Unit 1 Present continuous (I am doing) A) Am/is/are + -ing is the Present continuous. B) I am doing something = I'm in the middle of doing it; I've started doing it and I haven't finished. C) You can use the present continuous with today / this week…

http://www.grammar.cl/english/both-either-neither.htm Both, Either, Neither Summary Chart We use both, either and neither to refer to two people or things. BOTH Both = the two; that one AND the other one; this one AND that one Both can be used as a p…

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that引导主语从句 一般置于句末,偶尔也置于句首 that引导的主语从句置于句首 That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. That the plates are moving is now beyond dispute. 有时候即使很长很复杂的主语从句,也可以直接置于句首来做主语(并不常见) That such a conjunction of circumstances might accur again so…

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Grammar Rules Here are 20 simple rules and tips to help you avoid mistakes in English grammar. For more comprehensive rules please look under the appropriate topic (part of speech etc) on our grammar page. A sentence starts with a capital letter and…

个字母暗藏的单词秘密 人们普通认为:英语是拼音文字,因而与象形无关.但是,实际上,即使作为拼音文字,其字母的来源也与象形有关.根据笔者十多年的研究结果,英语中的二十六个字母每个字母都有其象形意义,而且更重要的是:这些字母的象形意义对于记忆大量的英语单词具有重要意义.本文专门探讨英语中二十六个字母最重要的象形意义及其在英语单词记忆中的作用. 字母A a——象形人头,指男人,人头, 喻向前英语中的第一个字母a 从外形上看象一个"人头"(head).常用来指(man),所以在man(男人)一…

我们都知道汉字是象形文字,但如果说英语也是象形文字,你一定会以为纯是无稽之谈.其实,追根溯源,英语的26个字母确实来自于象形文字.这26个字母最初起源于埃及象形文字,后由腓尼基人改进发明了腓尼基字母,希腊人对腓尼基字母加以改革后创造了希腊字母,古罗马人对希腊字母加以改革进而发明了拉丁字母,英文字母就属于拉丁字母.几千年的变迁,古代字母和现代字母的发音已经有很大的区别,但其基本的象形含义仍或多或少地保存下来.而且每个字母的原始意义又渗透到各种词根之中,最终在现代词汇中留下了明显的痕迹. 理解26个…

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How I explained OOD to my wife Learning Object Oriented Design principles through interesting conversations. Introduction My wife Farhana wants to resume her career as a software developer (she started her career as a software developer, but couldn't…