Hoàng Hồng Thủy – LQT40A THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ENGLISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH INTRODUCTION Those people who complain about the difficulties of learning German‚ don’t know how lucky they really are - they only have one language to master. Admittedly‚ there are regional differences of dialect in German-speaking countries‚ but the non-native speaker who has learned Hochdeutsch (high or standard German) should have no problems in making himself understood by citizens of Germany‚ Austria or Switzerland
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same stylistic characteristics and themes. They are both made by the same author Shaun Tan. In both of the works‚ there is an overall vintage feel to it. For example In The Arrival‚ there is many images of old passports and old papers. In “The Lost Thing”‚ everywhere you look there is a ton of signs with different arrows and symbols on them. Shaun Tan chose this stylistic element in order to show the immigrants/outsiders confusion as they enter the new world or a new place. Another element that relates
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contrast‚ they don’t mix... at least not immediately! It has been stated that this stange and natural phenomenon is caused by and where heavy‚ sediment-laden water from the Alaskan glacial valleys and rivers pour into the open ocean. There is a gulf between the two kinds of water which run into each other.
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Oates presents to the readers Connie. Using Connie’s thoughts‚ the author makes it clear that her surface-level perception of those she meets causes her not to care for people on a deep level‚ but rather what they are to her and only her. The morning after she spent time with her friend at the mall‚ Connie reflects on what happened. When she thinks about the boys she met last night‚ “...all the boys fell back and dissolved into a single face that was not even a face‚” (657). We see here that Connie
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that they are women. “And do what he has
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Was Lewis and Clark’s expedition one of the main reasons the U.S is what it is today? Lewis and Clark’s expedition lasted two years‚ four months‚ and ten days. They traveled about 8‚000 miles (13‚000 km). The expedition was planned to go west of Missouri and to discover what was beyond the eastern area of the U.S‚ the government was able to explore this area of the U.S because of the Louisiana purchase. The Louisiana Purchase was bought from the French for $15 million dollars and the land area
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differ in the way a country or a state is managed. In attempting to identify and discuss the differences between the two regimes‚ we should think what implications do the two regimes have on the political system. How are they different in terms of the institutions they inherent? How are rulers elected and which one provides the more comprehensive representation? How does the law making process differ‚ what implications do they have on the judiciary and civil rights? Is the distribution of power different
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Take a look at the material on sensation seeking on page 286 (Ch. 11). Do you consider yourself a sensation seeker? Why or why not? What are the advantages and disadvantages of your level of sensation seeking? I am not a sensation seeker because I prefer peace and happiness. I am the type of person that likes to see the same people and have a routine to follow which I feel comfortable in. The advantages of my level of sensation seeking are that I am more likely to find peace and happiness compared
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nearby and the Kamakura Shogunate rose to power. European feudalism vanished with the development of stronger political states in the sixteenth century‚ yet Japanese feudalism hung on until the Meiji Restoration of 1868. A key recognizing variable between the two is area possession. European knights picked up area from their rulers as installment for their military administration; they subsequently had immediate control of the serfs who worked that land. Interestingly‚ Japanese samurai did not possess
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Huckleberry Finn and Beloved the authors Mark Twain and Toni Morrison both use their main character as the vessel to show evolution. Twain connects Huck to Jim and Morrison connects Sethe to Beloved to show how their interactions of the characters allow them to evolve. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain use Jim as Huck’s guide to evolution. In the beginning of the book Huckleberry is seen as very childish‚ he doesn’t know where he belongs. He soon starts to become friends with Jim the slave
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