Seamus Heaney's recent translation of Beowulf reminds us that Old English poetry can hold a strong attraction for modern poets. This essay examines Auden's debt to the earliest English poetry, beginning with a summary of his experience ... J Chris - 《Review of English Studies》 被引量: 4...
are more English words beginning with the letter “s” than those with anyother letter. “I am.” is the shortest complete sentence in the Englishlanguage.一二三四五六七The longest English word that can be spelled without repeating(重复)a letter is “uncopyrightable”. English is the ...
They are situated on lakes, rivers, in the mountains, on the sea, or in the vicinity of big cities. The construction of the dam created an artificial lake that destroyed a whole ecosystem. But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first...
The English Patient: Directed by Anthony Minghella. With Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas. At the close of World War II, a young nurse tends to a badly burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, reveali
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Wikipediadefines a New Year's resolution as when "a person resolves to continue good practices, change an undesired trait or behavior, accomplish a personal goal, or otherwise improve their behavior at the beginning of a calendar year." This is a tradition usually found in the Western World, ...
Beginning a 「ound the year 2000, cities, provinces, and entire countries decided to take action against this form of pollution. At first, municipal governments tried to minimize the use of these bags by requiring stores to charge customers for each one. This reduced the incidence of bags ...
And according to the bit at the beginning, which we call the prefix the meaning changes. “Import” means “to carry in” or “to bring into a country”, “export”, “ex” means “out of”, so this word means “to carry out of the country”, “re” means “back”, so the “...
beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos: or, if Sion hill4 Delight thee more, and Siloa’s brook5 that flowed Fast by the oracle of God6, I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar, Above th’ Aonian mount, while it ...
Evaporation from oceans, lakes, and rivers creates 90% of the water in air. I thought a bunch of people would go water skiing with us, but absolutely no one else showed up. The water temperature's still low so you're not going to swim, are you?