celebrate a very important holiday which is the Vietnamese New Year. In my speech today‚ I will inform all of you how the Vietnamese New Year came into being‚ the tradition rituals‚ and how we celebrate the New Year. Vietnam is a country in the Eastern Hemisphere that was influenced by China for over decades. Therefore‚ the Chinese New Year and the Vietnamese New Year‚ which we call Tet‚ have many similarities. It was told that thousand of years ago in a small village of China‚ there was a monster who
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Introduction The focus of my investigation is to explore how the semantics of words Shakespeare created and used have changed and to explore why a wide selection of them are still used 500 years later. Many students who study Shakespeare find it difficult to understand and find the lexis he used to be irrelevant to modern use of English language. However I am aware that a lot of everyday are neologisms created by Shakespeare and though some of Shakespeare’s terms are now marked as archaic‚ many
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Embracing Change by Linda Finstad My name is Linda Finstad‚ and I am a middle aged English woman. Every year for as long as I can remember I made the same "To Do List" of New Years Resolutions that would make me slimmer‚ fitter‚ even a nicer person. Every year for as long as I can remember I had to re-make those very same resolutions come the first of January. Then‚ on my 45th birthday‚ I had a light bulb moment. Instead of lamenting that I was middle aged and gravity was having a negative
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The Chinese New Year is now popularly known as the Spring Festival because it starts at the beginning of spring . The beginning of spring is usually around the forth or fifth of Feburary. It’s origins are too old to be traced but several explanations have been presented. All agree that the word Nian‚ now chinese for year‚ was originally the name of a monster that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of the new year. One legend goes that the monster had an enormous mouth that could
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Descriptive Essay: Khmer New Year’s Day Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the New Year. The holiday lasts for three days beginning on New Year’s Day‚ which usually falls on April 13 or 14th‚ which is the end of the harvesting season‚ when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor before the rainy season begins. People prepare new clothes‚ food and drinks for whole festival days. They also repair
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made a New Year resolution to improve your personal life? Every year thousand’s of people get serious about committing to change and achieving certain goals for themselves. However‚ more often than not these are the same goals you set last year‚ but were not able to succeed for one reason or another. There are so many resolutions to choose from; however‚ the top three are to lose weight‚ get organized and spend more quality time with family to make our life better throughout the next year. First
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CCOT IRAN/PERSIA 1800 – PRESENT The country of Iran/Persia has gone through many changes in the past 200 years (1800-present)‚ mainly the rapid change in leadership‚ the intrusion of foreign powers‚ Pan-Arabism movement‚ revolution‚ and the Iran-Iraq war. Although much has changed‚ a few factors have stayed relatively consistent: religion‚ religious extremism‚ oil‚ and the opposing forces of old and new ideals. Continuities within the period of 1800-present in Iran/Persia include religion‚ religious
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Please have your seats. Ladies and gentlemen‚ tonight‚ I am honored to be the 2nd invocator in the year 2012 but the 1st invocator in the year of Dragon! Chinese New Year ushering in new hope for those who celebrating it‚ as we are turning a new leaf in our lives during New Year‚ in a sense‚ we are reborn. Thus‚ Chinese New Year is to celebrate the passing of the old and the coming of the new! Before the festival‚ the families start cleaning up their houses‚ washing and wiping every corner of the
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software company – ONGC‚ at the 6th rank‚ remains the most valuable public sector unit. It was the only one among the Top 10 to gain market cap‚ which was up 14% to Rs 2‚ 30‚738 million. 4. Software is the worst loser: Last year‚ the software industry was the largest gainer. This year‚ it is the largest loser. Entertainment/media is the second
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For other traditions of celebrating lunar new year‚ see Lunar New Year. Chinese New Year Lion dancers at Historic Chinatown Gate‚ Chinese New Year‚ Hing Hay Park‚ Seattle‚ Washington (February 3‚ 2011) Also called Lunar New Year‚ Spring Festival‚ New Year Observed by Chinese communities worldwide[1] Type Cultural‚ Religious (Buddhist‚ Taoist‚ Confucian) Significance The first day of the Chinese calendar (lunisolar calendar) 2012 date Monday‚ January 23‚ Dragon 2013 date Sunday‚ February
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