of Laurel Thatcher Ulrich`s A Midwife`s Tale A Midwife`s Tale is a meticulously researched‚ highly readable analysis of an eighteenth-century life in context. To understand eighteen-century America through one woman`s eyes‚ historian and author Laurel Thatcher Ulrich spent eight years working through Martha Ballard`s massive dairy. Twenty seven years worth of seemingly mundane jottings. The author`s goal was to connect Martha`s dairy and her work as a midwife to her world. By cataloging diary
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It is easy to say - “conserve water” and lately‚ everyone seems to be saying it! We had several NGOs disturbing us by distributing pamphlets about conserving water. Aiming that crumpled pamphlet to the waste basket‚ I used to wonder “Why are they wasting paper in the name of saving water?” After hearing NGOs blaming the government‚ I had resigned to the notion that “water conservation” is an issue that the government should take care of. It looked like the world is conspiring to make me feel guilty
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Receptionist: Hotel Serusa here. Good morning. Can I help you? You : Yes‚ please. I would like to book two double rooms for three days. Receptionist: When do you need the rooms? You : I would like to reserve the rooms from 12 May to 14 May. Receptionist: Could you please hold on for a minute? I’ll have to check the reservations first. You : Yes‚ of course. Receptionist: Let me see. Yes‚ you are in luck. There are two rooms available. What name shall
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The study of meaning in conversation Professor: Liliana Coposescu Student: Adina Pantazi LMA-F-E‚ 3rd year Brasov 2013 The study of meaning in conversation Abstract In this paper prepared for the pragmatic course‚ it is proposed to make an analysis of the Grice’s Cooperative Principle‚ turn taking mechanism and insertion sequences focused on a transcript from series House MD and to observe how the participants of the conversation react and respond from these
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Band 6 Midwife NMC Pin: 12G2067E Reflection I hereby declare that this work is solely written by myself and has never been submitted to any other learning establishment Description Whilst working on the maternity ward as a band 6 qualified midwife‚ I was allocated to look after a patient who was 36 weeks gestation and had had a preterm rupture of membranes (PROM). This patient was given oral Erythromycin when she wasn’t prescribed it. This incident was reported by the patient herself
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9. Presentations 1. Hello‚ my name is Ionela! I work in an office. I love my job‚ but sit at my desk all the time. I usually run in the park after work and I eat healthy food to be fit. I prefer fruit and vegetables. I like bababas‚ oranges‚ melon‚ apples‚ cucumbers‚ tomatoes and lettuce. For breakfast I usually have cereal and milk. I never eat bread‚ salami or eggs! When I come to work‚ I make a cup of coffe – without sugar‚ of course. My lunchbreak is very short. I just eat a chicken sandwich
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A Conversation with My Father‚ by Grace Paley This is a story about storytelling. The narrator‚ a writer and her aged‚ ill father are discussing the narrator ’s style of story writing. The Protagonist in the story is the narrator. After reading the story‚ no gender is given of the narrator‚ only assuming by the tone of the story to be a female. The other major character in the story is the narrator sick aging antagonist father‚ who seems to be on his death bed. Throughout the story‚ Paley plays on
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English Grammar in Conversation Geoffrey Leech DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS AND MODERN ENGLISH LANGUAGE LANCASTER UNIVERSITY‚ LANCASTER LA1 4YT‚ UK A thorough description of spoken English grammar is felt to be overdue. After all‚ spoken language has largely been neglected by grammatical tradition; the word grammar itself descends from the classical Greek word for writing. The grammarian ’s bias towards the written language remains strong today‚ and is reflected in such terminology as ’left
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Joe and Janie engaged in many conversations throughout their time together. One day‚ they get into an argument. The argument resulted in the fact that Janie could not find any pig’s feet for a customer. Janie has told Joe that she ordered a whole keg of pig’s feet the day before but when the customer went to get some‚ there wasn’t any left. Joe then asked Janie where the bill for the pig’s feet was. Janie replied that it’s either on the nail or on his desk. Joe said that it was in neither places
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Conversation versus Preservation The condition of our environment is a worldwide debate. Our air and water condition doesn’t recognize borders. You can have problems with soil in a nation and you can cause problems and reduce another country’s food supply. At the same time different regions in the world do face different problems. One key distinction is the environmental threats faced by developed nations‚ such as the United States and Western European countries‚ and developing nations‚ such as
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