专栏作家_中国日报网英语点津

Metro line 5 a tangible benefit

2007-10-17 10:47

This example illustrates that so long as the authorities make sure a new way of life they advocate is tangibly beneficial, the citizens will naturally follow it.

Accept English grammar

2007-10-16 14:16

I've been having problems with English grammar. For instance I find these questions (picked from "error detection" tests) are beyond me.

"Worrying about first impressions"

2007-10-15 14:16

In English they say, "Don't judge a book by its cover", but you and I both do

“高速公路”的英语对应词是expressway吗

2007-10-11 10:22

也许因为是高等级公路的缘故，这些高速公路上几乎都有配备了英语译文的标识文字（公示语），其中，“高速公路”被几乎被清一色地翻译成了expressway……

Letters of yester years

2007-10-10 11:46

When did you last write - I mean in the real sense, i.e. a handwritten letter - to your parents, brothers, sisters...

Slippery slope?

2007-09-28 11:24

One of the fears facing English learners in reading news in English is new words – ugh, so many of them, I hear you groan.

“酒后驾车”还是“边开车边喝酒”？

2007-09-28 09:33

英语中对于“酒后驾车”的固定表达方式，依据其饮酒程度有“DUI”，即drive under the influence（of alcohol），或者是 OUI（operating under the influence）；以及“drunk driving”或DWI（driving while intoxicated）。