I have been told by most people who hear me speak Spanish (my mother tongue is English) that I am fluent in it. That alone should be enough for me to call myself bilingual. However‚ I have encountered numerous situations over the years where I felt completely lost in Spanish. So‚ if I am so fluent‚ why would this happen to me? The answer is a simple but often overlooked one. Bilinguals usually acquire and use their second ( or third or fourth) language for specific purposes and when they get outside
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I’m going to tell something about vegetarians. I’ve chosen this subject because I’m a vegetarian myself‚ for four years now. Vegetarians are people who never eat meat. Fish and fowl are officially not counted as meat. There are different kinds of vegetarians‚ none of them eat meat from cows‚ pigs and other animals. But some do eat fish or fowl‚ those are also called vegetarians. There are also people who don’t only refuse to eat meat‚ but who don’t use any animal products at all. For example they
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In Scotland and Ireland‚ guising – children disguised in costume going from door to door for food or coins – is a traditional Halloween custom‚ and is recorded in Scotland at Halloween in 1895 where masqueraders in disguise carrying lanterns made out of scooped out turnips‚ visit homes to be rewarded with cakes‚ fruit and money.[83] The practice of Guising at Halloween in North America is first recorded in 1911‚ where a newspaper in Kingston‚ Ontario reported children going "guising" around the
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Definition: Being Canadian Being a dual citizen is a blessing. For those of you who don’t know‚ I am a dual citizen of the United States‚ and of Canada‚ due to my father being born there. Growing up‚ I always loved everything about my northernmost citizenship. Every time I went to visit‚ I fell in love with the country more and more. The scenery‚ the people‚ the history. It all is so welcoming in the North. Being born in America‚ I am thankful for the “American Dream”‚ but being Canadian means so
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ESL 101 Tammy Cai Instructor: Mrs. Tucker Being a Man is Easier Than Being a Woman Since 1920‚ women finally got the right to vote throughout the nation. Gender discrimination was resolved from the surface. Nevertheless‚ the discrimination against women still exist like an invisible statue. I still can feel it right now. “JoEllen Dillon‚ a non-equity corporate partner at Reed Smith‚ reached a settlement in a gender discrimination suit she filed in December. In the suit‚ she alleged that
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be in a relationship or being single. Nowadays‚ being in a relationship is too difficult for young people. They are too busy to bother with building relationships – they have to study and often work at the same time. But is a relationship such a big burden as they seem? There are some advantages and also disadvantages of being in relationship‚ but being alone is not a good solution either. Now‚ I would like to compare and contrast those two statements. Firstly‚ being in a relationship with
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1 PRIVILEGE: Benefits of Being Privileged Sarah Emonts SSW102 Karen McEwen Tuesday‚ October 8th‚ 2013 PRIVILEGE 2 Benefits of Being Privileged Privilege can be defined as a specific right or advantage given or available to only
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immigrant isn’t really an easy lifestyle because there are many disadvantages to being an immigrant. One disadvantage is not being able to participate in activities that you would
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The possibility of being alone in space and how it affect the human kind Since the dawn of humanity we have been looking up. The skies have alway fascinated man to the point that we base the divinity of our deities off of it. The evil‚ vile‚ deceitful Devil below us. Rotting under our feet in his own crevice of a cave called Hell ‚While God is always above us‚ holiness in its purest form‚ the ultimate example of goodness‚ and righteousness incarnate. Its shows us how the skies have influenced our
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than to suffer such unrelieved distress. This heart-breaking story should have awakened people to consider whether it is right to do whatever we want on animals. In reality‚ animals should have their own right since they are sentient beings and equal to human beings as subjects-of-a-life‚ and it is unjust to inflict pains on nonhuman animals. Sentience Some people believe that animals are unconscious creatures and they are biologically incapable of feeling pain. This fallacy may be attributed
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