. Mary was done brown! 玛丽上当了！ 3. He knew he'd been tricked/deceived, but it was too late to do anything. 他知道自己被骗了，但是为时已晚。 4. They got taken/was

口语:英语如何表达“老掉牙”？

为什么就不能整点儿新鲜的呢？又是老一套！当事情没了新意，小伙伴们开始感到厌烦那简直是一定的。如何用英文戳穿老一套的痛点，下面就来围观吧！ 1. Corny陈芝麻烂谷子的事情又拿出来

口语:英文如何表达太老套了

每次小伙伴聚会都是吃饭，K歌，就不能整点新鲜的活动？比如一起去爬山呀，逛公园呀等等。英文如何表达老套呢？ 1. Fuddy-duddy 如果想说某个人非常不前卫，思想和态度都特别保守，我们可以

你的哥哥姐姐是否比你更聪明

Certain personality traits are often attributed to oldest, middle and youngest children. But a new study found that birth order itself had no effect on character, though it may slightly affect intelligence. 人们往往认为，某些性格特征是专

英语新闻复合定语丰富多样

一般而言，英语句子中的前置定语多为单词，但是，在英语新闻报道中，记者往往不拘泥于这种传统的语言现象，而是酌情灵活地使用复合定语，即同时皮用两个或多个单词甚至一句句子来修

介词about, around, round的用法区别

1. 表示在周围，三者常可互换。如： They sat about [round, around] the fire. 他们围火而坐。 注：在现代英语中，about 用于这种情况已不多见。 2. 表示到处，三者常可互换。如： He travelled about [round

基础语法——反身代词

1. 反身代词的基本形式。 单数 复数 myself 我自己 yourself 你自己 himself 他自己 herself 她自己 itself它自己 ourselves 你们自己 yourselves 你们自己 themselves 他(她,他)们自己 2. 反身代词的句法功能。反

10句值得一读的英语句子

First things first. 要事第一。 Go by the book. 照章办事。 First come, first served. 先到先得。 Everything has its season. 万物皆有时。 Rules are made to be broken. 规则是用来打破的。 When in Rome, do as the Romans do. 入乡

最常用的英语口语：天气和气候

1.预计本周都应该是晴天。 It's supposed to be sunny all week. 2.气象员说今天是晴天，但天却阴沉得厉害。 The weatherman said it would be clear, but it's really cloudy. 3.真不敢相信，现在才5月中旬，外面就这么

英语美文：家的含义

Home TruthIt was the smell of rain that I missed the most and the sound of a lawnmower and the waft of cut grass. It was being out in the open and standing bare foot! Blue skies part and parcel of it all; the thunder that would blast over and leaveth

【英音模仿秀】虎口余生

模仿文本： In 2010 his ship was hijacked on a trip between Dubai and Mogadishu by Somali pirates. They killed one crew member and subjected the rest to mental and physical torture. The pirates grew increasingly frustrated by their failure to con

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第139篇

O, call not me to justify the wrong That thy unkindness lays upon my heart; 你曾残忍地伤害过我的寸心，那么别指望我谅解你的暴行， Wound me not with thine eye but with thy tongue; 请用舌头伤我，可别用你的眼晴，

莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第22篇

My glass shall not persuade me I am old, 镜子无法使我相信你已衰老， So long as youth and thou are of one date, 只要你和青春还是同道， But when in thee Time's furrows I behold, 但当我看见你脸上的皱纹， Then look I d

【有声英语文学名著】德米安（6b）

Demian by Hermann Hesse The best things I gained from my remaining weeks in St. ------- were the hours spent with Pistorius at the organ or in front of his fire. We were studying a Greek text about Abraxas and he read me extracts from a translation o