because I knew maybe I had an opportunity to go abroad to further my academic career. With these two years of study and various kinds of practice including reading and writing in classes‚ my spoken English was raised to a higher level and I got a decent TOEFL score. Moreover‚ I even remember the detail of the lectures about western culture. Apart from taking regular English classes in college‚ I started to learn medical English by myself and borrowed some English
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Matrix ................................................................................................................. 2 Home Depot‟s SWOT Matrix ..................................................................................................... 3 Ace‟s Hardware SWOT Matrix................................................................................................... 3 Macro-economic Factors & Lowe‟s ............................................................................................
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Just like every other day after school‚ Katie was taking a shortcut across a meadow to get home. She was walking in the meadow‚ surrounded by tall‚ green grass and flowers in all colours of the rainbow. She decided to explore the meadow and the forest surrounding it. She walked towards the forest‚ picking flowers on the way. Katie was so busy twisting the flower stems together to make necklaces‚ that she didn’t see the large hole a few meters ahead of her. Tumbling into the deep hole‚ Katie hit her
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He thinks he sees her corpse wink at him. Her ghost visits him and reveals the secret of the cards‚ if he bets on the three‚ the seven‚ and the ace consecutively‚ he’ll win. He does what her ghost told him and won on the three and seven‚ but when he thought he played the ace he had actually played a queen of spades. He losses everything‚ and sees the picture of the queen on the card wink at him. Devastated‚ he ends up in a mental institution‚ repeating the
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Buddhism and Christianity: A Comparison A missionary religion can be described as a religious group sent to an area of different spirituality‚ and sending the message of their belief. Two good examples of the success of missionary religions are Christianity in Europe and Buddhism in India‚ both using comparable conversion strategies. Christianity and Buddhism diffused into their civilization by targeting minorities and had similar views on gender roles because they believed that women and men
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the sales of Lightwel have been going down. b) Retailer‟s loyalty towards Lightwel have decreased. From exhibit 5‚ we find that in case of Black Bird‚ retailer‟s choice accounts for 76.3% of the sales‚ where as for the flagship Lightwel brand‚ “Four Aces”‚ this account for only 61% of the sales. In an industry‚ where most brands are „pushed‟ by the retailers‚ this is a major cause for concern. The major decision issues before Lightwel Executives at this stage are: a) Whether to go for a cheaper brand
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The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1‚ 1999‚[8] with the first tropical cyclone developing on June 11.[9] It was an above average season in which 16 tropical cyclones formed.[10][11][12][13] Twelve depressions attained tropical storm status and eight of these became a hurricane. Five hurricanes further intensified into major hurricanes.[10] The season featured a record-breaking five Category 4 hurricanes‚[14] later tied in 2005.[15] A persistent La Niña that developed during the
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White fumes of HCl liberated C2H5OH + PCl5 → C2H5Cl + POCl3 + HCl(g) (b) Add glacial ethanoic acid and a few drops of concentrated sulphuric acid and heat: Fragrant fruity smell of ester liberated CH3COOH + C2H5OH → CH3COOC2H5 + H2O Appendix Ace Ahead Chem (Appendix) 3rd (11/11/08).indd 1 1 11/13/08 12:36:33 PM Homologous series/ Typical compound Aldehydes CH3CHO ethanal Functional group(s) H ⏐ –C=O Chemical tests/Observations (a) Add 2‚4-dinitrophenylhydrazine at room
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http://e-flt.nus.edu.sg/ Electronic Journal of Foreign Language Teaching 2011‚ Vol. 8‚ No. 1‚ pp. 108–115 © Centre for Language Studies National University of Singapore The Effects of Vocabulary Knowledge and Background Knowledge on Reading Comprehension of Taiwanese EFL Students Peter Tze-Ming Chou (drpeterchou@yahoo.com) Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages‚ Taiwan Abstract Many studies have shown that vocabulary knowledge and background knowledge can help students read and comprehend
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Carborundum Universal Ltd Abrasives Ceramics Electrominerals ACE of Abrasives! We initiate coverage on Carborundum Universal Ltd (CUMI)‚ a part of Rs42bn‚ Murugappa group with a Long Term Buy recommendation at Rs241. Market leadership‚ quality management‚ growth in end user-industries and economic revival coupled with attractive valuations makes this company a very good play on the overall growth in Indian economy. Analyst Ajay Shethiya+(91 22) 2685 0101 (shethiya@indiainfoline.com) December
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