Turning eleven was a big deal, and she had always celebrated it with a grand party surrounded by her friends. However, this year was different. The burden of excessive homework and her parents’ struggling business weig...
Whenhewas20,in1985,Kéréearnedavocationalscholarshiptostudycarpentry(木工)in Berlin.Butwhileabsorbedinthepracticalityofroofingandfurnituremaking,healsoattended nightschoolandwasadmittedtoTechnicalUniversityofBerlin,fromwhichhegraduatedin2004 withanadvanceddegreeinarchitecture.Hewasstillastudentwhenhedesignedandbuiltthe...
stuckoutafewinchesabovethegroundandwas 11inchesinwidth—slightlywiderthanabasketball—withahatch(盖子)thathadbeenmovedunnoticed.Thetwo-year-oldboyhadslippedinand wasdrowninginfourfeetofwastewaterinside theeight-feet-deeptank. Madisonsurveyedthesituation.Shewasthe onlyonewhocouldfitthroughthesmallhole. Withouthes...
What I wanted, more than anything, was a few days' rest... 我最想要的就是能休息几天。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years... 她处于医生所说的不可逆性植物人状态已经5年了。 柯林斯高阶英语词典 Meanwhile, most young ...
11. Where did the fourth year students go today? A. A castle. B. A farm. C. A factory. 12. What does Philip want to do? A. Travel abroad. B. Pay another visit. C. Read about history. 13. What does the...
In which year did farmers finally stop using chemicals on cotton crops in Punukula? What did the women of Punukula collect to make money? What project do the authorities in Punukula hope to set up in the future? READING PASSAGE 2
About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect...
SPOON: Started 2025 with our focus for the new year: hitting the streets. One of the ways we will do this, is by launching a Woo-forum and proactively answer all questions we receive via that forum. This also means changing our workflow(s) from a ‘we know what you need’ to a ‘...
In both countries, after 1885, there is a relatively steep increase in average male heights with each succeeding year of birth. Nearly a century later, there was a decline in height in the 1970s, likely associated with economic recession, social insecurity, fear, and other harmful SEPE ...
There was a lot of back and forth about when the AirPods Max 2 would appear, but Bloomberg’s serial Apple tipster, Mark Gurman, tweeted the day before the 9th September iPhone 16 event that the new over-ears would be unveiled alongside the handsets and AirPods 4 then. He was, of cours...