分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters: Chapter 17-- Into The Dark

Wuwuyu 2012-10-15 05:10

Chapter 17 - Into the Dark The tunnel felt narrower than it was. The walls seemed to squeeze against the sisters’ shoulders. Morgan, Mina and Marie walked forward in a single file line–the passage was only wide enough to fit one of them at a time–following the dark shadow ahead. [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：【杨立勇英语角3】下雨天留客 天留人不留

杨立勇 2012-10-11 11:31

某甲到某乙家做客，碰上春雨绵绵好几天，某甲毫无走意。主人家碍于面子不好下逐客令，于是取出笔墨挥毫写下这两句话：“下雨天留客 天留人不留”，心想甲是个明白人，看了以后会自动告辞。谁知甲拿过笔来，在上面加了几个标点符号，句子变成了：“下雨天，留客天。留人不？留！”乙一看为之气结。 这个故事说明了标点符号的 [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 杨立勇的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：【杨立勇英语角2】妙句共欣赏，歧义相与释

杨立勇 2012-10-10 10:24

中国古典灯谜是一种利用文字歧义的文字游戏。例如： 天将降重任于斯人，必先劳其筋骨，苦其心志（猜酒名一）成都大曲 谜底的“成都”是一个专有名词，“曲”是指醇酒类，也是名词。可是在这则谜语里，“成都”被拆开，“成”变成普通名词，指“成功，成材”，“都”变成副词，指“全部”，“曲”依然是名词，但变成“曲折” [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 杨立勇的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：【杨立勇英语角1】秀才遇着兵，有理说不清

杨立勇 2012-10-9 05:16

古时候，有一位阿兵哥问一位秀才“矮”字是什么意思。秀才大笑阿兵哥斗大的字不识几个，说，“那是人长得不高的意思。”阿兵哥又问“射”字是什么意思。秀才说那是把箭发出去的意思。阿兵哥不紧不慢地说，“秀才所言差矣。矮字由委矢二字组成。委为动词，矢即是箭。所以矮字才是把箭发出去的意思。反观射字由寸身二字组成。 [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 杨立勇的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters, Chapter 16 – The Door that Closed

Wuwuyu 2012-10-6 23:19

Chapter 16 – The Door that Closed During the reception for Graham’s memorial service, Fa had fallen into a reverie in the corner of the garden. For the first time in many years, she let memories that she had pushed to the bottom of her heart bubble to the surface. She faded into the backgr [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：为什么我们在网上会这么粗鲁(ZT)

Giada 2012-10-6 12:29

向琼台鹤同学和白露学习，也找一篇英文文章来翻译。向广大其他网友学习，也找一篇文章来转贴。《华尔街报》的专栏作家伊丽莎白·伯恩斯坦十月一日撰文，试图从心理学的角度讨论我们为什么在网上使用粗暴的语言。我从2004年起上网玩，在八年间对文中所列的事例屡见不鲜，特别文章的后几段，更是某些网民们在争论政治以及其他 [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Giada的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters: Chapter 15, Like Mother, Like Daughter

Wuwuyu 2012-9-29 23:12

Chapter 15: Like Mother, Like Daughter Fa retreated to a corner of the garden, sipping on a cup of hot water. After Ms. Hunter’s gesture of kindness in the condolences line, Fa thought it only right that the girls stay around for a bit, no matter how uncomfortably the looks from t [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：女人比男人更在乎曽经的感觉

ryu 2012-9-23 03:54

PUBLISHED: 12:56 GMT, 20 September 2012 | UPDATED: 13:48 GMT, 20 September 2012 Comments (94) Many women are looking back with longing on past relationships, admitting sex was better with their ex than their current partner. A total of 38 per cent of women confessed in a recent survey that [ ...阅读全文 ] [ ryu的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters Chapter 14: The Mourning Mothers

Wuwuyu 2012-9-23 03:28

Chapter 14: The Mourning Mothers A hush swept over the already quiet crowd when the Switch family slipped into the pew at the front of the church that had been seemingly reserved for them. Breaths were held and sniffles were swallowed, hands stopped as they reached for the insides [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：Disdain for Workers

穿鞋的蜻蜓 2012-9-22 05:57

By now everyone knows how Mitt Romney, speaking to donors in Boca Raton, washed his hands of almost half the country — the 47 percent who don’t pay income taxes — declaring, “My job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them that they should take personal responsibilit [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 穿鞋的蜻蜓的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：ROMANCE MATHEMATICS

8288 2012-9-21 13:52

ROMANCE MATHEMATICSSmart man + smart woman = romanceSmart man + dumb woman = affairDumb man + smart woman = marriageDumb man + dumb woman = pregnancy______________________________OFFICE ARITHMETICSmart boss + smart employee = profitSmart boss + dumb em [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 8288的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters: Chapter 13 -- Powers Trapped

Wuwuyu 2012-9-16 21:10

Chapter 13 – PowersTrappedMorgan and Marie stuck out their writing arms. Fa walked down the line of her daughters and carefully squeezed their outstretched arms through jade bracelets that she had removed from a bronze box in the attic. Morgan’s bracelet was a precious white jade, whil [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters: Chapter 12 -- John Hunter

Wuwuyu 2012-9-9 00:01

Chapter 12 – John Hunter As they got dressed, Morgan and Marie could hear the low rumbles of a man’s voice float up from the first floor. They had not heard the door open or close, and judging from the hollowed way the voice filled the room, they guessed that the mayor had n [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：把根留住（2）（英语说文解字

杨立勇 2012-9-6 00:43

英语中的alert（警觉）一词源自意大利语的all’erta，其原意是：“瞭望台上的哨兵”。当哨兵自然必须保持警觉to be alert（形容词），在危险来临之际提醒人们to alert the people of the danger（动词），拉响警报sounding the alert（名词）。 Companion（同伴，伙伴）也来自拉丁。前缀Com在拉丁语里的意思是“陪 [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 杨立勇的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：把根留住 （英语说文解字）(1)

杨立勇 2012-9-5 23:41

英语词汇的词根，分别来自古希腊，古罗马拉丁语系。虽然经历了沧海桑田，阴晴阳缺，英语还是把根留住。虽然盘根错节，还是依稀可以辨认。掌握了常见的词根，可以帮助我们快捷记忆单词，准确判断词义。 拉丁语是两千多年前古罗马帝国的语言。法语，西班牙语和意大利语均属拉丁语系。 例如：be [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 杨立勇的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters: Chapter 11 – The Morning After

Wuwuyu 2012-9-1 22:58

Chapter 11 – The Morning After The morning’s paper was already on the kitchen table when Mina, Morgan, and Marie tiptoed down to breakfast. They had barely slept that night, even after coming home with Fa and crawling into their beds silently. The sky outside had already started to [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters, Chapter 10: Escape

Wuwuyu 2012-8-25 22:01

http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/26/chapter-10-escape/Chapter 10 – EscapeThe shadow grew in the frame of the door, and a gray orange light glowed behind it. Marie took a deep breath to clear her mind, knowing she would need all of her faculties, and reached for Morgan´s hand.&nb [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：Firmly on the earth I stand

叶慧秀 2012-8-23 11:00

When I conquer within me fear and wrath,Michael in heaven casts the dragon forth.When I conquer within me fear and wrath,Michael in heaven casts the dragon forth.Firmly on the earth I stand,Michael's sword within my hand.When I conquer fear the dragon's chains I tightly bind,Michael's light within m [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 叶慧秀的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：Michaelmas time!

叶慧秀 2012-8-23 10:57

Michaelmas time, Michaelmas time!Time is turning under the plough.Under the stars, under the signs,the ploughman toils with deep furrowed brow.He turns his thoughts against the cold,buries his fears ‘neath earth’s deep mould:frost, like fire, burns white on its bladeof his iron share that red fire [ ...阅读全文 ] [ 叶慧秀的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters Chapter 9: Mara's Choice

Wuwuyu 2012-8-4 08:25

Chapter 9: Mara’s Choice The sisters held their breaths. Marie pushed on the door and it swung open. At first, the inside was dark, but Morgan summoned her light and it illuminated the dingy brick wall of a dark hallway. “Better close the door, just in case,” Marie said in a [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：儿童的智力与鸟相当

stren45 2012-8-3 10:58

在伊索寓言中，一只口渴的乌鸦想要喝到水罐(pitcher)里的水，必须首先提高水位。于是它向容器中投掷鹅卵石。在现实生活中，欧洲松鸦(European Jay)可以完成同样的任务。这仅仅是说鸟很聪明，不是吗？ 研究人员用类似伊索寓言的这道难题测试了松鸦和儿童。结果是，八岁以前的儿童和鸟给出的答案很相似。这项研 [ ...阅读全文 ] [ stren45的博文列表 ]

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分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters， Chapter 8：Fire and Water

Wuwuyu 2012-7-27 06:11

http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/12/chapter-8-fire-and-water/ Chapter 8 – Fire andWater The holding house was a rectangular stone building whose corners were so sharp they might have been cut with a knife. It stood of the edge of a pond rimmed with cattails. It would not be [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

分享 [ 英文分享 ]：The Switch Sisters： Chapter 7– To the Swamp

Wuwuyu 2012-7-22 21:51

http://theswitchsisters.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/chapter-7-to-the-swamp-3/Chapter 7 – To theSwampCome back!Morgan heard a voice in her head say. It was firm and steady, with hints of her mother’s severity. It was Marie. Since they had learned to talk, or perhaps even [ ...阅读全文 ] [ Wuwuyu的博文列表 ]

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