‘I would always rather be happy than dignified.’与其保持尊严,总还不如保持心境愉快 Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre 1855年的今天,《简·爱》的作者夏洛蒂·勃朗特逝世。 #读书分享#
#单词# 《简爱》读名著记单词 1.I am a free human being with an in dependent will. 我是一个自由的人,有着独立的意愿。 independent 独立的 2.I would always rather be happy than dignified. 我宁愿做一个...
he wants to become a policeman and do his duty to protect the people; Others say that when he grows up, he wants to be a firefighter, so that people can have a safe and happy home. And
sometimes i have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. we should live each day with gentleness, vigor and a ...
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours.It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a ...
to sb's disadvantage (fml 文 ) damaging sb or his reputation; causing some loss to sb 对某人不利; 有损声誉; 使某人吃亏: rumours to his disadvantage, eg that discredit him 对他不利的谣言(如有损其名誉者) *| It would be to your disadvantage to invest in the project, ie You might ...
A true eclectic, as it would be expressed nowadays, Gringoire was one of those firm and lofty, moderate and calm spirits, which always know how to bear themselves amid all circumstances (stare in dimidio rerum), and who are full of reason and of liberal philosophy, while still setting ...
would have been less afraid of the cardinal than of the hosier; for it is not a cardinal who would have stirred up a revolt among the men of Ghent against the favorites of the daughter of Charles the Bold; it is not a cardinal who could have fortified the populace with a word against...
travels farther through the rows of turbines. That could suggest that windbreaks would be a wash for wind farms with many turbines. But by striking a balance between these competing effects, windbreaks placed in front of each turbine can
Master Bates **nodded assent**, and would have spoken, but the recollection of Oliver’s flight came so suddenly upon him, that the smoke he was inhaling got **entangled** with a laugh, and went up into his head, and down into his throat: and brought on a fit of coughing and stamp...