Will Storr, a writer whose work I admire, says this story version of life is a misunderstanding. In his bookThe Status Game, he argues that human beings are deeply driven by status. Rather than about being liked or accepted, he writes, it’s abou...
然后读of the story.剩余的故事。Finding Out the Text Type找出文章的体裁Before you read,decide what kind of text it is.Is it在你阅读之前,断定这是什么体a letter,a play, a short story or something else?裁的文章。是一封信、一出戏剧、一篇短篇小说或其他什么?Hansel and Gretel《韩塞尔与葛雷特...
dress4. short 5. long 6. red 【笔试答案】 一、 1. fish's 2. kites 3. fine 4. my5. pineapples 二、 1. gloves 2. trousers 3. dress 4. jeans 5. shorts 三、 1. What's the matter 2. can't move 3. a fancy dress party 4. your gloves 5. Whose coat 四、1. C 2. B 3...
We’ve all had a guilty pleasure or two. Maybe it was an awkward TV show that we enjoyed a little bit too much, maybe a song we listened to ironically until it became a bit too unironic. Perhaps a snack so disgustin...
This classic story opens with a beautiful queen longing for a child as white as snow雪, as red as blood血, and as black as ebony乌木. And so, Snow White is born. 大家可能会迷惑,王后怎么会想要一个又白又红又黑的小孩? 原来这里不是说五颜六色,而是指,雪白的皮肤,红色的嘴唇,和乌黑的头发...
I was the queen of the playground. Then came my tweens and teens, and mean girls and cool kids. They rose in the ranks not by being friendly but by smoking cigarettes, breaking rules and playing jokes on others, among whom I soon found myself. Popularity is a well-explored subject in...
In a short story, however, these elements will be necessarily abbreviated. For example, where rising action might have many complications in a novel, it might only have one complication in a short story. What Is a Plot Type: Stories Come In 10 Types ...
A downtown actor known for adapting his own often raucous and sexually explicit work —“Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and “Shortbus” — Mr. Mitchell was an unorthodox choice to direct an intimate story about the differing ways a couple cope with the accidental death of their young son. (...
“It looked like a green coffin on top of the car,” she said. “People kept slowing down on the highway to check out the corpse we were carrying.” I was laughing so hard I was crying. My mother-in-law – an Irish firecracker from South Philly – knows how to tell a story. ...
JeanNicole has been writing poetry and short stories since she was a child, but has always aspired to compose a novel. The Secret Keepers, the first story in what will be a series of Black Water Tales, is her first novel. Most recently, Ms. Rivers won 3rd place in the National Black...