1. How many fingers do you have? I have eight fingers. 2. You have eight fingers? Eight fingers and two thumbs. 3. How many brothers does Ryan have? He has four (brothers). 4. How many students in your class? Thirty-five, including me. 5. How old is

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 英语词组对话

Todays episode concerns a what-you-may-have-been-wondering-about topic. That sure was a mouthful, and it illustrates the problem of stacked modifiers, which occurs when you string together too many words to describe a noun at the end of the mouthful.

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(50) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Grammar Girl here. Today guest-writer Bonnie Trenga is going to help us take a break from serious grammar and instead delve into the world of comedysome intentional, some not. Groucho Marx said it best: One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. H

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(76) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

汽车制造商注重联通性能 The annual Washington Auto Show opened its doors to the general public Tuesday, after a three-day delay caused by a snowstorm that hit the U.S. East Coast. More than 30 world-class auto makers exhibited their latest

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(34) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(二月)

Next, America's sex pioneers. Stories about how sex help found our nation and shaped our history. Ben Franklin and the French set it up. The puritans get down and dirty. A heavy-weight champ fights for his life. And sex super charges the auto industr

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(39) / 评论(0) 分类 探索与发现2014年

Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is misplaced modifiers. Of all the writing errors you can make, misplaced modifiers are among the most likely to confuse your readers, but they're also kind of fun because misplaced modifiers can give your sentences s

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(124) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl