The Telephone Conversation by Wole Soyinka The Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka (born 1935) was one of the few African writers to denounce the slogan of Negritude as a tool of autocracy. He also was the first black African to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wole Soyinka was born July 13‚ 1934 in Abeokuta a village on the banks of the River Ogun in the western area of Nigeria. His mother was a Christian convert so devout that he nicknamed her "Wild Christian" and he father was the scholarly
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M: Hey Sabrina‚ How are you? Hola Sabrina‚ Como estas tu? S: Good‚ and you? M: I’m great. Isn’t your birthday soon? Estoy muy bien. Es su cumpleanos pronto? S: Yes‚ my birthday is today. M: Do you have any plans? Tienes planes para esta noche? S: No‚ I don’t have any. M: Okay‚ I’ll make some plans. Come over later. Voy a hacer planes para despues. Vienes tarde! K: Hey Mo‚ what’s going on? M: Hey Kevin‚ hey Frank. It’s Sabrina’s birthday today. Hola Kevin‚ hola Frank. Hoy es los
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CE: You came into the season with very high expectations. You have a young team‚ but that hasn’t been an issue. At this point in the season‚ has the team met your expectations? MK: I think we have done what we should have been doing. We’ve met those expectations‚ but we still have higher ones. Our goals are to continue to get better so that we are focused and have a drive towards a chance to compete for a section title‚ not just a league title. We know that we are always going to compete for that
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Assignment: Write a story with the character‚ setting‚ time period‚ and situation that you’ve chosen. The character that you’ve chosen should be the main character‚ but isn’t necessarily the ONLY character in the story. Likewise‚ most of the conversation will take place in the setting that you’ve chosen‚ but you can include other settings or elaborate on the setting that you have chosen (breaking it into several smaller settings‚ for example). The situation or challenge that you’ve chosen may involve
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for the experience of life‚ threw open the door to the world of deliberate‚ inter-religious dialogue. At the time‚ the excitement of participating in inter-religious dialogue was similar to passing under the Golden Gate Bridge and casting that first glimpse at the vast expanses of the Pacific Ocean‚ the curvature of the earth‚ the horizon‚ and the infinite spaciousness. Very simply‚ my inter-religious dialogue reflections were nothing short of awesome‚ and the vision was of limitless occasions for learning
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“Enjoy Your School Days” Everyone’s school days have the memories they can cherish and treasure for life. School days are the most joyful and funfilled with many mysteries to solve and many fights to resolve. In my school days‚ I had many friends and some foes. We used to gossip and play and some times fight over silly things. I had two best friends. They were very nice and loyal to me. Every teacher in my school liked us‚ although we weren’t brilliant students in fact were average ones but still
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Business Model: We were select small business because Small businesses are vital in today’s economy because many of the revenue obtained by the government are from business taxes. In addition‚ since we are currently in a Global Financial Crisis which is affecting nearly everyone around the world‚ the existence of small businesses can stimulate the economy and hopefully improve the economies all around the world. Finally small businesses are important because it can provide more job opportunities
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Gyro GYRO: My dear Socrates‚ what has come to pass to make you leave your abode in the delicatessen district‚ to delve about here at the king-boulanger’s high court? Certainly you are not prosecuting anyone such as I? SOCRATES: No indeed. I am troubled to say that I have been summoned to the courts by someone of the name Meletus‚ a young man unknown to me. GYRO: On what grounds does he bring this charge against you? SOCRATES: He says that I corrupt the young men through my teachings;
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4.2 Interpersonal Meanings Conveyed by Modal Adjuncts Apart from modal operators‚ modal adjuncts also realize interpersonal function of language. Halliday divides modal adjuncts into mood adjuncts and comment adjuncts. Mood adjuncts are composed by adjuncts of temporality‚ modality and intensity. By contrast‚ comment adjuncts are not as frequently used as mood adjuncts. However‚ Halliday still lists some comment adjuncts for reference. By integrating original tables 3(5)‚ 4(7)‚ 4(8) and 4(9)
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“Lewis‚ how in the world are we going to survive this?” I ask in a worried whispered voice. His silence is even more troubling than anything he could say. The seconds tick by. How long have we been standing here? Seconds or minutes? Whatever it is‚ it seems like a lifetime and a half. “Please answer me sir‚” I plead‚ “we are all growing anxious and sick. The men need food‚ food that isn’t there. I just…” “I already know this‚” he pauses. “Don’t you think I already know this? I’ll get back to you
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