revolution speeches tapped into people’s emotions and used logic to convince people to start a war. As for example Patrick Henry’s speech used this strategy to convince the people and started the whole war. Henry used logic when he said “Has Great Britain any enemy‚ in this quarter of the world‚ to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No‚ sir‚ she has none.” .He told this to the people of America to tell them that the army on their shore is not there to help them‚ but is there to control
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-Mother Tongue – The Story of the English Language Around the planet‚ English is one of the most commonly used languages. Whether it’s in daily life or in translations‚ it is a universal language. English has been seen around the world for thousands of years‚ maybe not as the English we know and speak today‚ but it is an original form of the language. Major historical events occurred which resulted in the change of English‚ also creating many varieties of the English language‚ and how it is used
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Беседа на тему: “The British / American / Canadian People: A Social Profile”. British nation is considered to be the most conservative in Europe. It is not a secret that every nation and every country has its own customs and traditions. In Great Britain people attach greater importance to traditions and customs than in other European countries. Englishmen are proud of their traditions and carefully keep them up. The best examples are their queen‚ money system‚ their weights and measures. There are
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More than a thousand years ago a group of Germanic-Speakers from Denmark and the North-German coast inhabited the area of what is nowadays England. They were called the Anglo-Saxons‚ a people that remained there in Britain for over 600 years‚ bringing about several changes to the British Islands as far as politics and religion is concerned. Most of the knowledge that we have concerning the early history of England comes from the writings of the venerable Bede‚ all compiled within work
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regular verse - dealing with love and fantastic themes - being staged by an acting alone hero - having the woman as the key element - having the goal of moral perfection The topics of the courteous novel are based on the “matter of Britain”‚ a set of old Britain myths and fabulous elements with Celtic origin whose central axis is king Arthur and his court; the works inspired by them are grouped in the Arthurian Cycle‚ whose most famous author is Chrétien de Troyes. Chrétien de Troyes
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The evolution of British tea traditions in the 18-19th centuries Foreigners have many ideas about what the English like. I can say that a nation is born from its land‚ its history‚ its art‚ its institutions and its traditions. Britain is famous for its immutable traditions. The traditional love of English people for tea is well known by all over the world. The English have always drunk tea as a nation. And I understand their love for tea: it’s good any time of day‚ it’s very refreshing‚ and it
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1. Inequalities among citizens a. Explain what the caste system is Æ The Dalits‚ p. 151 – division of society into four unequal hereditary social classes /castes + the Dalits (or Untouchables) who are outcastes… b. Point out the gap between rich and poor Æ A country on the march‚ p. 24 – From Bombay to Mumbai‚ p. 31 – Two stories‚ p. 32 – fourth highest number of billionaires in the world (55) vs 42% people living below 80p (0.93€) a day… – Dharavi slum in Mumbai: overpopulated (314‚887
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asylum seeker status‚ which carries certain rights and obligations according the receiving country. Over the last four years there have been 138‚530 asylum seekers in the UK alone. There are many claims about asylum seekers that give them this – Britain is known for asylum seekers to do what they want wherever and whenever they want; but asylum seekers are not allowed to claim welfare benefits in the UK. I found out about forty organisations working with asylum seekers and it says that 85% starve
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There is one thing in the world‚ which people are ready to discuss with everyone‚ everywhere and any time. It is the weather. In my composition I am going to speculate about the significance of the weather concept and compare it in Great Britain and in Russia. British people obsessed with the weather. It is a part and a parcel of their life. I suppose that the strongest reason for it is the weather’s uncertainty. «Life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never
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Celtic Landscapes The research for this presentation‚ and ultimately‚ the essay for this subject will be based on the different ways that the landscapes were represented during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century throughout Britain. Defining the term ‘Celtic landscape’ is integral to the understanding of the subject. Much like the term ‘borders’ that we came across earlier in the term‚ landscape is a constructed term‚ borders are created by identities: regional identities and national
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