#Presentation#
Vocal variety;
--Pleasant, conveying a sense of friendlies.
--Natural, reflecting the true personality and sincerity of the speaker,
--Forceful, conveying vitality and strength, even when it isn't especially loud.
--Expressive, demonstrating various shades of meaning, never sounding monotonous and emotionless.
--Easily heard, as a result of proper volume and clear articulation.
#Presentation#
If listeners can't hear you, or if they find your voice annoying, they will not pay attention and your message will be lost.
#Question 64#
Where can wind strip paint off a car?
Answer: When a windstorm bows up int the desert, it blasts sand at anything in its path. Sand can strip the surface from all sorts of tough materials -even cars. That's why wood is smoothed with sandpaper and stone is plished with sandblasting machines.
#Grammar#
及物动词没有被动语态.
The price has been raised.
The housing price is rising.
The price has been cut by the supplier.
The food price has fallen.
happen, emerge, exist, appear, disappear, vary,differ,rise, fall, fly, walk,die.
没有被动语态.
#Grammar#
及物动词与不及物动词的区分,
一般如果动词后面需要跟着一个名词作为动作的接受者,就是及物动词,
如果动词可以独立存在,就是不及物动词.
#News#
As China's economic growth has slowed, some people have called for China to adopt large-scale economic stimulus policies, such as expanding monetary supply to release liquidity. But the Government Work Report this year indicates that pursuing a proactive fiscal policy does not mean that China will resort to strong monetary policies to stimulate the economy. Instead, it will adopt targeted regulation and control measures to strengthen areas of weakness and promote structural adjustment.
#Economist#
The British government's draft Brexit deal was again roundly defeated in Parliament. The prime minister, Theresa May, had won assurances from Brussels that the "backstop", which would keep Britain in the eu's customs union to avoid a hard border in Ireland, was temporary, but this failed to satisfy Brexiteers. mps alsovoted against a no-deal Brexit.
#Economist#
Worse is to come. The working-age population is shrinking as Thailand ages. Manufacturers are caught between low-wage countries, such as Vietnam,
and China, with its vast industrial base. China also poses a problem diplomatically, in its attempts to enforce its territorial claims in the South China Sea, and more broadly to impose its will on its smaller, weaker neighbours.
#Vocabulary#
A person — or an animal — who guards or defends the area she considers to belong to her is territorial. You can also use the adjective to describe anything relating to the territory itself. For example, territorial boundaries are invisible lines that mark the division between one country, or territory, and another.
#Expression#
Excuse me, I'm afraid you are sitting in my seat.
不好意思,你好像坐到我的座位上了,
I'm sorry, I made a mistake.
May I change seats with you?
我能和你换一下座位吗?