standard ['st?nd?d]

n. 標準，規格;旗，軍旗;度量衡標準;直立支柱; adj. 標準的，合格的;普遍的，一般的;公認為優秀的;

preparation [,pr?p?'re??n]

n. 準備，預備;準備工作;配制品;制劑;

prepar=prepare準備+ation名詞后綴 →準備

Too much tea will brown your teeth, but it's good for your health; so what are you going to do?

茶喝多了會把你的牙齒染黃，但對你的身體去有好處。因此你會怎么辦？

Water afar quenches not fire.

遠水難救近火。

The only way that they can preserve their history is to recount it as sagas -- legends handed down from one generation of another.These legends are useful because they can tell us something about migrations of people who lived long ago, but none could wri

他們保存歷史的唯一辦法是將歷史當作傳說講述，由講述人一代接一代地將史實描述為傳奇故事口傳下來。