The question that remained was whether the Britishinfantrycould cross no-man’s-land before thebarragelifted. It was a race with death run by nearly 60,000 troops. The whole mass, made up of closely packed waves of men, was to be launched together, without determining whether the bombardment...
Thompson 打开 Teddy 简陋包装的礼物时,孩子们都大笑起来,由第三段第四句"But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist." 的转折可知,虽然其他孩子嘲笑 Teddy 送的礼物但 Mrs. Thompson 表现出很...
First Battle of the Marne, (September 6–12, 1914), an offensive during World War I by the French army and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) against the advancing Germans who had invaded Belgium and northeastern France and were within 30 miles (48 km) of Paris. The French threw back...
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“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband’s death.” Why we love it: It’s a perfect anchor text for a discussion assignment. ...
On the first day of school, our Professor introduced an old lady Rose to us."Why are you in college at such an age?" I asked her. She replied, "I always dreamed of having a college education and now. I'm getting one!" We became friends quickly.At...
Welsh for “Light of Winter,” Alban Arthan is a universal festival, which has been (and still is) celebrated by many people and is probably the oldest seasonal festival of humankind. In Druidic traditions, the Winter Solstice is thought of as a time of death and rebirth when Nature’s ...
Little is known about Marco Polo’s life after the release of the book other than that he was married and had three daughters and likely continued in the mercantile business in Venice. Before his death in January 1324, Marco is believed to have been asked about whether he made up some of...
a German-born widow and mother of two boys. Soon after Ryan was born the family moved to Artesia,California, where William attempted to eke out a living at truck farming. The family’s economic situation worsened following her mother’s death, fromcancer, in 1926; her father died oflung ...
2 . As long as you keep your body in movement, the kind of exercise doesn’t matter. Connect with a friend 3 . It’s always better to meet up with a friend or loved one in person, and it can stop loneliness which is connected with heart illness and early death. You can talk wi...