I had a couple of things I wanted to share before Thanksgiving, but time got away from me. (Yes, more home improvement projects are currently underway.) I’ll be back soon, but until then, to my American friends,HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!
Nothing must be done hastily but killing of fleas. 除非要捉跳蚤,做事不可匆忙。 来自《简明英汉词典》 59 tune n.调子;和谐,协调;v.调音,调节,调整 参考例句: He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子,并在钢琴上弹给我们听。 The boy beat out a tune on a ...
it’s actually the second in a two-part story – withVolume 3 Nomads– as the story continues on directly from that earlier volume. Something alien and mysterious has been killing fish – and now people – in the mangrove swamps near Kuala Lumpur, just as the preparations for ...
Berry writes gorgeous, thoughtful, piercing novels, and this is one of his finest. Hannah's second husband Nathan Coulter (her first died in the war) was reticent to talk about his experience in the Battle of Okinawa. "Ignorant boys, killing each other," is all he would say. In this ...
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Miss Maudie, the neighbor across the street, does, too. Ultimately, the mockingbird is a symbol of goodness and hope, so this passage teaches readers about the difference between good and evil. The mockingbird and what it represents is "good," and killing it—or, rather, destroying innocence...
Yeah, says Scout: it would be (title alert) like killing a mockingbird. Chapter 31 Scout leads Boo to Jem's bed, where Boo looks at Jem "as though he had never seen a boy before" (31.9).She's got a knack for sensing Boo's mute communications. When she realizes he wants to ...
In literary dictionaries and encyclopedias, you’ll find Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird PDF Summary right next to the entry for “one-hit wonder.” But, you’ll also find it under “bildungsroman,” inspirational,”“touching,”“controversial,”
— Alison Killing (TED Talk:There’s a better way to die and architecture can help) Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographsby Sally Mann This memoir dignifies controversial art in a way that makes me very hopeful, especially in these weird political times. Mann is unfairly gifted — not jus...
Beloved in almost equal measure, the book and film versions ofTo Kill a Mockingbirdretain their power more than a half-century later, with their themes remaining all too potent in contemporary America.Gregory Peck's portrayalof noble Alabama lawyerAtticus Finchhas long since been enshrined as a ...