The development of the British Empire during the given years was dependent on a number of factors: war‚ the involvement of the government in national affairs‚ the navy and trade. The most influential of these factors in my opinion‚ was the role of the Navy‚ as it served as the force used by Britain to fight her battles and protect British trade. At a time‚ the British Empire owned around 25% of the world’s land‚ and at its peak was the largest empire in world history. It is undoubtable that trade
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TO WHAT EXTENT WAS MAHATMA GANDHI THE REASON THE BRITISH EMPIRE GAVE UP IMPERIAL CONTROL? On 15th August 1947‚ India finally escaped away from the rule of the British. Mahatma Gandhi‚ 1869-1948‚ was the leader of Indian Nationalism in British-ruled India. Before Gandhi was born‚ British started ruling India at 1858. They took control of the cotton industry and traded it as their own and used violence to control the 500 million Indians. When Gandhi was about 45 years old‚ he started to protest as
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Part B - What were the consequences of the First World War for the British People 1914 - 1924? (50 Marks) Britain changed significantly between 1900 and 1918‚ there are many potential reasons for this however World War One is seen as the biggest. The whole world order changed as the old empires of Russia‚ Austria - Hungary and the Ottoman Empire collapsed‚ Germany was recreated as the Weimar Republic and France and Britain were significantly weakened. The USA became the most powerful country in
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Introduction I have chosen the theme “Intonation” because it is one of the most interesting things of the speech and it is very important to acquire the proper intonation. The aim of my speech is to tell what the speech melody is and how is it connected with sentence stress and how they influence each other. Intonation is magic. It can say more than even words. Intonation can tell you about the mood and the character of the person. Each person has his own intonation. That is why already at the first
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Emily Dickinson Because I Could Not Stop For Death. In this poem Dicksons ‘speaker’ is communicating from beyond the grave describing her journey with Death‚ personified‚ from life to afterlife. In the opening lines of the first stanza the ‘speaker’ is too busy for death and he “kindly” stops for her. “Death” stops for her as she does not have the time suggesting that no one is truly ready for death . Throughout the poem death is personified as a gentlemen or suitor who is there to escort her
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Hyundai Motor Company Question 1: HMC’s problems and strategy Introduction: During 1980s and 1990s‚ Hyundai group had been affected by several factors whether internally or externally which had a huge influence on its market position and brand image‚ in particular its U.S subsidiary‚ Hyundai Motor America (HMA). This report will focus on these factors particularly in US and the strategies that help Hyundai to overcome these problems with my point of view regarding whether these strategies
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1. Intonation. Its functions. Much has been said about the importance of paying due attention to intonation when studying a foreign language. The process of communication cannot be performed without intonation as it has its own functions in a sentence. These functions are: 1. The constitutive 2. The distinctive (1) Intonation forms sentences. Each sentence consists of one or more intonation groups. An intonation group is a word or a group of words characterized by a certain intonation pattern
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Stress By: Noha Wafa’i Moussa Diab Under supervision of: Prof. Afaf Abduel Hamied * Stress definition: In phonetics‚ stress is defined as an intensity given to a syllable of speech by a special effort in utterance‚ resulting in relative loudness. This emphasis in pronunciation may be merely phonetic (i.e. noticeable to the listener but not meaningful). For example‚ stress differentiates the noun from the verb as in ’present’ or ’permit’. * The characteristics of stressed syllables:
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Haste makes waste. “Haste makes waste” which is an old saying accepted almost by everyone. Some people are prone to do the tasks as quickly as they can but then they realize that everything got wrong. From my point of view‚ we should not do things precipitately but instead we should act carefully. For a start‚ haste makes us lose our attention. The main reason is that we only think about consequences of our aim when we act quickly. So eventually it may result in unpleasant and dangerous events
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Language Awareness 1 – part 1. Complete the chart by analyzing the language as if you were going to pre-teach it Example Part of speech/name of tense/analysis of form What does it mean in this context? Concept check questions Pronunciation 5.Complicated Adjective Made up of different parts or aspects that are difficult to understand‚ difficult‚ Complex. 1.Is it easy to understand?(no) 2. Does it have many aspects or parts? (yes) 3. Is it difficult? (yes) /’kɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ Four syllables
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