How do the two speakers use language here to describe the problems the family has faced? Support your answer by referring to specific examples from the transcription. This transcript focuses on a radio programme discussing dangerously high levels of lead being found in the water supplied to newly built houses. Two people (presumably married) Meg and Cameron are discussing how these high levels of lead affected their son Brandon and how they managed to discover and solve the problem. The radio
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Ray Bradbury portrays how Montag likes to burn and change things with fire. Montag can be compared with fire in many ways. Fire to him is pleasure‚ power‚ warmth‚ and happiness. Throughout the book‚ Bradbury demonstrates how Montags’ personality mirrors fire. Montag felt good when working with fire he did not care about anything else. He felt pleasure seeing things deformed “It was a pleasure to see things eaten‚ to see things blackened and changed.”(Page 3) Montag felt full of life and good about
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The first of the two theories was put forward by Byrne and Clore in 1970. They named this theory about the formation of relationships the Reward/Need Satisfaction Theory. Their theory suggests that we are attracted to people we find satisfying to be with. This can be demonstrated by asking people why they are attracted to their partner‚ the usual answers are: caring‚ supportive‚ affectionate or just good fun. We‚ as humans‚ are motivated to seek stimuli that are rewarding to us. We are equally
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Describe two examples of homeostatic systems in humans The phrase homeostasis originates from the Greek language. “Homeo” defined as “similar” and “stasis” meaning “stable”. Homeostasis is vital for us humans as it maintains equilibrium in the body‚ which may be caused due to extrinsic changes. Homeostasis happens to sustain the bodies activity‚ health and functioning. Homeostasis can occur to organs like skin‚ kidney or liver and it usually contains a system of feedback controls. The body has various
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he gave her no reason to be. She gives a description of him including his feet‚ shoes‚ clothing‚ and the emotion she perceives is on his face but for some reason doesn’t give an actual description of his face and body type‚ which I find strange. The speaker’s similes and metaphors are very disturbing because she seems to like to allude to death and pain. For example‚ she says that the laces on his sneakers are”…in a complex pattern like a set of intentional scars‚” and “he is wearing red‚ like
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of the nine African-American students who attended the 1957 integration of Central High School. Elizabeth was born October 4‚ 1941(Wikipedia). Elizabeth is 74 years old today. There are two words that describe Elizabeth Eckford. The two words I chose were determined and courageous. Elizabeth is determined because she volunteered to try to integrate Central High School. She was determined to try to integrate. She stayed at Central High School‚ even after all
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P3 – Describe how two businesses are organised P4 – Explain how their style of organisation helps them to fulfil their purposes Unit 1 Business Environment Hierarchy Hierarchy The shape of a hierarchical organisational structure is the pyramid. A hierarchical organisation is a group of objects structured to be subordinate to a central idea or person. The person in charge sits at the top of the pyramid (paid most). Each job description (manager‚ deputy manager etc.) sits below the top in
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FARTHER Vs. FURTHER The English language is ever changing‚ so some people find it difficult to know the proper use of words to write. There are words whose meanings are similar‚ but we need to know the appropriate use for them. In this case we can confuse “farther” and “further.” Farther versus further is just one of the many words that we can find in the English language. Farther and further are historically the same words‚ so it is not surprising that the two have long been used more or less interchangeably
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Motivation to Further Your Education . Motivation to Further Your Education It is time for my life to change by taking the opportunity to go back to school for my children‚ a change in my career and finally my dream job. When I was in High School I did not realize how important it was to go straight to college. It wasn’t until I had children of my own to make me face reality. At my current employment industry‚ higher positions unavailable. What point do you finally
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Describe how your two chosen businesses are organisational structures‚ local vs national; structure‚ store structure‚ functional areas and what they do. (p3). Functional areas in a business are basically like departments so that the business can run nicely‚ because if there were not functional areas in a business then the business would not be able to run properly and the business itself would not be able to succeed at achieving its aims and objectives. The functional areas in a business can actually
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