Toby joined in a wonderful conversation with Brian McNaught and Hayley Evans on their YouTube videocast series called Can You Be Happy Without the Movie? (I gave a new spin to the meaning of their title by talking about my hope that Secret Matter would someday be made into a movie.) Br...
3. Start Light and Avoid Controversial Topics When you’re starting a conversation with a stranger, you can’t just dive right into talking about someone’s worst fears. If you really don’t know them that well, you should start with something light that, depending on whether it’s goi...
M: We deep-fried fish three days ago in the kitchen, but the unpleasant smell stays. W: There’s a method you can try: every time you make coffee, dry the leftover coffee grounds and keep them in small bowls, then place the bowls in the kitchen. Text 6(86词)喜欢现场看球赛 W: A...
In a conversation recently someone famous mentioned what we (us old farts) know and agree about what went wrong with the music business, and he added an extra “touch” about the loss of something else important. Take what we know, which is: We, as consumers, have been repeatedly robbed...
The company is deep in debt. 这家公司负债累累. 14. They have worked hard to make these opportunities open for you. (Para. 3) Meaning: They have made many efforts to provide these opportunities for you. Going to College 7 Please note that the structure "make+n./pron.+adj." ...
A random person comes and sits next to me on a bus and strikes up a loud conversation. B. An acquaintance I have almost nothing in common with contacts me regularly, and yet, all they ever seem to want to talk about is how much they wish we could "talk" more. ...
Our conversation about this started post #2429717 Should I just click Download Button that’s right under the WU List (when it’s safe to install of course) ? And just see if same issue happens the next time I do get around in installing Windows Updates in the future (I still end up...
holding a box. I didn’t want to go out into the rain,so I picked up the phone and pretended I was talking to someone. I thought the man would go away,but he didn’t. He just waited in the pouring rain,watching me wave my hands about and act as if I was deep in conversation...
During each semester, there seems to come a moment when these issues overwhelm. I stop teaching the subject of English composition and force a conversation with the students about the bigger issues involved, perhaps ethical issues: I ask them about the value of learning, about themowning their ...
By the time we finish our starters, our conversation has again turned to Russia and the urgency of putting more historical context in our public debate. Snyder is softly spoken, and gives the impression of having weighed his words with great consideration — but the ideas he advances are, to...