1 English The Lost Generation (1920-1929) During the 1920 ’s a group of writers known as "The Lost Generation" gained popularity. The term "the lost generation" was created by Gertrude Stein who heard her auto-mechanic while in France said that his young workers were‚ "une generation perdue". This referred to the young workers ’ poor auto-mechanic repair skills. Gertrude Stein would take this phrase and use it to describe the people of the 1920 ’s who rejected American post World War I.
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The Lost Generation writers were separated from American society‚ not only in geographically‚ but also in their style of writing and subjects they chose to write about. These authors were shaped by World War I. They wrote about what they had experienced during the war‚ and some of them had even served time in the military themselves. Although they were unhappy with American culture‚ the writers were involved in changing their country’s style of writing‚ from Victorian to modern. Writhers known as
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Millennial Generation Self-reliant‚ entrepreneurial risk-takers aspiring to be millionaires by the age of 35. Meet the Millennial Generation‚ identified for the first time today as the people who will shape British society in the 21st century. The children of the Baby Boomers and the less uptight successors to Generation X‚ the latest generation holds values that suggest the legacies of Margaret Thatcher and Tony Blair will survive well into the new millennium. The Millennial Generation seem to
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1. First Generation (1944-1959) Vacuum tube as a signal amplifier‚ it was a typical first-generation computer. Initially‚ vacuum tubes (vacuum-tube) are used as a component of the signal amplifier. Raw materials consist of glass‚ so much has disadvantages‚ such as: easily broken‚ and easy to distribute the heat. This heat needs to be neutralized by other components that serve as a coolant. And with the additional component‚ the computer finally appeared to be a big‚ heavy and expensive. In 1946
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------------------------------------------------- My generation‚ also known as Generation Y‚ is defined as a technology based generation. We have grown up surrounded with all sorts of technologies that make our lives easier. In some ways this has been beneficial to us. It has enabled us to get information about something at the touch of a button or keep us from getting sick. In other ways it has caused us to grow up lazy and wanting to do the least amount of work as possible. Many adults believe that Generation Y feels entitled to
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Fatter Generation There are more and more young people in Hong Kong are overweight and unfit in recent decades. According to the health experts‚ they believe that this trend is related to the dietary habits of the young people and their life styles. To stop the generation from being fatter and fatter‚ we need to analyse and tackle the problems. To begin with‚ unbalanced dietary habit is one of the most influential factors of being unfit. The variety of their diets is not very rich. For instance
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of the Ancient Romans‚ through the Middle Ages‚ and until the late nineteenth century‚ it was generally accepted that life arose spontaneously from non-living matter. Such "spontaneous generation" appeared to occur primarily in decaying matter. For example‚ a seventeenth century idea for the spontaneous generation of mice required placing sweaty underwear and husks of wheat in an open-mouthed jar. Then‚ waiting for about 21 days‚ during which time it was said that the sweat from the underwear would
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------------------------------------------------- Topic: Organization‚ time management‚ and effective communication are key elements to online learning. Discuss how you can use each of these elements toward your professional career. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Today’s young Airman comes from the Millennial Generation and believes they inherently understand three important skill sets; organization‚ time management and communication. In speaking with them
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Essay The Generation Gap The text represents an extract from the novel “Wheels” by Arthur Haily. The extract belongs to the belles-lettres style. The text looks at the relationship between Matt Zaleski and his daughter Barbara. The main theme of the extract is the generation gap. The author managed to reveal the inner corners of the characters’ soul through the description of their attitude to each other‚ their behaviour and outlook. At the very beginning Haily makes use of the
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| A Brief Biography of Nick JoaquinNicomedes Márquez Joaquín‚ best known as Nick Joaquin (May 4‚ 1917–April 29‚ 2004)‚ was a Filipino writer‚ historian and journalist‚ best known for his short stories and novels. He was also one of the National Artists of the Philippines for Literature.BiographyJoaquín was born in Paco District Paco‚ Manila. He dropped out of high school and did odd-jobs on Manila’s waterfront and elsewhere. He taught himself by reading widely at the National Library of the Philippines
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