
短篇小说 | The Five Boons of Life
In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said:
In the morning of life came a good fairy with her basket, and said:
as、because、for与since这些连词均含有“因为”之意。
What runs, but never walks. Murmurs, but never talks. Has a bed, but never sleeps. And has a mouth, but never eats?
什么东西会跑却从不走路,总是咕哝却从不说话, 有床却从不睡觉,有嘴却从不吃东西?
消费品以旧换新
trade-in of old consumer goods
metaphysical [ˌmetə'fizikəl ]adj. 超自然的,形而上学的
island half(复合名词)意思不是“半岛”而是“半页广告”,peninsula, byland和biland才是“半岛”。
Some days ago a correspondent sent in an old typewritten sheet, faded by age, containing the following letter over the signature of Mark Twain:
Hurdle vs Hurtle
artificial、false、synthetic与man-made这些形容词均有“人造的、非自然的”之意。
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
穷人有它。 富人需要它。 如果你吃了它你就会死。 它是什么?
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