英语精选阅读：《野天鹅》

once upon a time in a kingdom far away, there were eleven princes and a single princess, by the name of elisa. one day, their mother died of a disease. eventually the king married again. the new queen hated the twelve children. she said cr...

英语精选阅读：《The Hen and the Little Girl》

in a country home, a mother hen and her cutechicks were living happily. a little girl came to visit the country home, but was very bored. one night, the girl went into the chicken house. as soon as she went in, there was disorder. here and...

英语精选阅读：《The Ugly Duckling》

a mother duck wasbroodingon her eggs near the margin of a pond. a flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken. but one egg remained unbroken. it is strange. why has this egg not broken? t...

英语精选阅读：《Nightingale》

a long time ago in china there lived an emperor. the emperor loved to read books. one day, in the book he was reading, it wrote, the most beautiful precious treasure is the bird nightingale. the emperor had never seen or heard of nightinga...

英语精选阅读：《幸福的熊一家》

1. Welcome to Bear Country! Down a sunny dirt road lives a family of bears -- Papa Bear, Mama Bear and Small Bear. 欢迎来到熊王国!在熊王国的一条洒满阳光的土路上，住着幸福的熊熊一家：熊爸爸，熊妈妈和小熊。 2. They live in a big tree. It is...

cleave两种表达自相矛盾

先考一下大家的词汇功底吧，请看以下词语：sanction， fast，table，cleave， 它们有什么共性呢? 答案是， 每个词自身都有两个相反的意思: Sanction(批准;制裁)，fast(不动的;快速的)，table(提出;搁置)，cleave(劈开;粘住)。 很奇怪吧?之所以出现这种情况，...

＂很简单＂除了so easy 还可以怎么表达？

1. It's really simple. / It's very easy. 很简单。 2. It's a piece of cake. 小事一桩。 3. It's easy as pie. / It's easy as ABC. 真是易如反掌。 4. It's no big deal! 没什么大不了的!(很简单) 5. It's a no-brainer! 这很简单，不用花什么脑筋的! 6....

“Salt”除了盐还有什么意思？

盐(salt)不仅是人们日常生活中的必需品，而且在英语中，也是使用频率较高的单词。现把有关salt 的习语总结如下，以飨读者。 worth one's salt 值得雇佣，称职。源自人类使用食盐的历史和世界货币。食盐是非常重要的东西，在亚非某些地区曾用盐作为货币;罗马...

Dear只是亲爱的的这么简单吗？

Dear一词频繁出现，其主要用法可归纳为以下几点： Ⅰ、作形容词用。意思是可爱的、亲爱的、贵的(指东西)。 1、作定语 A、用于片语或句中，a dear shop售价昂贵的商店，a dear friend亲爱的朋友，What a dear little boy!多可爱的小男孩! B、在信函或话语开头...

新概念英语1-4册分别适合学习的英语水平？

第一册◎英语初阶(FIRST THINGS FIRST) 读者对象： (1)零起点的英语学习者 (2)小学高年级学生或初中一、二年级学生 (3)欲在短期内掌握英语基础的学习者 (4)英语入门级培训班的学员 (5)参加PETS一级B和二级考试的考生 学习目标： (1)达到初中或高中一年级的英...