In 1933 at the height of the Great Depression, a down-on-his luck Charles Darrow invented the still-extremely popular board game Monopoly, making the impoverished man a millionaire seemingly overnight- a personification of the American Dream. Never able to fully explain how he came up with the...
John E. McIntyre(who finds thatwhomcan sound “stilted, fussy, or pompous”), says even educated writers have trouble withwho/whom, and that as a general guideline “you can, except in the most formal circumstances, just usewho”.Geoffrey Pullumdescribes the situation as “multi-layered, su...
Among the Tobiroppo, Who's-Who and Sasaki are considered to be particularly dangerous troublemakers.[3] KaidouAs with the other Tobiroppo, Who's-Who seems to hold heavy respect for Kaidou, in contrast to his impertinence toward the All-Stars. When Ulti insulted their boss without such ...
Have you ever wondered who invented the 4-4-2 formation? Why footballers used to celebrate success by releasing a platitudinous pop single? And who has really scored the most goals in the history of the game? You can find the answers to all these questions and more in a book which take...
1. Laszlo Biro invented ___ ballpoint pen. 2. The biggest whale is___blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long--the height of ___ 9-story building. 3. I earn 10 dollars ___ hour as ___ supermarket cashier on Saturdays. 4. The teacher asked us ...
An old Indian story says that the game of chess(国家象棋)was invented by Sissa Ben Prime Minister of King Shirham. As soon as the invention was finished he gave it to the king who was glad and asked him what he would like to have in return. To the king’s surprise what Sissa wante...
"If Roger had had difficulty controlling me when I lived at home with my parents, he was in big trouble now. All I wanted to do was get stoned, listen to records, play my guitar and wait for the doorbell to ring. After a hard day at college I would often decide to forget the ban...
阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上涂黑.RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETYWhen I arrived in Hamburg Germany, my colleague who worked there arranged a welcome party for me in a 36 . We noticed a few customers i
This was a merchant who sold pills that had been invented to quench thirst. 这个小商贩是卖止渴丸的。 You need only swallow one pill a week, and you would feel no need of anything to drink. 你只需要吃一颗止渴丸,一周都不会口渴。 “Why are you selling those?” asked the little prince...
“You mean our: we invented it together.”“Together with you I never invented anything.” Michele smiled again, shaking his head in a sign of mild dissent. Those who put in the money, he said, do and undo just the way those who work with their hands and their head do. Money ...