YC: Umm, 今天我们这里怎么来了一只chicken? PW: I'm not a chicken, Yang Chen. I'm a rooster. YC: Okay, so you are a rooster. 那你今天为什么装扮成一只公鸡呢? PW: I've been asked to be the mascot at my friend's baseball gam

发表于:2018-12-02 / 阅读(87) / 评论(0) 分类 体育美语

avulse, vt (由于意外事故或通过外科手术)把(身体的一部分)撕脱;抽出 【反】link(vt 连结);suture(vt 缝合)

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Today were going to get a bit negative by looking at the various times you can use the word nor. Nor with Neither Everybody knows that neither and nor are bosom buddies. They require balance. A nor usually follows a neither when they're used in the s

发表于:2019-01-02 / 阅读(37) / 评论(0) 分类 英语语法 Grammar Girl

The best horses from around the world in final preparation for the most prestigious meeting of all -- Royal Ascot. It comes after a scandal this spring that saw leading trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni banned for injecting horses with anabolic steroids. Pe

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Grammar Girl here. This week we have a new guest writer, Rob Reinalda, who is going to help us look at something called a false series. You may ask, What the heck is that? Well find out in a moment. A Parallel Construction Problem: the False Series A

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Today we go horse racing, and we meet people with lots of money and no dress-sense! Ascot is a small town, south-west of London, and close to the royal castle at Windsor. In 1711, Queen Anne went horse-riding from Windsor, and discovered Ascot. She d

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