But to his great surprise, many tourists(游客)came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village.From morning to night there were tourists outside the house.They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into...
This time,instead of butter,the toast had a letter "B" written on one side.It still landed 58 percent of the time on the B﹣side.This proved that Murphy' s Law is true: If the toast can land butter﹣side down,it will do so.Matthews did another experiment.When students threw the ...
Fast! Fast! Last night I cut the light off in my bedroom, hit the switch and was in the bed before the room was dark. Connections Edited from The Rumble in the Jungle (1974) Soundtracks Am Am PondoWritten by Miriam MakebaMiriam Makeba Music (ASCAP)Performed by Miriam Makeba...
It was Herbie's last letter from Riverside School —written a few days before he died. He had read it over and over again with sick pain. The letter read:I can’t say the boys here are any nicer to me than the others were. I guess it's the same everywhere when you're a ...
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It’s interesting to see how Benson’s writing style changed over the years. The early tales are written very much in the Victorian style, all long sentences with a very liberal use of the comma. Nothing wrong with that of course, in a skilled hand it can create a very elegant and sta...
【题目】4. When he saw the frightening killing scene, Peter Benchley finally realized that, as a matter of fact, ___. A. the shark was a danger to human beings B. human beings were a danger to sharks C. he shouldn't have written the book which the film Jaws was based on D. he...
I have found that it’s not so much the pattern I choose, but rather the stealth that is employed. These wild fish may not be choosey when it comes to a meal, but they’ve learned that a shadow may precede the beak of a Great Blue Heron or Kingfisher; a footfall, the jaws of an...
Written in 1910, this story gives us a narrator over-wintering at his holiday home in The Virgin Islands who goes on to invite an old school friend to stay with him; this friend is the Williamson of the title. It seems that this Williamson was a hugely popular fellow amongst his school...
And interestingly enough the one from Thailand had some Thai written on it, which David wrote he was learning. Seeing handwriting today makes me feel like I’m looking at a quaint museum artifact. We may write emails and text each other today as much we wrote letters back them, but in ...