(59) __My house is a large one with a high ceiling(天花板). And the floors are made of hard stones, unlike most houses in the UK. What's worse, there's no wall insulation (绝缘材料).(60)___ I'm inside the house, but it is much cooler than it is outside because the houses...
一、完形填空I was eleven years old standing outside in just my underwear(内衣) while I watched the house that I grew up in rapidly burn to the ground. A few minutes1 I had been sound asleep in my nice, warm bed when a scream 2 me up. My mom's 3 was just next to mine and my...
but as the clergyman's stipend is only twenty pounds per annum, and a house with two rooms, threatening speedily to determine into one, no clergyman will undertake the duties of pastor: especially as it is currently reported that his flock would rather let him starve than increase the livin...
We are due to complete on our first house in a couple of weeks but my wife found out last week that she's being made redundant. She works in sales and is likely to get another job soon. All our credit checks have been passed. Do we need to disclose this? Anonymous, Shropshire The ...
One of my favourite displays was this one showing a house bathroom, with the many different sorts of taps used. The household would also use the public hammams, so would take their soap and loofahs in a tin with them. Its little things like this that really bring daily life home to you...
"There's still some snow on the ground outside our house." And I sent her a few photos of it. However, the weather report brought me bad news. It said the weather would be sunny at noon. This made me feel concerned. In the afternoon, they finally arrived. Jenny got out of the ...
My twelve-year-old granddaughter, Jenny, sent me messages on the phone every hour, during her six-hour drive to the house in Virginia, the US. “Grandma, can you put some snow in the fridge (冰箱)? That way I can feel snow when I get there.” She wrote. Jenny lived in the ...
We live in a bungalow built in 1984/86. We have gutted it, replacing doors, windows are triple glazed, the walls are pumped, and attic insulated. The problem is the two end bedrooms are colder than the rest of the house and we now have to remove a fitted wardrobe as my clothes smell...
nearly stepped on her: a small black cat,just like a meatball.“HIi,Meatball"I said,bringing her into my arms. I walked back in, touching her neck gently. Meatball seemed happy enough to come in the house,but after an h...
Summer vacation, my mother will go to Beijing meeting, I want to see the beauty of the capital, so I also took. We took a day and the train arrived in Beijing, I get off to see the house here than in Nanjing more luxurious, the floor is also very high, with the highest three la...