Mr./Miss_______may refer to an ideal or entirely suitable person for one to marry.

Compare the following pairs of sentences and illustrate how English and Chinese are different in sentence patterns.

A (1) Those who want to please sign their names here.

(2) 要去的人请在这里签名。

B (1) She has translated into English a novel written by Lu Xun.

(2) 她把一本鲁迅写的小说译成了英语。

How does our posture reflect our gender?

“The girl looks like her mother.”

“The girl looks like an angel.”

“O, my love is like a red, red rose. That’s newly sprung in June.”

Use the above sentences to explain what two requirements similes and metaphors must meet.

What does the main feature of the headline in English newspapers?

How are the compound“greenhouse”and its Chinese equivalent “温室” different so far as reflected meaning is concerned?

How is language related to thought?

The British English word for“电梯” is “lift”, while the American English word for it is _______.

________are physical acts that can fully take the place of spoken words.

A: Would you like to come in and have a cup of tea?B: Sorry, I have an early meeting tomorrow morning.The sentences in the above dialogue exhibit coherence because the sentences are linked by_______alone.

“A white Christmas” refers to snow at Christmas time. This expression is in contrast with “a ______Christmas”that refers to a Christmas without snow.