【6】A.with B.in C.to D.of【7】A.noisy B.quiet C.busy D.clean【8】A.shout B.explain C.complain D.speak【9】A.everybody B.nobody C.somebody D.none【10】A.until B.when C.unless D.since【11】A.gatekeeper B.seller C.waiter D.visitor【12】A.impolite B.polite C.rich D.poor...
The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to make campaigns against them and punish them. —John Sutter 0 We've got horse property and there's other stuff to do. Like, four wheel driving, ...
The American police is called on the premises and detective Stan Michaud is in charge of the investigation. Despite his French name, he can’t speak French at all and hires Brian Larue as an interpreter. The bilingual issue is everywhere in the book, just as it is in books by Louise Pen...
An affectionate couple who can’t seem to speak to each other. A sister married to a scoundrel and struggling with money, until a dear old aunt dies. An ugly and poor governess. An army of children with the expected dreams and angst: being an actress, fleeing from home, fighting with ...
Most of the time the answer was a resounding, “I don’t speak English”, but after awhile someone would say, “No, it is not,” and we would jump back on the (sometimes already pulling out of the station) train car to wait for the next stop. Cut us some slack, this was our ...
Author Zahir Dhalla’s Preamble:Khojas, and Indians in general, were not known for keeping personal journals. Thus, there is a dearth of records documenting our history. However, the practice of keeping family photo albums was quite widespread. Photos can fill in some of those blanks, provided...
They then discussed the means of getting at the victim. The guide was familiar with the pagoda of Pillaji, in which, as he declared, the young woman wasimprisoned14. Could they enter any of its doors while the whole party of Indians wasplunged15in a drunken sleep or was it safer to ...
It was based more on German than the English we speak at present. 当时的英语更多的是以德语为基础,而我们今天所说的 英语却不是。 【考点】more … than … 意为“与其说……,不如说……”,又如: It was said that the story is based more on facts than the writer’ s imagination. 据说这...
Someof them still live by hun ti ng, fish ing, and trapp ing. Others have movedto tow ns, where they live and work as do other prese nt-day Alaska ns.The Indians of So 34、utheastern Alaska are sometimes known as the maritime Indians, or Indians who live near the sea. They have...
fourcontinentsbywhatevermeanshecan-train,elephant,steamship-andexperiencingendlesssurprisesandmishapsalongtheway.Thistraveloguesweepsthroughmanyexoticsettings,includingthejunglesofIndia,whereFoggandPassepartoutrescuearajah'swidow,andacrossthePacifictotheAmericanfrontier,wheretheybraveabisonstampedeandanattackbySiouxIndians....