Learning to Give a Pep Talk —— 《上海学生英文报》高中进阶 (2413期20170314) ·4版 Everyone wants to be the type of person who gives the critical talk that turns around a friend’s outlook. However‚ giving a good pep talk (激励性讲话) isn’t easy. It requires an understanding of what your audience needs. You need to not only listen and empathize‚ but also stress the other person’s strengths. You also need to know when to stop talking. “A lot of people think they are giving a pep talk‚ but they are just saying what they
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Victoria Sanford’s book‚ Buried Secrets helps readers to understand the violence that occurred during the genocide that took place in Guatemala. This destruction happened during the 1960’s until 1996. She reviles the tragedies that happened from the standpoint of more than 400 rural Maya survivors‚ former soldiers‚ archival research and formerly classified documents. There were 626 villages and 200‚000 civilian victims that were affected by this genocide. The Guatemalan army were the ones who led
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As a child I have always been clearly informed that I am Hispanic‚ my parents make sure that I’m not ashamed of my background and that I’m informed of where I came from. Because I was so young I didn’t know much about the subject‚ but I now clearly understand how lucky I am to be born in America and to be so lucky to live in the conditions I live in today. Now that I have gotten older and comprehend life easily I finally understand what it meant for my parents to be immigrants. One day I built enough
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We Talk about When We Talk About Love Literary Analysis Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love” uses past relationships and experiences to exemplify the true meaning of love. Nick‚ the narrator‚ sits back and observes the feedback from Mel who is confused and lost. The way Mel and his friends try to figure out what love truly means becomes far more perplexed from when the sun is shining brightly to when it goes down and the conversation reaches silence. The sun is shining
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Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Unequal Childhoods: Class‚ Race‚ and Family Life by Annette Lareau A great number of researches associate family with its class status and the economic prosperity‚ but none of them reveal the way through which inequality is produced as it is done in Unequal Childhoods: Class‚ Race‚ and Family Life by American sociologist Annette Lareau. The author has analyzed the relationships of children with their families and the external world that differ
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even though they did not grow up on great terms. “I can lend you the money you need ‚ but you need to take me with you” Thomas says. He wanted the father’s ashes as well as Victor. Thomas has effects on people that don’t really interest anyone. He tells stories that come from his mind. The author Sherman says “Nobody talked to Thomas because he told the same damn stories over and over again” and “Thomas was a storyteller that nobody wanted to listen
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In the beginning of “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” Mel’s talk about spiritual love meant the most to me. I have always been very strong spiritually‚ and very strong in my faith and love with God. Throughout the conversations in “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love‚” there are three main types of love discussed. Mel has stories trying to pinpoint true love‚ Nick and Laura are newlyweds that think they are in love‚ and Terri looks at love from an abusive standpoint. Mel makes
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Justin Goings Debra Dockter English Composition October 12th 2012 “The definition of love may be unique to the individual‚ if it can be defined at all” The feeling you have when you first look upon your new born child‚ the radiant warmth in your face when you say “I do” at the altar‚ or the divine feeling in your chest when you pray. Every one of these situations could be used to describe love. Its an emotion so richly embedded into our minds‚ that every single one of us can say they’ve experienced
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------------------------------------------------- Good Night Talk Listen for Love After my class this morning‚ I had a chance to check my email and I came across this article that was sent by a good friend of mine. I read it and found it worth sharing with you tonight. There are times when we are timid and shy about expressing the love we feel. For fear of embarrassing the other person‚ or ourselves‚ we hesitate to say the actual words‚ “I love you.” So we try to communicate the idea in other words
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Dr. B None Your Grounded! Common words in other houses but not so much in mine. There was much that came to mind when thinking of high school memories. There was a time when I was left at my future high school when I was very young‚ suspended for one day‚ got my first detention academic wise is where I draw a blank. Passing school was always important but from the start on the outside look in it was an design for disaster high school‚ middle school and now college. My middle and high school
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