Life without Television When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚ my sister and I thought we would have a terrible week. How could we get through the long evenings in such a quite house? What would it be like without all the shows to keep us company? We soon realized‚ though‚ that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune. It became easy for each of us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores‚ and
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driver did not approve of small boys who worked Answer 4-(1): (a) the boys were untidy and poorly dressed Question 4-(2): The narrator was most impressed by the boys’ (a) desire to earn money (b) willingness to work (c) ability to perform many tasks (d) sense of fun Answer 4-(2): (b) willingness to work Question 4-(3): Nicola was not pleased when Jacopo asked the narrator to drive them to Poleta as he (a) did not want a stranger to become involved with their plans (b) preferred going
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Dad was dying. That I knew. Every night I would wish on a star. I would sit on my bed‚ looking out my window‚ and waiting for the star to make my wish come true. But I never found that star. I didn’t follow the rules and so my wish didn’t come true. Now I know it couldn’t have mattered anyway. I still remember the day my dad was diagnosed. We were packing for our annual trip to Florida and he needed to get a check-up at the doctor. After practically shoving my dad out the door‚ my mom and I started
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All About Nothing: The Story of My Life Perhaps the most important thing that has happened in my life is the fact that nothing really big or important has ever happened in my life. For example‚ my parents are still happily married‚ and nobody really close to me has evr died. All of this is very unfortunate‚ I am sure‚ because if one of these things had happened I would have been able to find a topic for this very essay which I am writing very easily‚ and would not have had such a hard time
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The negative influence factor which radiates from father‚ Don‚ in Lenore Keeshig-Tobias ’ essay‚ "He Was a Boxer When I Was Small‚" is a great example of how a parent ’s actions can brainwash and alter their children ’s future decisions in life. Author Keeshig-Tobias grew up in a miserable household raised by her feared‚ alcoholic father‚ who held frequent temper tantrums in order to establish his parental authority. Don has many flaws that make him a bad father‚ including his temper‚ ignorance‚
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Life without television When my family’s only television set went to repair shop the other day‚ my parents‚my sister‚ and I thought we would have terrible week . How could we get through the long evenings in such a quiet house ? what would it be like without all the shows to keep us company ? we soon realized‚ though‚ that I am living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune .It became easy for us to enjoy some activities alone‚ to complete some postponed chores ‚and to spend
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25th‚Nov. Practice prompt 4 for 2nd Monthly Test Life without Internet The moment Selena reached down and unplugged the ether-net cable from her computer‚ she felt like school was out for the summer holiday‚ and the simultaneous relief and boredom that last bell brought. She sat quietly for a while‚ and soon realized that she had been anticipating this moment for ages‚ but for some limitations of her job‚ she had not made any plans: she was employed in a private consulting company; she got millions
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Electricity what is it? Electricity is also known as electrical energy which is the flow of moving electrons. Electrons are from atoms which have three different components with different charges. There are protons with a positive charge‚ neutrons with a neutral charge‚ and electrons with a negative charge. But the negatively charged electrons are useless if they don’t have a circuit to travel on. A circuit is a system that is made of three different components and they are: an energy source
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“IF THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY” To think of life without electricity is almost impossible today. Elec tricity provides all the comforts of life. We find ourselves completely helpless and feel its importance whenever power fails or when the sup ply is irregular. We curse the government for its failure to supply unin terrupted electric supply. In case of no electricity our life would be totally different. We will have to use earthen lamps‚ lantern or candle-light instead of electric bulbs and tubes
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I awoke to the penetrating glare of the sun‚ felt it crawl along my whiskers rising higher and higher with each passing minute. The sun weaved through Ada’s blinds like smoke seeping through the room in strands of light that lingered peacefully in the crisp autumn air. I stood stretching and testing each and every sinew as feeling and strength slowly returned to my limbs. As I shook off sleep my senses became more and more attuned. I could hear the loud chattering of pigeons on the roof and see the
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