Explore the significance of representations of the city and/or the countryside in two nineteenth-century novels. During the nineteenth century‚ many Victorians aspired towards a life in the city where the opportunities were abundant and wealth and success were the dominant prospects‚ whereas country life was regarded as laborious and limited. ‘In the last twenty years before 1914‚ opportunities either to expand more rapidly or to give more attention to increasing the comfort and amenity
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the countryside. Where shall we live? Some may choose to live in big cities‚ while other like the natural and quiet surroundings in the countryside. As far as I am concerned‚ I would like to live in a big city because living in a big city has more advantages than living in the countryside. To begin with‚ the city is the symbol of human civilization and there are a many facilities for living‚ recreation and health care. Therefore‚ living there is more convenient than living in the countryside. Living
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Living in the city VS. Living in in the countryside A lot of people discuss if it is better to live in the city or to live in the countryside. Here are some arguments for living in the city and living in the countryside: When thinking of transportation it is better to live in a city. There you’ve got a lot of public transports. But also in regards to jobs it’s easier to live in the city. You have a bigger variety of different jobs and you usually don’t need so much time to
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Environmental The environment provides life supporting resources and eco systems‚ quality of life conditions and amenities that are valued by people. Society consumes products and services provided by environmental resources and generates wastes that are disposed of in the environment. The values of individuals and groups within society drive decisions that determine the quality of the environment they live in and depend on. On the field trip Noel introduced us to the no dig system‚ which is
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Nowadays‚ the gap between the city and the countryside becomes more and more overt‚ which arouses colossal concerns. To understand the solution‚ let’s take a closer look at the causes of the gap at first. The main reason of the gap is the unequal investment between city and rural area. China is a typical example. While more and more money is being invested to the coastal areas and big cities‚ such as Beijing and Shanghai‚ the lack of investment barriers greatly the society development of rural
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Environmental protection and economic development have become enemies in recent years. We all know that both of them are important. But we often can’t strike a balance between them. Some people hold the belief that economic development should never be at the cost of the environment‚ whereas many others are of the opinion that economic development is the most important‚ no matter how much it costs. As far as I am concerned‚ environmental protection is much more important than economic development
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Study Questions Unit II Part 2 (Chapters 28-29‚ 32) The Romantic Era Chapter 28 1) How old was Mendelssohn when he composed the Overture to a Midsummer Night’s Dream? 17 2) How does Mendelssohn tell the story of the play through music? By using melodies that can be readily associated with the play’s principal characters. 3) What is program music? Why was it important during the 19th-century? Purely instrumental work openly linked in some way to an object‚ story‚ or idea outside of the music; Artists
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This paperwork of BUS 210 Week 7 Discussion Questions part 2 of 2 consists of: Post your response to the following: Imagine that you work in the human resources (HR) department of a medium-sized company. Your manager has asked you to brainstorm ways to improve one of the five areas of human resource management in your company. Assuming that all five areas are currently functioning at an equal level‚ what type of improvement would you implement in your assigned area? What impact do you think
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physical traning activities * Team building-activities * Military/emergency exercises * Work related team activities * Achieving Benefits of teams in the public services * Teams are vital for an organization to be flexible and responsive to new challenges and needs of the public * Being part of a good team can lead to staff being more effective in their individual role and as a team member * Some operational objectives cannot be met by an individual alone – a team is
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(Miller‚ 2010 pp 5). The need for change towards sustainable development means to live off the earth’s natural resources without depleting them (Miller‚ 2010 pp 6). This essay argues that sustainable development is the answer to the world’s environmental and economic problems. Its purpose is to outline my understanding of sustainable development and to discuss what the authors Ede (2008)‚ Collier (2007) and Monbiot (2006) have contributed to it. For the purpose of this essay I am referring to
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