Mary: Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the train station, please? Jack: Sure. It's only three blocks down the street. Mary: Is it near the post office? Jack: No. It's next to the fire station. Mar

发表于:2018-12-08 / 阅读(448) / 评论(0) 分类 赖世雄初级美国英语

Several listeners have written with questions on when to use the definite article the, the indefinite article a, or neither. For example, Tracy W. wrote, Which is correct: Thank you for taking time to review my application, or Thank you for taking th

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My husband asked me to go to the post office to mail his resume in anticipation of a job interview. He instructed me to send it the fastest way possible. Struck by the urgency in his voice, I grabbed

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My teen-age daughter was preparing to return home after having visited her grandparents for a few weeks one summer. Her grandfather gave her 12 post cards .

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Demonstrating How to Use Demonstratives From VOA Learning English, this is Everyday Grammar. Have you ever wondered about the differences between the words this, that, these and those? These words are called demonstratives. Demonstratives tell who or

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These和those是一对常见的易混淆词汇,你是否分得清这两个相似物的适用场合呢?一起看看牛津博客怎么讲吧! These/those are the plural forms of this/that, and behave in the same way. These/those是this/that的复数形

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