apprehension : anixiety bland : showing no strong emotions foible : little weekness or strange habit bustling : very busy butler : main‚male servant yearing : strong desire diminutive : small and thin dapper : man dressed nicely hazy : not clear flabby : unattrective‚soft‚loose cable : telegraf shrill : very high and unpleasant sound tinkling : a light ringing sound pantry: a small room in a house where foods is kept appressive : a situation that makes you unhappy‚worried glimmer:
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Q: In your own words‚ details the ‘for’ and ‘against’ arguments with regard to innate and learned behaviour. A: There are two types of behaviour‚ innate and learned. Innate behaviour (also known as nature) is defined as natural and instinctive. It is the behaviour present at birth‚ the fixed‚ unchanging behaviours.Nativists believe that various aspects of behaviour are innate. They argue that behaviour is due to genetics as we inherit the qualities that decide the kind of person we will be. For
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Pigs in Heaven starts on a farm somewhere in rural Kentucky where a woman named Alice Greer who is feeling lonely after her cousin Sugar moved away. Alice’s husband gives her little warmth and has a obsession with TV. The story then shifts over to Alice’s daughter Taylor and her adopted daughter Turtle. While they are driving to tour the Grand Canyon they stoop to take a picture at the Hoover Dam. Just when they are leaving Turtle sees a man (Lucky Buster) falls down into the Hoover Dam drainage
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Cinema 100 Citizen Kane Citizen Kane is hailed as one of the best films of all time‚ and with good reason. Citizen Kane is in the Film noire genre and is about Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles)‚ who is the owner of a huge media empire; He dies in his bedroom at his estate named Xanadu. Clutching onto a snow globe as he dies‚ Kane’s final word is “Rosebud.”A news reporter named Jerry Thompson (William Alland) is interested in the life and death of Kane‚ so he tries to find some extra information
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What is the best way of explaining football hooliganism? “Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred‚ jealousy‚ boastfulness‚ disregard of all rules and sadistic pleasure in witnessing violence. In other words: it is war minus the shooting." (Oswell‚ 1945) The best way to explain football hooliganism is to perceive it in the same context as war. Like war‚ football hooliganism has different factors that all contribute to the overall goal. Although the
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He focuses on the real world and provides guidelines for how people should live their lives. (www.mythencyclipedia.com) Morality was the most important subject for Confucius. His goal was to create gentlemen who carry themselves with grace‚ dignity‚ and good moral character and be well-spoken. In describing the Ideal person according to Confucius‚ he or she can be described as one who has learned how to “live their life within the parameters firmly established by Heaven.” (www.platostanford
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ourselves ‚ and learning beyond the textbook‚ for example interpersonal skill‚ moral educating ‚adapt to the fast change society and to be a all-rounded people. I think learning is not only in our school life‚ but also a lifelong career. So I don’t agree real learning start at university ‚ its start from when we born. Learning does not only happen in school‚ it can happen in everywhere and learning from the thing surrounding you. For me‚ education is a process of passing on the knowledge‚ skills‚ value
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From the ancient times and even today Deaf education has had arguments against which method is right or wrong. No matter which way the tides turned there have been important people there to help guide the Deaf educations along. We will start with the great philosopher Aristotle. Now I know what you are thinking‚ why would I talk about Aristotle when it comes to Deaf education? It has been said that he is the first person ever recorded to have talked about Deaf culture. Even though he is a great
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maintained with care. One can not live without friends and real friendship could be a great support in one’s life. Friendship is simply a divine relationship based on feelings and understanding. It’s not an ordinary social or official affair between people but a divine feeling and care based on mutual trust‚ affection and support. A true friendship is developed ultimately; sometimes relationship could be established for earthly benefits but that is not really considered friendship. A real friendship does
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The way up to heaven A short story by Roald Dahl All her life‚ Mrs. Foster had had an almost pathological fear of missing a train‚ a plane‚ a boat‚ or even a theatre curtain. Being late on occasions would throw her into such a state of nerves that she would begin to twitch. It was just a tiny vellicating muscle in the corner of the left eye‚ like a secret wink. Married for 30 years. She has been a good and loyal wife. The husband knows about her problem and likes to see her suffering. She is
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