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    In British English, using quite suggests you are not very enthusiastic about something. In American English, quite is a stronger way of qualifying an adjective. In both British and American English, the way you say the word is important. In British English, if you say It was quite good and you put the emphasis on the quite , you mean it was good, but not very good. If you put the emphasis on good, you mean it was very good. In British English, when it is used with adjectives like impossible or unacceptable , it means completely , and you put the emphasis on it. In American English, the emphasis is always on the adjective that goes with quite. ---from Longman .
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    January 10, 2014
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    A brook winds its way through mountains.
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    January 8, 2014
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    当轰鸣的坦克,When roaring tanks 咆哮着,rumbling 越过纵横交错的封锁,through the land crisscrossed by blockades, 登上最后一座山坡。getting to the top of the last hill. 战争的烟火,Flames and smoke 终将沉没于历史的长河。will be eventually forgotten by history. 当无情的战车,When relentless chariots 咆哮着,rumbling 冲破日渐斑驳的古老院落,through ancient lands that are crumbling, 碾过最后一片沙漠。running over the last piece of desert 胜利的凯歌,The song of triumph 仅是侵略者无耻的掠夺。is nothing but the looting and plundering by the invaders. 这一刻,At this moment, 我将已上帝之名诉说——审判的结果。I will announce the verdict in the name of God. 请让一切的罪恶,Please let all the evil things 都随着昨天的日落,一同沉没。sink with the sunset. 沉没于微弱而磅礴的生命之河,in the River of Life that is weak and vast, 沉没于被世人所遗忘的每一个角落。in the forgotten corners. 最终我们将得以解脱,Eventually we will free ourselves 从地狱之门的一个个漩涡,from swirls in the Gate of Hell, 化作天空的一片片云朵。turning into clouds in the sky 慢慢飘落, (and then) floating down slowly, 飘落 floating down
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    January 8, 2014
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    #1. "他们说它是什么” can mean both, you got it right. #2. I think it depends on how you pronounce 什么 rather than the context in which it's used. #3. 他们说它是的 makes sense to me, but it means a different thing, which means "they said yes it is.“ Person A: What did they say when you ask them if it was the dog that chased my kid the other day? 当你问他们它是前几天那只追我家小孩儿的狗吗,他们说什么了? Person B:They said yes it was. 他们说它是的 or 他们说是它 Obviously it is easy to tell if what the writer saying is a question or a statement by seeing what punctuation mark is being used. when listening, it's a question if 什么 is pronounced with rising intonation; it's a statement if it's pronounced with flat intonation. It's as simple as that. If your father comes back from a trip to Africa and brings your family a strange fruit that you've never seen before. Your mom and your sisters huddle around the fruit in the kitchen and talk about the name of this fruit... Scenario A: (You brother and you were watching TV in the living room, you overheard the name but didn't hear it clearly, so you asked your brother sitting next to you what they said it was, because you didn't know what it's called and you wanted to know...) 他们说它是什么?[什么 is pronounced with rising intonation] but on second thought, actually you can say this regardless of whether or not you know what it's called. Scenario B: (You just came back home and didn't know what's going on. then you walked into the kichen and asked what they're talking about. Your sister would say this sentence, pointing her finger at the strange fruit on the table...) 他们说它是什么[ flat intonation]. They said what it is. (it's just a statement and tells you what they were saying.)
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    August 4, 2013
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    July 31, 2013
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    没得说: Too good to put into words!!!
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    July 31, 2013
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    万绿丛中一点红,A touch of red among the green, 动人春色不须多。Nothing says spring more than that.
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    July 31, 2013
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    一个月: one month 一个多月: more than one month. 一个来月: less than one month 今年暑假我还在山海玩了一个多月呢! I spent more than one month in SHANHAI this summer.
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    July 22, 2013
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    Just imagine you're a high-jumper and you're practicing the high jump now. If we set the bar at a very low height, let's say 3 feet, you would jump over the bar without any doubt. in this situation we say 你过来了。 Okay, now let's raise the bar to 7 feet, I am sure you wouldn't be able to jump over the bar, in this situation we say 你不会跳过来 or 你不会过来。 So back to your sentences, normally we use 不...过来 when we can't cope with something or can't handle a difficult situation. It is kind of a figurative use of language. 这里事儿太多,你一个人忙得过来吗?There're too many things to deal with, Can you manage them all yourself? 这里事儿不多,我一个人能忙过来。There're not many things to deal with, I can handle them all by myself. Send me message if you still dont get it. :-)
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    July 21, 2013
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    I was a doctor, but now i am a teacher.

     

    原来.....现在....

     

    原来我是医生,现在我是老师。

    我原来是医生,我现在是老师。

    我是医生原来,我是老师现在。

     

    You can see 原来,现在 can be put in a few different places in a sentence.

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    July 21, 2013
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