A : Why are you still working?
B : I’m waiting for Stacy’s article. I called but I couldn’t get hold of her.
A : She’s in England and can only be reached by e-mail.
B : In that case I’ll fire off an e-mail to her right away.
A : 怎麼還不下班？
B : 我還在等Stacy的稿子，打電話也找不到她。
A : 她人在英國，好像只能用e-mail聯絡。
B : 那我立刻寫信聯絡她。
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
Space may be silent, but it isn’t scentless. According to Marina Barcenilla, a space scientist and fragrance designer, different celestial bodies give off a surprising range of smells. For example, Jupiter has cloud layers filled with chemicals like ammonia and sulfur, which could smell like cat urine or rotten eggs. Deeper layers, those closer to the planet’s core, might smell oily and garlicky due to phosphorus and tholins, complex organic molecules that can smell like gasoline. Barcenilla, who recreates cosmic scents for exhibitions, says these smells provide clues about the composition of planets and moons. For instance, the atmosphere
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,
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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