最后一段的第一句话Now the tide appears to be turning.,意为“现在潮流已经逆转”,表达的是“现在法院偏向于消费者这样的司法惯例已经有所改变”,是这个段落的总论点。很多同学看到这里仍然很茫然,不知道到底是什么“潮流”的转变。紧接着文章开始阐述As personal injury claims continue as before, some courts ...
Now the Tide Is Turning
With Russia gaining the upper hand in the Ukraine war, American media reports have highlighted the use of a special bomb by Vladimir Putin’s forces which appear to be turning the tide in their favour. The weapon, labelled FAB-1500, is a Soviet-era air bomb which has been turned into a...
Unluckily, the tide will be turning at that moment, and will be ebbing out of the gulf. I am afraid that it will be very difficult to get in, having both wind and tide against us." "And the more so that it is a full moon to-day," remarked Herbert, "and these April tides are...
At the peak of the hill we collect ourselves one final time, turning the torches off for a minute to admire the clear sky. The lights of Guildford beckon us on. Then we’re off for the last push back to civilisation, funnelled into a single file track between two fields that goes (...
The Now is a portal. It’s always there, it’s always here. The Now is the ever present zero point everyone is striving for, yet it is always with us. It exists – over and over, yet timelessly. It’s we who have the difficulty in turning into it fully. Again the paradox, find...
IN2012, as my flight soared above California, I felt the Spirit urging me to read Revelation Chapters 17-18. As I began to read, it was as though a veil was lifting on this arcane book, like another page of thin tissue turning to reveal a bit more of the mysterious image of the “...
I snapped this while crossing the Fremont Bridge many years ago when the orange primer on the bridge was turning pink. It was several years before Fremont glass artist Rodman Hiller convinced the powers that then were both downtown in City Hall and in Fremont, ( perhaps then already “the ...
These 13 years of free money have turned out to be very costly afterwards, as we can now see. But on the positive side, this process provides a much-needed clean-up of the mind-boggling messes created by free money. You can subscribe to THE WOLF STREET REPORT onYouTubeor download it ...
Thecancelation of an annual swimming racein the Thames right before the current bank holiday weekend has also caused concern. The race, which has been held since the 1890s, was due to be held in July, but was called off because of fears of sewage in the water. 2022’s August Bank Holi...