Contrastive Analysis of the Conceptual Metaphor LIFE IS A JOURNEY in English and its Equivalent in Vietnamese Department of English Ho Chi Minh University of Education Instructor: Bui Nguyen Khanh Ho Chi Minh City‚ June 19th‚ 2013 1 I. ABSTRACT Since its introduction in 1980‚ the publication “Metaphors We Live By” by Mark Johnson and George Lackoff has successfully persuaded the readers to see all metaphors in a new light. The 1980 classic maintains that metaphorical expressions
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Class: English K09 Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Tinh Thao . MA Quang Nam‚ March 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTDS A. INTRODUCTION 4 I. Reasons for choosing Golden Sand Resort and Spa Hoi An - Viet Nam: 4 II. Objectives: 5 III. Methodology: 5 IV. Results: 5 B. CONTENTS 6 CHAPTER 1: AN OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY 6 I. Background information of Golden Sand Resort And Spa 6 1.1. The formation and development of the resort and spa 6 1.2 Location
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the Car-Parking. It allows staff and managers to track vehicles in/out and parking fee of all vehicles. Topic 5. Online Job Searching System Topic 6. Timesheet Tracking System FPT Software is one of the biggest software outsourcing companies in Viet Nam. It has hundreds of customers and thousand of projects every year that leads to the overloading of the existing Project Timesheet Management. Therefore‚ FSoft wants to build a Timesheet Tracking System Topic 7: Build website for Mobile Phone
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The impact of population to the country A lot of studies suggest that population has a direct impact to the economy of a country. More specifically‚ several papers came out highlighting that the Philippines is already overpopulated and this is causing the economic woes of the country. A Policy Brief by the Philippine Center for Population and Development in 2010 categorically stated that “The rapid population growth in the Philippines over the last several decades has hindered the country’s economic
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in Charlie Company had died and the soldiers were still alive couldn’t directly confront the enemy and this angered them. The men were told by Captain Medina that they were going to have a chance to face the enemy the Viet Cong; he told them that all the people in the village were Viet Cong that there were no civilians. By the end of the day the soldiers had shot and killed over 500 innocent civilians. For almost 16 months the public was unaware of what had happened in My Lai until reporter Seymour
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style and the increase in earnings of people in big cities like Ho Chi Minh City‚ KFC Vietnam franchise expanded its network so far to 75 restaurants with 47 outlets in Ho Chi Minh City‚ 15 outlets in Hanoi and others in many Vietnamese provinces (KFC Viet Nam 2008). Company officials considered Vietnam as a potential growth market in fast food industry. KFC’s goal is to secure its position as a market leader and increase the market share in Vietnam. 2. Current Market Situation 2.1 PEST Analysis
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one New Year day is the first day of year‚ but Tet is the abbreviation of Tet Nguyen Dan which means the first morning of the first day of the new period. Tet marks the beginning of a new year on the lunar calendar‚ and the beginning of spring. So Viet Nam has same New Year time with China. The image of Tet always exists in my mind. Now I am living in America‚ but I cannot forget Tet. Tet is an important holiday for every family in Vietnam‚ thus I will introduce you about the first three days of
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Nguyen Phuong Anh CO14 LCFS SWOT Analysis Name Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Canifa Available price for most of the population in Hanoi Availability products for almost all major categories of consumers (oriented for families) Large categories of elections in color. Good location Untrendy products Monotonous types of products Focus only on one market (Hanoi-VietNam) Untrained personnel/staff uncomfortable parking introduce more trendy& fashionable products Diversify
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in one of those damn tunnels that the viet cong dig. He’s tied up‚ forced to play russian roulette against his comrades because those damn viet cong are holding them up at gunpoint. He’d watch as everyone of his comrades is forced to shoot themselves in the head until he is the last one left. He’d hold the gun up to his head‚ he’d pull the trigger‚ and blank. It was empty‚ and he was alive. But then bang‚ his face is covered with blood as one of those viet cong fighters shot him in the back of his
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The traffic can be a nightmare for visitors to Viet Nam for the first time. Believe it or not‚ there are transport rules but people don’t seem really interested in following them. Three or four people on one motor bike is a common sight‚ particularly with the young and young families. The traffic is worst during the rush hour when everyone is attempting to get to work or get home quickly. Some people ride their motorbikes on the pavement rather than waiting in the a traffic jam. The people walking
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