Grammar Girl here. This week I have two topics for you: The number of spaces after a period at the end of a sentence, and whether you should use who or that to refer to people (and pets). Now here's our first listener question. His friends believe it

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(52) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

Iraqi Leaders Hail Signing of Interim Constitution as Historic Kerry Sheridan Iraq's interim leaders signed a new temporary constitution Friday, hailing the document as historic and one that reflects

发表于:2019-01-20 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2004(上)--各类新闻

很多打算赴国外留学的同学现在已经在联系租房的事了,在国外租房的时候一定要签订正式的租约(lease)或住房合同(housing contract),这有时候也被称为租房协议(rental agreement)。 租房合同里大家要

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Transport (MOT) said Thursday that about 2.85 billion passenger-trips by roads were made during the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush this year, up 9.6 percent from the corresponding period last year. A t

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(150) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

今天我们要学的词是 grace period. Grace period 宽限期。日本通过立法,禁止持有儿童色情的图片和视频。The new law allows a grace period of one year for owners of such materials to get rid of them. 新法给现已持有这

发表于:2019-02-16 / 阅读(56) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

今天我们要学的词是interim. Interim is spelled i-n-t-e-r-i-m, interim. Interim 做为形容词,意思是临时的。比如,interim government 临时政府。再比如,The two sides reached an interim agreement that will last for 30 days

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃