中学毕业生中有1/4的人读写有问题。One in four pupils leaving secondary school can't read or write properly.他16岁的时候就从中学退学了。He'd dropped out of high school at the age of 16.她对权威的仇恨导致她被中学开除。Her hatred of authority led to her expu...
Generations of students have learnt to parrot the standard explanations.一代又一代学生学会了机械地重复这些标准解释。Many literary academics simply parrot a set of impressive-sounding phrases.许多文人只是机械地模仿一套听上去令人印象深刻的说法。The parrot squawked and f...
I wonder if I might have a word with Mr Abbot?请问我能否和阿博特先生说几句话？Abbot looked blank. "I don't quite follow, sir."阿博特一脸茫然。“我没听明白，先生。”All the priories were made directly subject to the abbot of Cluny.所有小修道院都由克呂尼的院长直接管理....
他做过买卖私酒的生意.He trafficked in illicit liquor.有很多这样的暴发户都是大私酒贩子, 你要知道. ”A lot of these newly rich people are just big bootleggers, you know. "但如果我们是做私酒生意现在又怎么会是坏时机 呢 ?But if someone were in the moonshining business, why woul...