英语演讲 | Edward M. Kennedy: Address to the People of Massachusetts on Chappaquiddick
I have requested this opportunity to talk to the people of Massachusetts about the tragedy which happened last Friday evening.
短篇小说 | My Debut as a Literary Person
I was in the islands to write letters for the weekly edition of the Sacramento 'Union,' a rich and influential daily journal which hadn't any use for them, but could afford to spend twenty dollars a week for nothing.
容易误译的英语 | in kind 同样地
本例的in kind意为“同样地”。
区别辨析agreement、contract、treaty、convention、bargain、understanding与accord
agreement、contract、treaty、convention、bargain、understanding与accord这些名词均含“协定、协议、契约、合同”之意。
英语笑话 | 可我什么都没做啊！
“You’re sacked.”
“你被解雇了。”
小词详解 | peculiar
出于某种奇怪的原因，一排排的女人涌上前去。
For some peculiar reason, row upon row of women surged forwards.
伊索寓言 | The Rabbit the Weasel and the Cat
The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage.
英语演讲 | Mario Matthew Cuomo: Religious Belief and Public Morality: A Catholic Governor's Perspective
We can be fully Catholic; proudly, totally at ease with ourselves, a people in the world, transforming it, a light to this nation.
短篇小说 | My Boyhood Dreams
The dreams of my boyhood? No, they have not been realised. For all who are old, there is something infinitely pathetic about the subject which you have chosen, for in no greyhead's case can it suggest any but one thing--disappointment.
容易误译的英语 | in good shape 健康情况良好
in good shape 意为“健康情况良好”，其反义语是out of shape（“健康欠佳”）。
区别辨析agree、accord、coincide、conform与correspond
agree、accord、coincide、conform与correspond这些动词均含“符合、一致”之意。
英语笑话 | 办公室的屋顶漏水
“There’s a leaky roof in my office.”
“我办公室的屋顶漏水。”
