Jackie MacMullan, Globe Staff
In the first part of the book her sister Makiko comes to visit with her 12 year old daughter Midoriko, who has stopped speaking to her mother. She writes her responses, we read her perspective through a few journal entries, which has become the place where she has conversations she is m...
perseveres 级别 附加级 音标 [ ˌpə:siˈviəz ] 解释 v.坚忍,坚持( persevere的第三人称单数 ) 英英释义 发音 例句 1. Although he is in poor health, he still perseveres in his studies. 尽管他身体不好,他仍孜孜不倦地学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》 2. This astounding cell will ...
Full circle feels appropriate to describe a work that despite that linear structure of months and parts, is not that. Rather, it represents points on the spiral of life that goes through cycles; repeating cycles, short cycles, long cycles, interconnected and intergenerational cycles. Each of the...
they were fortunate to be Noah’s sons. When their father invited them to spend the next hundred years building an ark in obedience to a word from God, Noah’s sons had to choose whether to believe those around them or to trust their father. They chose to join their father. What a ...
Our Living Language Go has long been used to describe the production of nonlinguistic noises, notably in conversation with children, as in The train went "toot." The cow goes "moo." Within the past few decades, however, many speakers began to use go informally to report speech, as in Th...
There are no words to describe the depth of gratitude we have for the person who gave my husband the gift of their heart, or their grieving family who ultimately made the final decision for their loved one’s organs to be donated. “Thank you” is just so small. Though Mr. Wanton was...
n. a group of people living in a house (or apartment) (we usually talk about households when we describe statistics) 词义辨析: house, household, home A house is a building suitable for living in, a physical residential building...
In groups, use the following words and phrases to describe what is going on in the photos. WHILE YOU WATCH 1 Check your answers in Before You Watch. 2 Answer these questions. 1 Where is Uruguay? 2 Why is the school"autonomous"? 3 What nickname does the US architect Michael Reynolds ...
With amazing technology, we see farther and describe natural processes more accurately, but creation still stirs the same ancient feeling in humanity. That sense of awe brings with it deep questions and yearnings for the “why” and “who” behind it all. Awe of creation stirs in us a desir...