BA in English Language and Literature School of Foreign Languages and Cultures Southwest University of Science and Technology Selective Reading of British and American Newspapers (2012) Aims of This Course This course has been a traditional course in the curriculum for English majors in China. One of the underpinning ideas for its enduring presence in the curriculum is the belief that putting learners into touch with “original” news texts found in Western newspapers would (A) enrich language
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Descriptive Writing: Nightfall The reflection of the orange orb in the lake flickers slightly as birds fly over it‚ chirping shrilly. The orb drags away the orange streaks of light as it drowns in the horizon and paves the way for a silent‚ enchanting night. Light slithers away‚ relinquishing its claim over the terrain to the shadows. Darkness creeps slowly and steadily drowning the cries of birds in its everlasting glory. The orange sky evolves into a jet of black cover overhead with millions
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Computer Science Problem Definition The National Water Service provides water usage for fifteen thousand homes. They have been in service for twenty years with the mission of providing excellent service to these homes. The current activities involve meter readers obtaining the meter readings each month. Customer records are stored using paper and pen. Staff then manually subtracts the current reading from last month’s reading to calculate the current usage amount. The water charge‚ service
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Job analysis is the formal process of identifying the content of a job in terms activities involved and attributes needed to perform the work and identifies major job requirements. Job analysis was conceptualized by two of the founders of industrial/organizational psychology‚ Frederick Taylor and Lillian Moller Gilbreth in the early 20th century.[1] Job analyses provide information to organizations which helps to determine which employees are best fit for specific jobs. Through job analysis‚ the
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Today‚ we‚ group archeology A‚ have recovered an artifact on one of the battlefronts of the First World War. After days of digging we finally have what we think is the complete object with no missing parts. It’s a rather eerie‚ light object that sits in the palm of a hand. It’s a small piece of triangular metal‚ or rather small pieces of metal joined together‚ that looks like a small rusty bronze slice of pizza with a lot of screws and hinges as toppings. Its extra parts consist of a small mirror
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Daniel Pureco English 105 Mulligan September 7‚ 2014 Metacognition… And You! Metacognition is the awareness and understanding of one’s own thought processes. Metacognition – or self-directed learning – is widely linked with better long-term memory retention. While the concept of self-directed learning is not a new topic‚ the general public as a whole is not well informed enough in the intricacies of metacognition. From the gap formed by the difference in knowledge between metacognition experts and
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“Room for dessert” – Business plan assessment Introduction Many people believe that a business plan is helpful but not necessary. This is true in the sense that business plans are helpful but‚ in fact‚ they are vital if you are serious about success in both short and long term. The aim of this paper is to evaluate and critically assess the “Room for dessert” business plan. The remainder of the paper is organized as follows: Section 2 will try to analyze who is the audience for the plan‚
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Room Full of Angles The short-story “Room Full of Angles” is written in the 90’s by the author Mike Benson. He throws us directly into the story “as my stomach reached my throat…” (P.60‚ l.1-2) Often you get an introduction to the story you are reading‚ because it is a good way to attract the listeners’ attention. The beginning in Mike Benson’s story is called “In media-res”. Especially it’s important to know that the story is written by a first person-narrator; this means that we have to be
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The Red Room builds the suspension with the title; we as the reader are immediately attracted to the title "The Red Room" because it raises so much curiosity and leaves many unanswered questions. "What is the red room?" "Why is it red?" The colour red is associated with fear‚ danger and maybe even blood so is the room dangerous? Our minds can create so many thoughts about this one title that we are filled with an urge to read on to find the answers to our questions. With the speckled band we are
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My family and I like to travel a lot. Time and destination for the next trip are usually decided very spontaneously and the best offer booked on the same evening- then‚ nothing happens until about a week before departure‚ when things get very busy. On the weekend before we leave‚ someone remembers that all the diving equipment is still in storage‚ none of the laundry is done and we haven’t spoken to our dog sitter either. Somehow‚ we always manage to get all of this done on Saturday. When it
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