Introduction As the technology improves‚ it shrinks the borders among different regions and brings the world closer together with no hindrance. Under the effect of globalization‚ interpersonal communication is facilitated. And English becomes the common language over the world. In the 2000s‚ the number of English speakers worldwide increase to over 1800 millions. The European Union reports that almost half of Western Europeans speak conversational English. From a 2012 article in English Today
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"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short‚ but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark." This quote is significant to a wide variety of people for the mere fact that everyone goes through this. I think that at one point or another‚ most people will realize goals are meant to be set high rather than low. I also believe people often experience this danger through becoming lazy. The human race is much too powerful to be unproductive. If we
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Strict parents The aim of most strict parents is to protect their children. They may have experienced something that they’re trying to shield us from‚ or they may recognize dangers in certain activities that we don’t. Parents sometimes make rules tougher when they need to discipline us or to teach us to be more responsible. Whatever the case‚ parents who are strict are usually that way because they’re trying to be good parents. One of the downsides of being young is that we don’t have as much
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best pole vaulter in Olympic history. Renaud Lavillenie holds the world record for indoor pole vault at 20’2” but this tremendous athletic feat is the product of decades of hard work. (Olympics) Renaud Lavillenie was the son of an amateur male pole vaulter and was born and raised in Charente‚ France. His distinct skill for this sport was distinct at a young age‚ but his first official competition occurred in 2003 at an invitational competition in Paris in which he took first. Although pole vaulting
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Blood doping is the first type of ergogenic aid that an endurance athlete such as a marathon runner may use. Blood doping is re-injecting red blood cells into the bloodstream that have previously been removed from the athlete. Whilst the blood was removed the body created more blood in order to compensate for the loss. This means that when the blood is returned there are a lot more red blood cells in the circulatory system. The effect of blood doping is that due to the increased number of red blood
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Naguamsett. The Devon clean and pure directly relates to the boys life at school - secluded‚ peaceful‚ tranquil - while the harsh Naguamsett is ruthless and unsympathetic "It was ugly‚ saline‚ fringed with marsh mud and seaweed." These represent the dangers of life outside of Devon and the draft which is seen to the boys as "governed by unimaginable factors like the Gulf Stream‚ the Polar Ice Cap‚ and the Moon. This depth and complexity cannot be shown embodied in the movie because of the lack of first
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Brian Grazer‚ I try to experience new things whenever I get the chance. Two new experiences that I have personally gone through for the better are pole-vaulting and eating rocky mountain oysters. Trying something new is never easy because you know you will most likely be bad at it. This is the problem I faced in seventh grade. I went out for pole vaulting and I didn’t know what i was getting myself into. I wanted to quit and go home because I was scared‚ but for some
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Physics can be related to sports and fitness on many different levels. When you lift weights‚ play sports or even buy athletic equipment you probably don’t know how much physics was really put into any of it. Weightlifter’s need to know which workout is better. Also the equipment athletes use relate to physics. Manufactures design equipment for athletes‚ which involve physics. The manufactures need to think about what will make the object better and what materials will cause the equipment
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the COR‚ the faster the ball would shoot off from the "collision" it would go further." (Coefficient of Restitution 2‚1) Lastly in the third article when the author stated‚ "Clearly‚ pole-vaulting is an example of a sport in which technology has been used to improve athletic performance." (The Physics of pole-vaulting ) Without physics these technological advances could not be made. Although these technological advances dont come without some issues attached. With the new technology of the carbon
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Only One Can Triumph Short stories are a way to escape everyday life without taking all day or week to read the story. They are mainly based on fictional characters and can vary in length. As defined by Dictionary of Literary Terms‚ a short story is “a relatively short narrative which is designed to produce a single dominant effect and which contains the element of drama. A short story concentrates on a single character in a single situation at a single moment” (343). Like novels‚ short stories
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