KéréisthefirstAfricantobehonoredwiththePritzker.InhisnativeBurkinaFaso,citizens celebratedthewin.NébilaAristideBazié,headoftheBurkinaFasoarchitects?council,saidthe awardhighlightstheAfricanarchitectandthepeopleofBurkinaFaso. “Heknows,fromwithin,thatarchitectureisnotabouttheobjectbuttheobjective;notthe product,but...
be on pins and needles:(紧张或担心得)如坐针毡剑桥英语释义:to be nervously waiting to find out what is going to happen注:pin是大头针,needle是缝衣针,在这堆针上面坐立不安的状态,非常形象地形容焦虑的心情,意思也和成语“如坐针毡”如出一辙。 04:16 Sheila: Get back here so I can give it to...
This is. It's the least formal. Introduce yourself. Please allow me to introduce myself. I'm bill Smith. The most formal. May I introduce myself. My name is. I'd like to introduce myself. My name is. Let me introduce myself. I AM. I don't believe we have meat. Um, I AM....
As you can see, the reason why I’m here to tell the story is that I made the right decision. Some time after I left the boat, with my brother in it, it was pulled into the bottom of the whirlpool. Soon after that, the whirlpool became less wild. Then the sky was clear, the ...
1. Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative 谈论天气是无趣人类最后的避难所。 2. I have nothing to declare except my genius. 除了我的天才,我没什么好申报的。 3. I am not at all romantic. I am not old enough. I leave romance to my seniors. ...
Cheng Feng is a teacher. However, to many of her students, the 33-year-old teacher is more than that. Cheng’s care for her students has made her “a mother” to them. Over the past years, Cheng has gone into the mountains and worked in several poor schools in Poyang to help villa...
15. What made Ronald want to learn from Ansel? A. That he knew the best spots. B. That he had a passion for art. C. That he had a wealth of information. 16. Who is Ronald? A. A designer. B. A photographer. C. An historian. ...
One of my favorite recent reads was Charles Duhigg’s excellent book on the subject. I love Nir Eyal’s blog on behavior engineering. One of my favorite interview series is Copyblogger’s look at how smart people write. Because there are so many different ways to “win” and...
Often calculations, measurements and the concept phase need more time than expected. Turning off the computer and getting back to the sketch board or a notebook is often very useful to avoid mistakes.Image credit Chalk it up to being overzealous or getting sloppy in our work as we push...
The book has made me more curious about the world and more willing to ask questions, no matter how silly they might seem. It's a reminder that curiosity is the driving force behind all scientific discovery, and that even the most absurd questions can lead to meaningful insights. In ...