Japanese homes -- which are usually tiny, especially in the cities -- are typically already overstuffed with Stuff. You don't want to burden the recipient with something that have to find space for. The gift-giving culture is one reason why things like outrageously expensive melons exist in...
So, instead of the traditional “I love you so much I can’t be without you,” dress it up with the long word heavenlinesses. Say something like, “the glorious heavenlinesses of my feelings for you show that I cannot be without you.”4. Perfervidly...
E.Here's where speed reading is bad for you.F.An active reader’s goal is to learn something.G.This forces you to think back to the most important points. 免费查看参考答案及解析 题目: Please ___ (圈出) the new words in the passage and look them up in a dictionary. 免费查看参考...
Even though we may not be starting a new millennium on Wednesday, we are starting a new year. For me, this means jumping in Barton Springs Pool for the annual Polar Plunge, choosing a word of the year, picking something new to learn in 2025, and a host of other resolutions and intenti...
“Yeah, but5, I don't want to be on the waiting list; I want to be6.No one gets in off the waiting list.It's a way of saying ‘Thanks for7’.” “Then let's go out there and tell them so.” “That sounds lame(站不住脚的), dad.” I said sadly, “It doesn't8.” ...
2 thick strips of bacon (the North American kind, preferably “old fashioned” or some other way of saying “expensive”) Whipping cream (get a little carton; you only need a few tablespoons and can use the rest for something else) ...
As the 1 (传统) goes, if something great happens in your life, you will want to 2 (分享) the joy with your family and friends. And some activities often go with a special meal. For 3 (例子), the wedding meal is the most common. Couples often go all out for these wedding meals ...
For January’s bitter breath Had slain the bloom and hushed the song. And still the earth is cold and white, And mead and forest yet are bare; But there’s a something in the light That says the germ of life is there. from “February” by Mrs. Jane G. Austin ...
Her generation is sadly almost gone, and it is for us to pick up these traditions, or traditions like them. Passing them on somehow to the next generations…Maybe there won’t be bits of paper or love notes like in the past. I do hope we still take the time to write. Definitely, ...
Are you writing something that happens in order? Use: next, then, in fact, similarly, or a time word like first, second, third, and finally. Alternatively, use another sequential transition. Does this sentence add evidence? Use: for example, consequently, for this reason, or another addition...