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    Name: Nguyễn Thị Thảo Class: English-Chinese Languages Bachelor Group: 01 Subject: English Writing Intermediate 2 Mark: Teacher’s comments: Questions: Causes of student’s laziness in studying? Study is a main duty of students. Many students feel study is so hard and difficult. There are various different reasons that might play the vital role in making students lazy and inactive as far as the studies concerned‚ but few of the reasons which are considered to be

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    Christopher Morley‚ a well known satirist in the 1920s‚ successfully ridiculed the public once more in his article On Laziness. According to Dictionary.com‚ a successful satirist is “a person who mocks social conventions‚ other works of art‚ or anything else that one deems ridiculous”. Morley’s purpose of writing On Laziness‚ was to mock society for allowing lazy people to prosper and be praised more than the average hard-working human. In respect to Morley‘s reputation in satire‚ his diction‚ and

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    SHORT STORIES The runaway Author: Morley Callaghan (male) *was born in 1903 *Canadian writer. *Studied at the University of Toronto *Started to write in 1929. * Their novels and short stories are marked by undertones of Roman Catholicism‚ often focusing on individuals whose essential characteristic is a strong but weakened sense of self. -Another short stories he wrote: Morley Callagham Stories and Lost and Found Stories. PLOT Is a story of a boy called Michael ‚ whose life is

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    Temper—Morley I feel perfectly content at Woodrow Wilson Skateboard Park‚ a cement swell in the ground located just west of the easternmost point of the north side of Chicago and trapped perennially in the mental space inhabited by fourteen-year-old angry youths. Outside of home and school‚ it is the place where I have spent most of my life. Its terrain so familiar‚ I could navigate it blindfolded‚ towed on my board by a pack of feral dogs. Much of what I know of life‚ I learned there. A sea of

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    television all day instead of going to play outside to get their daily exercise. But some people would rather sit in front of the television or computer and play video games. Technology is advancing‚ but it’s not helping our society in the case of laziness. People in society would rather take the bus or drive their car to work‚ even if it’s just down the street. Parents will drive their children to school even if it’s just around the block‚ because there child is too tired to walk or bike. Also technology

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    under analysis is taken from a play "Thursday Evening" written by Christopher Morley. He was born in 1890. He is an American author‚ received unusual recognition early in his career. Among his widely known novels are "Kitty Foyle" and "The Trojan Horse". The subject matter of the excerpt is a quarrel between Laura and Gordon‚ a married couple‚ they have to struggle through and a common mother-in-law stereotype‚ which Christopher Morley opposes the with two very likable and charming women. The plot

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    Laziness through Technology Technology is the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life‚ society and the environment. Modern inventions have made people lazy because they make things easier. In a BBC News article‚ Dr. Richard Weiler and Dr. Emmanuel Stamakis argue that technology in the form of energy saving devices like remote controls‚ has led humanity to an inactive lifestyle which poses risks to people’s health. Dr. Stamakis

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    Introduction When you roll out of bed your coffee is already browed. Your T.V. is turned to the news or weather channel. Your toothbrush does all the work for you as well as your razor. Even the alarm clock that wakes you up from your slumbering stupor is advancements in technology. Is our future drowning in the advances of technology? Or is the more good to come from these advances? Is the way that we live our lives today are making use lazier. From our cell phones that can do almost everything

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    THE MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS 1909 1. The reforms were necessary as partition was at its height and there was fear that there would be an upraising like that of the Great Rebellion 50 years prior. Ibbertson feared a conspiracy‚ murders and riots were frequent and there was fear that the Punjabi army was on the point of mutiny. 2. The Indian National Congress were becoming increasingly concerned about the extremists Within it and by the power struggle the extremists and the moderates. 3. John Morley

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    Thursday‚ February 20‚ 2014 Morley Callaghan’s Portrayal of Themes As a teenager did you understand and appreciate your parents love and loyalty? Often in literature‚ short stories have themes that are targeted to children to try to teach them a valuable lesson. Similarly‚ the short story “All the Years of Her Life” (Morley Callaghan) has 2 central themes that include moral growth and motherly devotion. Early in the story‚ Alfred’s emotional dependency and lack of maturity are highlighted;

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