This room smells awful.
這房間有股怪味。
(zhe4 fang2 jian1 you2 gu3 guai4 wei4)
When people talk about fast delivery or logistics, most assume these are modern inventions. However, the need to convey messages and ship goods efficiently existed in ancient China. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the governments implemented official systems to deliver orders and military information across long distances. Later, this system, known as yizhan, reached its peak during the Tang period and remained crucial to Chinese society for centuries. The main function of a yizhan was to deploy documents and personnel quickly across vast regions. Messengers would stop at these stations to change horses or rest. Sometimes,
Bilingual Story is a fictionalized account. 雙語故事部分內容純屬虛構。 “Sentence me to death! I beg you — I beg you!” He stood, thin from weeks in a cell, but steady. The courtroom was silent. Soldiers lined the walls. Reporters looked up, pens suspended above their notebooks. The judges shifted. Cameras clicked once, then stopped. Outside, the sun blazed over the barracks yard. Inside, it was winter. The words rebellion and death penalty hung in the air like a storm cloud about to break. But this moment had not begun here. It began three months earlier, on a warm December evening. The traffic circle
A: I went to see Wicked: For Good on Thanksgiving Day last Thursday. It was so interesting. B: I went to see Zootopia 2. It was also pretty good. My friends say I look like one of the movie’s characters: Officer Benjamin Clawhauser. A: Now that you mention it, you do look like the cheetah. What other blockbusters are coming out soon? B: Avatar: Fire and Ash, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, and Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere are the most anticipated movies. A: Plus, Hero! Hito! — a documentary film about Taiwan winning the 2024 “WBSC Premier
1. 我離開香港前會來看你。 ˇ I will come to see you before I leave Hong Kong. χ I will come to see you before I will leave Hong Kong. 註：表示未來的時間副詞從屬句通常用一般現在時態，但用 when 引導的名詞從屬句，如表示未來，則必須用將來時態，試觀察下列各句： I will have finished my work by the time he returns. As soon as he comes, we will start working. I don’t know when he will come; but when he does, I will speak to him. 2. 他打開門，拔腿就逃。 ˇ He opened the door and ran off. χ He opened the door and runs off. 註：在同一句中，兩個動詞表示的動作雖有先後，但都屬過去的範疇，動詞該用過去時態。 3. 他昨天告訴我他暑假期間要到泰國去。 ˇ Yesterday he told me that he was going to Thailand for the summer vacation. χ Yesterday he told me that
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