今天我们要学的词组是on time。 On time是按时的意思。比如虽然天气恶劣，飞机还是按时抵达了， The plane arrived on time despite the bad weather. 美国人必须按时向政府报税，报税的最后期限通常是每年...
今天我们要学的词组是do time。 Do time的意思是服刑。 有些贩毒分子在青少年的时候就蹲过监狱， Some of the drug dealers did time when they were still teenagers. 多次担任华盛顿市市长的Marion Barry因为连续五...
Good morning. 早安。 What a wonderful morning! 多么美好的早晨！ Don't the flowers smell wonderful? 花儿闻起来好香，不是吗？ Good morning, Ellen. 早安，Ellen。 Yes, they do. 是的，花儿好香。 That's why I'm reading my...
Hello there, Robbie. 哈，Robbie。 What are you doing up this late? 这么晚了你还没睡在做什么？ Reading. 读书。 Reading? 读书？ At this hour? 在这个时候？ Ah, come on, Robbie. 噢，算了吧，Robbie。 What are you doing u...
Where's Mom? 妈妈呢? She went to a school-board meeting. 她去参加联合校董事会会议了。 I don't know how she does it. 我不知道她怎么办到的。 She sure keeps busy. 她真的是忙个不停。 It's important to her. 这对她来说...
by Mignon Fogarty Many parts of the world are moving from standard time to daylight-saving time (also called summer time) this week, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about the phrase daylight-saving time and time in general. The original...
Grammar Girl here. Many parts of the world are moving from daylight-saving time (also called summer time) to standard time this week, so I thought it would be a good time to talk about the phrase daylight-saving time and time in general. Most usage g...
A: I have an issue. B: What is it? A: I had scheduled a delivery for today. B: So, what is the problem? A: The delivery was four hours late. B: I'm so sorry for them being late. A: I was late for work, because I had to wait up for them. B: I do apolo...
A: I'm having a problem. B: What can I help you with? A: I was supposed to have my mattress delivered today. B: Was there a problem with the delivery? A: The delivery people were four hours late. B: I do apologize. A: Since I had to wait for them, I...
A: I have a problem. B: What's the problem? A: My mattress was supposed to be delivered today. B: Is there a problem? A: The delivery people showed up four hours late. B: I apologize for their tardiness. A: I was late for work because of them. B: Aga...
