In American society, one such pattern is the typical conflict between working-class whites and lower-class blacks over the merits of...doi:10.1080/01619568509538484WallachGeraldine P.Peabody College of Vanderbilt UniversityPeabody Journal of Education...
Let us turn now to conjugation, which is a bit of what we have been doing throughout these lessons. Conjugation As you surely noticed in the previous section, conjugation is important. The verbal ending depends on the subject and tense of the sentence. Just as you must conjugate when learni...
What is intelligence, anyway? When I was in the army I received a kind of aptitude test that all soldiers took and, against a normal of 100, scored 160. No one at the base had ever seen a figure like that and for two hours they made a big fuss over me. (It didn't mean anythin...
Gerunds can take objects and be modified by adverbs, maintaining some verbal qualities (e.g., “Quickly finishing the assignment impressed the teacher”). What is a gerund phrase, and how is it different from a gerund? A gerund phrase is a gerund combined with other words, such as objects...
He drinks what is left in his glass as if it were water... 他把杯子里剩下的东西当水一样全喝了下去。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 He moved carefully over what remained of partition walls. 他小心翼翼地跨过残余的隔墙。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 'Dad?' — 'What?' — 'Can I have the car tonight?' ...
In a context of quantifiable events (magnitudes and amounts), we can distinguish between two approaches: (1) Statements about one specific outcome, for instance a “best guess”, modified by a probabilistic quantifier, which can be numeric or verbal (“2 mm of rain islikely”). We may cal...
This is perhaps what most people understand by ‘empathy’: in Goleman’s words, “sensing others’ feelings and perspectives, and taking an active interest in their concerns”. Those who do this: Tune into emotional cues. They listen well, and also pay attention to non-verbal communication,...
What are some examples of verbal communication that might indicate deliberate deception? What is meant by dorsal and lateral lip of blastopore? In The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber, what are some examples of literary devices Hemingway employs?
The final part of a communication is feedback: the recipient lets the sender know that they have received and understood the message. Recipients of messages are likely to provide feedback on how they have understood the messages through both verbal and non-verbal reactions. Effective communicators...
Throughout these contexts, it is what it is is used as a kind of verbal shrug signaling resigned acceptance of an unchangeable situation. 一般情况来说,当人们认为真实情况太困难或非常耗时,就会拿这句话当借口。 Often times, according t...