词源趣谈 | milliner 女帽设计（或制造、销售）者
milliner 指制作或销售女帽的人。它在 16世纪进入英语，写作 Milaner ，指从意大利米兰来的奢侈品商人。
伊索寓言 | The Wolf and the Crane
Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
女生叫 Maura 是什么意思？
Maura 是一个英文名字，源自拉丁语，意为“光辉”，寓意着光明、辉煌。
英语演讲 | Cesar E. Chavez: The Mexican-American and the Church
The place to begin is with our own experience with the Church in the strike that has gone on for thirty-one months in Delano.
短篇小说 | My Old Man
I guess looking at it now my old man was cut out for a fat guy, one of those regular little roly fat guys you see around, but he sure never got that way, except a little toward the last, and then it wasn't his fault, he was riding over the jumps only and he could afford to carry plenty of weight then.
区别辨析scatter、disperse、spread与diffuse
scatter、disperse、spread与diffuse这些动词均含“使分散、使散开”之意。
英语后缀 | -hood 【名词后缀】表示时期、情况、状态、性质、身份、资格等
childhood ［'tʃaildhud ］n. 童年
词源趣谈 | midwife 助产士
midwife 常指经过受训帮助妇女分娩的女护士。
伊索寓言 | The Wolf and the Ass
Stick to your trade.
英语演讲 | Gerald R. Ford: Address Upon Taking the Oath of the U.S. Presidency
The oath that I have taken is the same oath that was taken by George Washington and by every President under the Constitution.
短篇小说 | Mr. and Mrs. Elliott
Mr. and Mrs. Elliot tried very hard to have a baby. They tried as often as Mrs. Elliot could stand it. They tried in Boston after they were married and they tried coming over on the boat.
区别辨析scene、view、sight、scenery与landscape
scene、view、sight、scenery与landscape这些名词均含“景色、风景”之意。
