可知,“I have butterflies in my stomach”表示“我很紧张”。 2.细节理解题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句“Therefore, if you're feeling shy, don't worry, because you are not alone.”可知,害羞没什么大不了的。 3.细节理解题。根据文章第三段第三句“Certain events in the past may ...
He said: 'It had been an ordinary day and it was around 8pm when I got back home from my office in the City. I tapped in the code and when I got to the third digit I suddenly felt a terrible sharp pain in my stomach, and then another, and another. 'I realised I was being ...
The river flows without care, like time passing in a dream. 倦蝶殘香早已逝, Tired butterflies and withered fragrance had long since gone, 彼此相瞥仍龍鳳. To each other, a furtive glance exchanged, a dragon and a phoenix we still are. By no means this is the end of the story. As ...
political and geopolitical which are crammed in our faces by the media but the risks and consequences of an all out nuclear war are generally ignored or soft pedaled. Nuclear war is said to be a “low probability high consequence event”. It is far FAR worse. There is no way to know it...
Sometimes we need to cocoon so we can serve the world in an even bigger way. I dream of a world where we all take a break when we need it. A world where we balance giving and receiving. A world where we love ourselves so much, we treat ourselves with care. A world where we ...
Don’t get me wrong, I may be buggin’ out a little, but I am fucking elated to be leaving this shit hole of a prison. These past few days kind of remind me of how I used to feel when I was a little kid waiting on Christmas morning, except way more intense. My release is pre...
According to the United Nation Millennium Report of 2012, “There were 456 million workers in the world living below the $1.25 a day poverty line in 2011.” This concludes there are billions of unprivileged people around the world desperate to find a way to support their families financially,...
Literally last, but certainly not least,The Long Way Round, gives us Tess, an indomitable sailor, who fearlessly plots a course across “The Empty” where no ship has ever survived. I, personally, would love to see this short story expanded into a novel. Tess was both vulnerable and dete...
It all hinges (nice bit of door-related humour for you there) on whether or not she makes her train. I’ll say no more, because spoilers, but suffice to say that, as butterflies’ wing beats can make skyscrapers crash (or something; as you may have gathered, I don’t really understa...
They mean it literally, when they say it's make or break This place would be way more unstable with no stable mates Try blaming fate for laying waste to your favorite place Take it from me, you won't make much of a persuasive case For every gave, there is a cradle that'll take it...