CHINESE CINDERELLA NOVEL STUDY written by Adeline Yen Mah 1. Why did the author call this story “Chinese Cinderella? (4 marks) The author decided to name this novel Chinese Cinderella because it relates to the same storyline as the fairytale‚ Cinderella. The author led the same type of life as the main character of Cinderella- being an unwanted daughter‚ mistreated and unloved by her stepmother. As in the fairytale‚ she overcame the odds to prove her worth with a fulfilling life and good education
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Edexcel GCE Chinese Advanced Subsidiary Unit 1: Spoken Expression and Response in Chinese (Invigilator Version) Paper Reference Summer 2011 6CN01 You do not need any other materials. Turn over P38799A ©2011 Edexcel Limited. 1/1/1/ *p38799A* Instructions to the Invigilator • • • • • • Candidates must be allowed 15 minutes’ preparation time. • Any notes made during the preparation time must be kept by the centre until the release of results. The
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From 1910 – to 1940 Chinese immigrants were interrogated at Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Many Americans resented the Chinese because they thought they were stealing their jobs and that the Chinese were taking jobs for lower wages. In 1882 The United States passed the exclusion act which implemented new restrictions and requirements for the Chinese. The act allowed the courts to refuse citizenship to the Chinese and allowed them to be deported. When the Chinese reached Angel Island the men were
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Chinese Cinderella I. Introduction: A.) Title of the book: * Chinese Cinderella (The true story of an unwanted daughter) B.) Author: * Adeline Yen Mah C.) Summary of the book: * When Adeline was born‚ her siblings called her a bad luck‚ because of their mother’s death. One year later‚ her father married a half French and half Chinese woman‚ who hated Adeline‚ as a replacement for her dead wife. Every time Adeline receives a reward from school‚ she would tell
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Chinese Business Name : Febrianto Wijaya Introduction It is often argued that when business persons of different cultures negotiate commercial deals‚ there is bound to be a culture clash. I disagree with this view. It is true that cultural differences influence business negotiations but with the appropriate approach to deal with the differences‚ culture clash is to be least expected in any business negotiations‚ especially with the Chinese. As Sun Tzu would advised in his book The Art
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Chinese Food Catalogue Story 1 Chinese Traditional Staple Food Story 2 Chinese Characteristic Cuisine Story 3 Chinese Festival Food ❶ Chinese Traditional Staple Food 中国传统主食 ⒈ rice （米饭） Rice is the most common staple food （主食） in china. Different areas have different type of rice ‚it tastes different . Cooking method : boiling steaming （蒸） stir-frying （炒） ⒈ rice （米饭） Porridge rice fried ⒉ noodles （面条） Noodles is a very old food and it originated in china‚has a long history.As a staple
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The dominating feature od Chinese life is a conservatism that has followed certain habits and traditions for 40 centuries. Altthough there was some culture in China five thousand years ago‚ we shall begin our study with the Chou Dynasty (1125-255 B.C.)‚ during which time China reached its zenith of intellectual and artistic achievement. Confucius (552-479 B.C.) was almost a comtemporary of the Golden Age of Athens. The Han Dynasty (206 B.C.-A.D. 221) marked a great development in
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Adeline’s character: In Chinese Cinderella‚ there are many instances whereby we can observe positive characteristic of Adeline. Firstly‚ Adeline is accepting of her situation and is very forgiving. On the first day of school‚ there was no one taking her to school and after school‚ “nobody was coming to pick her up”. However‚ she does not blame her father for failing to pick her up from school. Not only she is accepting to her situation‚ she is also very independent. She did not ask for help but
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China research – Bullet 5 Demographics Political and legal environment in China make it very volatile for business outside of the country. China is undergoing massive urbanisation with millions (160m) of people moving from rural to urban environments. However the mass industrialisation comes with a lot of pollution costs. The urbanisation is pushing up consumption per person but also increasing income per person. Population in China is suspected to reach 1 billion by 2030. The scale and pace of
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2012 Wedding Traditions: Modern Society and Changes The words “I do”‚ some of the most significant words to known to a human being‚ believing in an everlasting love. The tradition that goes into seeing such a beautiful face on such a day makes people think how much relief they can have. All the months of planning and fixing everything to make it perfect finally came. Most people do not realize how much time or adjustments must be made in order to fit their criteria of a “perfect” wedding. Due to
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