This story begins describing a little town ‚ in which there is a house near the railroad tracks‚ which pass every day at two o clock in the afternoon. For a long time‚ the train engineer blows his whistle‚ which attracted a woman who lived in the house to come out and greet him. During this time‚ the woman’s child is growing and also accompanies his mother to greet the engineer. The engineer becomes old and has seen many accidents and tragedies in the time he has served in the railroad‚ including
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gentle/light/stiff/cool/warm/sea breeze blows in/comes in off the sea the snow crunches beneath/under sb’s feet/boots Bad weather Thick/dark/storm clouds form/gather/roll in/cover the sky/block out the sun the sky darkens/turns black a fine mist hangs in the air a dense/heavy/thick fog rolls in the rain falls/comes down (in buckets/sheets-a large moving mass of fire or water)/pours down snow falls/comes down/covers sth the wind blows/whistles-move quickly‚ making a high sound/howls-blow hard and make a long
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The bagpipe‚ although centuries old‚ remains quite popular throughout the decades‚ and is still played in areas like Scotland. The bagpipe is made using wooden structures as the pipes and a goat or sheep skin as the bag. To play‚ the piper squeezes the bag with his hand while a breath is taken into the mouthpiece‚ to allow the air to flow into the pipes facing outward. The harp is one of the earliest instruments made‚ dating back to the times before Christianity became a religion‚ and still is played
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Business Communication – D2 D2: Evaluate the effectiveness of business information and its communication as key contributors to the success of an organisation‚ using examples to illustrate your points In this assignment I will be evaluating the effectiveness of business information and its communication as key contributors to the success of an organisation. Verbal Communication Tesco PLC uses verbal communication every day in its stores‚ offices – when communicating by phone and when
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The novel opens with the Nellie‚ a small ship‚ dropping an anchor in the Thames River. This unnamed narrator names the men on board the ship‚ the Director of Companies‚ the Lawyer‚ the Accountant‚ and Charles Marlow. The unnamed narrator thinks about the long history of British exploration and conquest with fondness as he looks over the river. After two or three small paragraphs the point of view shifts to Marlow‚ who becomes the main narrator of the rest of the novel. He observes to several friends
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teachers like Fat-Ass Grant‚ Miss. Wase‚ French teacher‚ Beaker Baker. Crabbe dislikes Fat-Ass Grant because he busted him for drinking in school. "He was king of jock city‚ the phys ed. Department‚ and his idea of a stimulating lesson was to blow his whistle‚ roll a couple of basketballs out onto the court‚ and yell‚ ’Okay‚ scrimmage! Warm up for ten minutes.’ And waddle back into his office where he’s lower his two hundred into an old swivel chair and flip through a sports magazine for the rest
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"Enough is enough"‚ that’s what I said to the gym class bully. I had to make a choice was I going to sit around and watch or was I going to stand up for someone else who was too weak to stand up for themselves. I remember the bully name was Marco Summers. Today was the day I would put an end to bullying. Later on in the day‚ I was heading to P.E. I remember it was a Thursday but we had to run the track on Thursdays. I wasn’t looking forward to it but I hate running; I was hoping it would rain or
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Classroom Management Classroom a room in a school where lessons take place. It is a community of learners where formal interaction takes place between the teacher and the taught. ( www.ijbssnet.com) The classroom should be arranged to promote efficient learning and minimize behavior problems. ((http://para.unl.edu) According to Vygotsky‚ until children learn to use mental tools‚ their learning is largely controlled by the environment. Recognizing that learning hinges on student experiences
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believed the same things like no one thought out side the box‚ how would you be brought up ? probably thinking just like them ! growing up all you here is how bad they are and all this propaganda how could you step out side the box “ A prolonged whistle split the air‚ the wheels began to grind‚
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Morning in Nagrebcan (Manuel E. Arguilla) (1) It was sunrise at Nagrebcan. (2) The fine‚ bluish mist‚ low over the tobacco fields‚ was lifting and thinning moment by moment. A ragged strip of mist‚ pulled away by the morning breeze‚ had caught on the c umps of bamboo along the banks of the stream that flowed to one side of the barrio. (3) Before long the sun would top the Katayaghan hills‚ but as yet no people were around. In the grey shadow of the hills‚ the barrio was gradually
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