含有1亿单词的英语口语语料库a corpus of 100 million words of spoken English你的英语口语有明显的进步.There is a distinct improvement in your spoken English.缩略词在口语里比在书写中常见得多.Contractions are much more common in speech than in writing....
That was how NATO saw the Baltics in the 1990 s.这就是1990年代北约眼中的波罗的海诸国.It might start in the Baltics.它可能从波罗的海诸国开始.Devaluation is still largely taboo in the Baltics.在波罗的海各国,贬值仍是个禁忌....
他们感情不和睦.There was bad blood between them.这些居民和这地方一样,形容枯搞,丑陋, 阴森而不和睦.The people were as haggard , shapeless , and dreary as the countryside, and as unfriendly.鲁滨逊一家人总是同他们的邻居不和睦.The Robinsons have always been on bad terms ...