Sophie1994

@Sophie1994 (31)

China • Age 32

Joined myLot 13 years ago

Discussions (12)

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Hockey

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 24 Jun 14

An American friend said he spotted some guy in the crease. What did he mean?

Her/Their?

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 28 Nov 13

Here is the sentence: She is one of those who always speak _______ mind. (her/ their) Then which word should I choose to complete it?

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How Reading Changed My Life

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 28 Nov 13

The following sentence is a quotation from the article How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen. There was waking, and there was sleeping. And then there were books , a kind of parallel universe.... Is "There was waking, and...

on the farm / in the farm?

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 24 Nov 13

I always read "on the farm" in English articles, but can "in the farm" possibly be used? Here is a sentence from Silent Spring. [/i]An insect that lives on wheat can build up its population to much higher levels on a farm...

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In My Day

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 24 Nov 13

Hi! What do the following two sentences (from In My Day) mean? It was an awkward question with which to be awakened.(I am confused by the structure) "I'm being buried today," she declared briskly, as though announcing an...

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Question

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 13 Nov 13

"Terrorism, broadly speaking, in Africa is still tightly constrained to regional or local political dynamics." I can't get through the meaning of the sentence above.

for, because, since, as

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 12 Nov 13

I'm always confused by these four words which all introduce a reason. Can anyone give me some examples?

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Grammer

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 11 Nov 13

The following is a quotation from my textbook: It took hundreds of millions of years to produce the life that now inhabits the earth. Given time - time not in years but in millennia - life adjusts, and a balance has been...

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Comprehending

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 11 Nov 13

Here is a quotation from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson. Only in the present century has one species - man - acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world. During the past quarter century this power has not only...

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A strange change in Mylot

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 31 Oct 13

I had''t logged in Mylot for quite a long time , nearly four months until last night, it has changed so much that I suspected I had logged in a wrong website. I couldn't find my posts I created before. The preface of Mylot had...

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seeking for a penpal

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 30 Oct 13

Hi, I’m Sophie from China. I long to have a penpal in order to practise my English, discuss and learn other cultures.If you're interested in this, we can exchange our E-mail addresses.

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Diogenes and Alexander

Sophie1994 @Sophie1994 (31) • China 30 Oct 13

Hi, everyone. I've just learned an essay from my textbook- Diogenes and Alexander by Gilbert Highet. I like the essay very much for its precise language. But also I don't understand why did Diogenes take his old cask and roll it...

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