英语语法：154 Active Voice Versus Passive Voice

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A: I want to get a snack at the cafeteria. B: What are you going to buy? A: I may just get some chips. B: I'm probably going to buy something too. A: What do you want to get? B: I want some sort of candy. A: What kind do you want? B: I want some choc

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A: I'm hungry. B: So am I. A: Where should we go eat today? B: How about we go eat in the cafeteria? A: I never bought food from the cafeteria. B: You haven't? They have a lot of good stuff. A: What do they have? B: They sell everything. A: Well, I w

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A: What are you having for lunch? B: I got a sandwich, some chips, and a soda. A: Did you bring that from home? B: I got it from the cafeteria. A: What kind of sandwich did you get? B: They messed up my order and gave me a bologna sandwich. A: How wa

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I access the internet in the cyber cafe. 我到网咖上网. Since my PC broke, I had to go to the cyber cafe. 由于我的电脑坏掉了, 我必须到网咖. There are lots of people enjoying playing online games in the cyber cafe. 网咖里很多人

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Grammar Girl here. Your hostess with the mostest, guest-writer Bonnie Trenga, is back for more on comparisons. In a previous show, we talked about when to use more and most or the suffixes -er and -est to make comparisons using adjectives and adverbs

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Head-waiter: Good evening, sir. Henry: Good evening. Wed like a table for four, please. Head-waiter: Do you have a reservation, sir? Henry: No, Im afraid not. Can we sit over there? Theres a table free by the window. Head-waiter: Sorry, sir. That tab