Getting started (book‚ page 40) A: Which of these is your favorite activity in your free time? B: watching TV A: How many hours a week do you spend watching TV? B: about 4 or 5 hours. Vocabulary - a crier: ngöôøi rao tin - the latest news: tin môùi nhaát - a viewer: ngöôøi xem truyeàn hình - a channel: keânh truyeàn hình. - a remote control: boä ñieàu khieån töø xa. - Interactive TV: truyeàn hình töông taùc. Question: What media are mentioned in the
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I compared this passage from Star Wars to a scene from The Alchemist. These dialogues are very alike in both characters‚ and conversation topics. Luke is very much like Santiago‚ and the Alchemist like Obi-Wan. Both duets discuss a partnership in which they travel to a place far away to achieve their personal legend‚ or life goal. Obi-Wan says‚ “...come away with me‚ and go to Alderaan” [II‚ II‚ Line 120] to Luke in Star Wars‚ and in The Alchemist‚ the Alchemist similarly states “I am going to
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“The Lamp at Noon” Every human being wants to achieve something greater than they thought was possible. Achieving greatness and choosing the right way to live your life is all a person wants during their time on this Earth‚ and doing this while coexisting peacefully with others. All a human being truly wants is to live their life to the fullest‚ and to have no regrets once they have passed away. In “The Lamp at Noon”‚ author Sinclair Ross uses conflict to show that the pursuit of one’s dreams‚ goals
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1) Choose at least one scene from the movie and compare it to its counterpart in the book. There were many scenes in the film that were different from the book. One scene from the movie that was critical in my opinion missed many important details compared to the book. This scene was on page 45 when Assef and his friends first confronted Hassan and Amir. In the film‚ there was no mention of “Assef the Ear Eater” or “One-Eyed Assef.” I feel that all of these things were crucial to the novel‚ and
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Ross infuses irony into the last page of "The Lamp At Noon" to convey the fatality of the single-minded. Set in the era of the Great Depression‚ Ross’s short story emphasizes one couple’s conflicting attitudes regarding the best interests of their child. Paul‚ a proud and obstinate farmer raised on family soil‚ is convinced that his son should grow up feeling the same pride which comes from owning the land. His obsession with ownership and independence so completely dominates his thoughts that he
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Least: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof I find it funny that Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams is the last play we viewed in class because it sums up each and every play I have seen in this English 100 and Drama 235 class. All four plays tie-in with Cat on a Hot Tin Roof for it talks about: Lies (Oedipus Rex)‚ jealousy (Othello)‚ sexuality or gender roles (A Doll’s House) and the American Dream or greed (Death of a Salesman). The most versatile play that is Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is carefully
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financial‚ operational and managerial performance‚ represented by the acronym "CAMEL": C - Capital adequacy A - Asset quality M - Management E - Earnings L - Liquidity The ratings published refer to the overall rating of a bank – i.e.‚ the score ranging between 1 and 5 based on a weighted numerical computation using each of the five core components. 27
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different ways. Two of those are their similarities and differences. They include both personal and behavioral similarities as well as personal and behavioral differences. They will be stated in the following paragraphs. There are similarities between Equality 7-2521 and Adam. They were both born with a natural curiosity. The curiosity caused them to do something that was explicitly forbidden. This led Equality 7-2521 to rediscover something that was wiped from human memory for a great length of
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There are key differences and similarities between the play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and its movie equivalent. Major differences would include the character Maggie‚ the possible homosexual relationship between Brick and Skipper‚ and the reason for Maggie’s distaste for Skipper. Similarities include most of the cast‚ the overall plot‚ and the bitterness that the family seems to not so secretly hold for each other. The character Maggie in the play version and in the movie version differs. In the play
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Star Wars versus The Odyssey The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics. Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is the hero‚ he goes to Troy to fight a war and get lost at sea for 20 years. In Star Wars Luck is the hero‚ he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe. The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle. Both adventures show hard challenging tasks in order to complete
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