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    tourism source market in the world and the Chinese market is one of the tourism sector’s major growth opportunities. An essential first step to ensure destinations and companies develop and distribute products that fully meet the Chinese market is to comprehend the behaviour and mind-set of Chinese outbound travellers. Due to rapid development‚ rising disposable incomes and relaxation of restrictions on foreign travel‚ the volume of international trips by Chinese travellers has grown from 10 million in

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    English Language and Linguistics 16.2: 261–280. C  Cambridge University Press 2012 doi:10.1017/S1360674312000056 A bit of this and a bit of that: on social identification in Early and Late Modern English letters MINNA NEVALA University of Helsinki (Received 10 December 2011; revised 29 February 2012) This article deals with the use of deictic pronouns this/these and that/those as demonstrative determiners in person-referential terms in Early and Late Modern English personal letters. The

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    Analysis of the Masque of the Red Death‚ by Edgar Allen Poe In the short story‚ Masque of the Red Death‚ Edgar Allen Poe uses Symbolism‚ Setting‚ and Narration to deliver the theme that no one can escape death. His use of symbolism‚ such as the wall clock‚ to remind everyone of the time spent there‚ the Masquerade‚ and especially the Red Death. Poe’s use of setting includes the placement of the seven rooms‚ as well as the color‚ all locked up in a castle that is hidden from the

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    Camilla Tanzi Year 12 An analysis of the character of Biff. Biff Loman is portrayed as the root of Willy’s mental illness and instability. He is also the only member of his family who acknowledges his own failures in life. On the whole‚ Biff Loman stands out as the most intriguing and strong character in “Death of a Salesman. He is not a successful man and never will be‚ he is however able to admit this‚ even in a harsh society as the one of the 1960s America. Biff knows he is a “nothing” and

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    Diversity in the Chinese Work Place In terms of race‚ there is very little diversity in Chinese businesses. China currently has the worlds’ largest population at 1.2 billion people which could be a reason of the lack of racial diversity in business. Even though there is a lack of racial diversity that does not mean that there is no diversity in Chinese businesses. Diversity is not limited to just race or ethnic background‚ which is what most people think diversity is. Diversity also includes

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    The Different Values Between Chinese Families and American Families Chinese families and American families have big impact in their children’s lives. Chinese families as well as American families value education. Chinese and American family feel family is important to them‚ but they have differences in the way they treat education‚ money‚ and how they treat family. The reason why American families believe education is important for their kids because they‚ as parents are responsible for their children’s

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    school system The school system Sweden has‚ is classified very low according to a global survey which includes 40 countries. As the Great british school system is increasing in rank‚ the Swedish one is decreasing in rank. Why is that? In this analysis‚ I am going to explain why‚ by mostly looking at the salary systems in each country. Swedish school system. The preschool (normally 1-5 years old) in Sweden addresses up to 5 years old children. The preschool is not mandatory‚ but it is a great

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    More than 380 novelists are there in our India. Indian English Fiction is classified into 2 extensive categories such as pre-Independence groups of novelists and post-Independence groups of novelists. The Indo-English literature has introduced the social‚ cultural and political emergencies in India. Social hypocrisies‚ revolting social practices of caste-system‚ and superstitions in Indian culture have been dissected altogether in Indo-English literature. The union of the Eastern and Western literary

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    Death of a Salesman Choose a play in which the central character is heroic yet vulnerable. ‘Death of a Salesman’‚ a play written by Arthur Miller in 1948‚ is one in which the protagonist‚ Willy Loman is seen to be struggling against the cliché of the American dream and is undoubtedly heroic yet vulnerable throughout. From scene to scene‚ Miller uses a plethora of theatrical techniques to reveal the flaws in Willy’s character which are ultimately responsible for his breakdown. In the first

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    thinness will be stated in each case. The purpose for using different translations for the reasons of time‚ culture‚ criteria of translation‚ etc.. The last part will contain a conclusion which shows the importance of applying reading rules in the English

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