Grammar Girl here. Today's topic is nixing the horrid of. Almost everyone has a few bad writing habits. They're often the kind of thing experts or even your friends can point to and say Yup, I know who wrote that. One of my bad habits is that I tend...
[00:00.00]Module 7 PAST ACTIVITIES [00:06.10]UNIT 2 What did you to today? [00:11.18]1 Listen and read the email. [00:15.96]Then answer the questions. [00:19.41]Hi Peter, [00:20.43]How are you? [00:21.89]I had a very fun day today. [00:24.64]Let me t...
[00:00.00]Module 7 PAST ACTIVITIES [00:05.84]UNIT 1 What did you do? [00:09.61]1 Listen and read.Then asy [00:15.65]Hi,Zhang Hai, [00:17.14]Did you have a good weekend? [00:19.77]Yes,I had a really good weekend. [00:23.37]What did you do? [00:25.30]I...
do want to see him now.我现在确实很想去见他。 do是做的意思,但这里要说一下do的其它意思。上面的do是帮助构成强调句的，又例如： Do come,please.请一定来。 I do believe you.我确实相信你。 为了构成强调 句而在动词前加do，后面的动词就只能用原形。 do做动词有...
By Naomi Martig Hong Kong 17 March 2008 Stock markets in Japan and Hong Kong plummeted on fears that even heavyweights in the financial sector could collapse in the U.S sub-prime mortgage crisis. As Naomi Martig reports from Hong Kong, the U.S. dolla...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 22 January 2008 An international agricultural research group recently announced a fellowship program to help African women who work in agricultural sciences to advance their careers. The program is based on two earlier pilo...
By Carol Pearson Washington 05 September 2007 American doctors used to work as many as 120 hours a week during their hospital training, or residency. But now, new doctors are limited to a shorter, 80-hour workweek. The original schedule was designed...
By Heda Bayron Kuala Lumpur 28 July 2006 Lebanon and North Korea dominated talks among senior diplomats from more than 20 Asian and Western countries at a regional security forum in Kuala Lumpur. The forum failed to help break the stalemate on the N...
By Margaret Besheer Irbil, Iraq 27 July 2006 A car bomb and mortar attack on an upscale Baghdad neighborhood has killed at least 31 people and wounded more than 115 others. The latest violence comes as the trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Husse...
Many people put off until tomorrow what they can do today. They always look for excuses to postpone doing something. In the end, it never gets done. If we leave things undone, we will eventually worry...
