At the end of each conversation, some questions will be asked about what was said. Both theconversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will be a pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A, B, C, and D, and decide which ...
I recently wrote an autobiography in which I recalled many old memories. One of them was from my school-days, when our ninth grade teacher, Miss Raber, would pick out words from the Reader’s Digest to test our vocabulary. Today, more than 45 years later, I always check out “It pays...
Instead, by the 1950s, a middle class of largely clerical (从事文秘工作的) workers was the most significant, part, of the labor force. Between 1930 and 1950, the United States economy underwent a great transition. Demand fell for human effort such as lifting, squeezing, and hammering. ...
Kangkang:That's right. I'm sure that China will send more spaceships into space. 康康:是的。我相信中国会往太空中发送更多宇宙飞船。 Michael:Look, what a large crowd! Let's go and see. 迈克尔:看,好多人呀!我们去看...
If they were only sometimes given food when they pecked a button,they not only pecked much more,but did so in a frantic,compulsive manner. 如果只是偶尔在某一次啄按钮时才被喂食,它们不仅会啄得更多,而且像疯了似的,根本停不下来。 12 It could be argued that Skinner's pigeon lab was resurrected...
Yes, I remember those paper dolls and the paper clothes with tabs. I was nuts about them and thinking they never had enough clothes, so I’d design all sorts of clothes on scrap tablet paper, making all sorts of designs on them and color them and cut them out, including tabs so they...
She had gone alone, but the children were to go to the station to meet her. And loving the station as they did, it was only natural that they should be there a good hour before there was any chance of Mother s train arriving, even if the train were punctual, which was most unlikely...
Student: But Hendrix’s style really was all about distortion, that’s what’s so great about his music, all those special effects. I think a lot of rock ‘n’ roll fans prefer that to a pure sound. Professor: Yeah. You are getting ahead of me here. ...
Francais Authentique and innerFrench are great resources. None of this existed during Kato Lomb’s time, nor when I was learning French 50 years or more ago. Yes, but what about the grammar and other difficulties of French? Well, here is a quick summary that can help you. Don’t try ...
was, «I must have a Navy as good as Grandmamma's». And from this thought have sprung all our subsequent troubles. The world would be a happier place than it is if acquisitiveness were always stronger than rivalry. But in fact, a great many men will cheerfully face impoverishment if...