He cut the apple ________, and gave the big to his little sister. A. into half B. into halves C. in
The History of John Bull will probably be found, nowadays, to be the most interesting of Arbuthnot’s works. To enjoy it, some knowledge of the history of the time is necessary; but the allegory, as the brief sketch that follows will show, is, for the most part, transparent, and the humour is well kept up. The book begins with an account of the quarrels since the death of Charles II of Spain (Lord Strutt), who settled his estate upon his cousin Philip Baboon, to the great disappointment of his cousin Esquire South (archduke Charles of Austria). John Bull and Nicholas Frog (the Dutch) were afraid that Lord Strutt would give all his custom to his grandfather Lewis Baboon, and they threatened Lord Strutt that, if he continued to deal with his grandfather, they would go to law with him; while there were other tradesmen who were glad to join against Lewis Baboon if Bull and Frog would bear the charges of the suit. The case was put into the hands of Hocus, the attorney (the duke of Marlborough), and the decision went in favour of John Bull and his friends; but repeated promises that the next verdict would be the final determination wre not fulfilled, and new trials and new difficulties continued to present themselves. Hocus proved himself superior to most of his profession:
He kept always good clerks, he loved money, was smooth tongued, gave good words, and seldom lost his temper; he was not worse than an infidel, for he provided plentifully for his family; but he loved himself better than them all. The neighbours reported that he was henpecked, which was most impossible with such a mild-spirited woman as his wife was.
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John Bull was so pleased with his success that he thought of leaving off his trade and turning lawyer. John, in the main, was
an honest, plain-dealing fellow, choleric, bold, and of a very inconstant temper…. He was very apt to quarrel with his best friends, especially if they pretended to govern him. If you flattered him you might lead him like a child. John’s temper depended very much upon the air; his spirits rose and fell with the weather-glass. John was quick and understood his business very well: but no man alive was more careless in looking into his accounts, or more cheated by partners, apprentices and servants. This was occasioned by his being a boon companion, loving his bottle and his diversion; for, to say truth, no man kept a better house than John, nor spent his money more generously.
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His mania for the law was checked by his discovery of an intrigue between Hocus and Mrs. Bull, his first wife (the late whig parliament). Violent scenes ensued and, at last, Mrs. Bull was maltreated and died, leaving three daughters, Polemia, Discordia and Usuria. John at once married again (the new tory parliament). This wife was a sober country gentlewoman, who gave him good advice, urging him to bring the litigation to an end. When he looked through his attorney’s bill, he was shocked at its length, and discovered that he had been egregiously cheated, and that the whole burden of the lawsuit had been thrown upon his shoulders. The other tradesmen abused Mrs. Bull, and said that their interests were sacrificed. 11
The second of the series of pamphlets begins with the discovery of a paper by the first Mrs. Bull containing a vindication of the duty of unfaithfulness incumbent upon wives in cases of infidelity of their husbands. This, of course, is a satire on the disloyalty of whigs. Then, Diego (earl of Nottingham) had an interview with the second Mrs. Bull, in the hope of satisfying her that John must not desert his friends; but she showed that Nick Frog had been deceiving John and endeavouring to make a private arrangement with Lewis Baboon. The guardians of Bull’s three daughters (the whig leaders) came to John and urged that the lawsuit should be continued; but John told them that he knew when he was ill-used; that he was aware how his family were apt to throw away their money in their cups; but that it was an unfair thing to take advantage of his weakness and make him set his hand to papers when he could hardly hold his pen. 12
The third pamphlet relates to John Bull’s mother (the church of England), and his sister Peg (the Scottish church) and her love affair with Jack (presbyterianism). The mother was of a meek spirit, and strictly virtuous. She always put the best construction on the words and actions of her neighbours; she was neither a prude nor a fantastic old belle. John’s sister was a poor girl who had been starved as nurse. John had all the good bits: his sister had only a little oatmeal or a dry crust; he had lain in the best apartments with his bedchamber towards the south; she had lodged in a garret exposed to the north wind; but she had life and spirit in abundance and knew when she was ill-used. The pamphlet ends with a letter from Nick Frog to John Bull urging him to mortgage his estate, and with an account of a conference between Bull, Frog, South and Lewis Baboon at the Salutation tavern (congress of Utrecht). The fourth part of John Bull is concerned, to some extent, with Jack and the bill against occasional conformity; and the fifth and last part refers to the meetings at the Salutation inn and the intrigues of the various tradesmen. John had interviews with Nick Frog and Lewis Baboon about Ecclesdown castle (Dunkirk) and other matters, and the lawsuit was brought to an end with John in possession of Ecclesdown, to his great satisfaction. 13
Arbuthnot’s masterpiece owed something to Swift’s Tale of a Tub, published eight years earlier; but the plot in Swift’s book is very slight, and there was nothing in the past history of satire to correspond to the clearly drawn characters and the well developed story designed to promote certain views on public policy in the minds of the people, which are to be found in John Bull. 14
The Art of Political Lying is a delightful skit, “like those pamphlets called ‘The Works of the Learned.”’ Political lying is the “art of convincing the people of salutary falsehoods, for some good end.” A lie, it is suggested, is best contradicted by another lie; if it be said that a great person is dying, the answer should be, not that he is in perfect health, but that he is slowly recovering. One chapter of the promised treatise was to be an enquiry, which of the two parties are the greatest political liars. In both are to be found great geniuses; but they are prone to glut the market with lies. Heads of parties are warned against believing their own lies; all parties have been subject to this misfortune, due to too great a zeal in the practice of the art. There are many forms of political lies: the additory, the detractory, the translatory, which transfers the merit of a man’s good action, or the demerit of a man’s bad action, to another.
When one ascribes anything to a person which does not belong to him, the lie ought to be calculated not quite contradictory to his known quality. For example, one would not make the French king present at a Protestant conventicle, nor the Dutch paying more than their quota.
The wit of this jeu d’esprit is worthy of Swift at his best, and the method of gravely asserting impossible things and arguing from those assertions is often to be found in Swift’s work. The style, too, has the vigorous and idiomatic character of Swift’s, and there is abundance of humour.
I
went
fishing
with
my
dad
this
morning
and
got
a
lot
of
fish.
You
can
take
__
if
you
want
to.
A.few
B.a
few
C.little
D.a
little
B
这里是几条鱼，应该可数。
I've
got
many
books
on
how
to
learn
English
better.
You
can
borrow
____if
you
like.
A.either
B.one
C.it
D.every
C
表示泛指，可借任何一本。
either两者中的一个，it
是特指，
every
每一个
--Is
your
uncle
coming
by
train?
--He
should,
but
he
__
not.
He
likes
driving
his
car.
A.may
B.shall
C.must
D.need
A
may
not
可能不
It's
too
late
to
go
out
now
and
_____,it's
starting
to
rain.
A.though
B.instead
C.however
D.besides
D
besides表示还有，though虽然
instead相反
however然而
--Let's
go
out
for
a
walk
after
supper,
shall
we?
--___.
A.why
not
B.Yes,let's
C.We
shall
D.Of
course
A
表示好，why
not
为什么不，
表示是同意，好的意思。
I
can't
make
up
my
mind
if
I
will
go
to
my
friend's
birthday
party.同义句改写
I
can't
make
up
my
mind
_to_
go
to
my
friend's
birthday
party.
不选c有很多理由，首先意思上就不对，cut in是切进去了，但是没有分为两半这个结果，也就是没切开，更不用提把大的分给妹妹
他把苹果切成两份然后把大的那份给他的妹妹。
a．成两份
b．成两份（在英语中，只有物品的数量达2个以上就要加es，s，ex，等。
c．in是介词，介词后面必须有介词宾语
唱诗黄柏：[答案] cut the apple 切苹果 Cut the apple into halves. 把这个苹果切成两半. 2. He cut the apple in two halves. 他把苹果切成两半. 3. She cut the apple in two halves. 她把苹果切成两半. 4. I have cut the apple with a knife. 我用小刀切了苹果. 5. I cut the apple with a...
西丰县19392281354： 分析英语句子成分He cut the apple in half. 这个句子中in half充当句子的什么成分?是cut的状语,还是apple的补语?为什么不能说成是He cut in half the apple. - ？
唱诗黄柏：[答案] in half是cut的状语,in half是cut the apple这个动作的结果,因此是结果状语. 为什么不能说成是He cut in half the apple?因为cut是及物动词,修饰及物动词的状语一般要放在及物动词所带的宾语后面.如: I wrote the letter carefully. I wrote the letter with ...
西丰县19392281354： 用适当的介词填空He cut the apple - ___ - half.我想填up但后面还有个half - ？
唱诗黄柏：[答案] in in harf 如果half是单数就用介词in into harves 如果half变成复数halves,就用介词into 这是固定用法
西丰县19392281354： he. cut the apple. into pieces的否定形式? - ？
唱诗黄柏： 首先,cut 是一般现在,过去式和过去分copy词同形,都是cut. 其次由此题判断,应该是过去时态,因为一般现在时应该用cut的三单形式zhidaocuts 所以再改成否定形式时要用过去时态. 即:He didn't cut the apple into pieces.
西丰县19392281354： 英语CUT有那些短语 - ？
唱诗黄柏： 1. cut sb sth 为某人切某物.如: Cut me some pineapple. 给我切几片菠萝吧. He cut me a slice of bread. 他为我切了一块面包. 注:该句型也可转换为: Cut some pineapple for me. He cut a slice of bread for me. 2. cut sth into sth 把某物切成某...
西丰县19392281354： 英语造句cut,paint,wish分别造一个句子要求:用这个结构:主+谓语+宾语+宾补 - ？
唱诗黄柏：[答案] He cut the apple open. She pianted the wall white. I wish you happy.
西丰县19392281354： 什么时候用have,什么时候用with - ？
唱诗黄柏： 这两个词的词性不一样,have 是动词,with是介词,所以做谓语时用have,做状语时用with.例如: We have many new books. 我们有很多新书.He cut the apple with a knife.他用小刀切苹果.
西丰县19392281354： cut构成 短语 - ？
唱诗黄柏： cut短语词汇 1. cut sb sth 为某人切某物.如: Cut me some pineapple. 给我切几片菠萝吧. He cut me a slice of bread. 他为我切了一块面包. 注:该句型也可转换为: Cut some pineapple for me. He cut a slice of bread for me. 2. cut sth ...
西丰县19392281354： she is cut the apple.的cut要加s吗 - ？
唱诗黄柏： 被动词和动词原形不能连用.She is cutting the apple.她正在切苹果(现在进行时) 或者 She cuts the apple.她切苹果.(一般现在时)
西丰县19392281354： (1)He - ---(cut) the apple into - ---(half) - ---(介词)a drink. - ？
唱诗黄柏： 1. cut , halves, for2. doesn't she like drinking/ to drink3. to answer4. to hear
