for Gallagher specifically. I chose Gallagher because of what he wrote about in his essay‚ and I related what he wrote to The Year of the Moocs. I think Moocs are right for Gallagher because his essay stood out‚ Gallagher wrote a fantasy essay which is very risky and something no one else to do. Gallagher is different‚ like Moocs. College is a serious thing and Gallagher decided to have fun with it and make a fantasy about himself‚ this is what makes him risky. I don’t think anyone else would’ve
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that can’t be changed by the time. -Essay on "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry SJ.H Twenty years is such a long time to change almost everything around us. During twenty years‚ a newborn baby becomes an adult and a middle-aged person becomes an elderly person. A short story "After Twenty Years" that is written by O. Henry deals with the time‚ as we can see in the title. Before I read this story‚ I had a question. Does everything really change after twenty years? After I finished to read it‚ I found
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“Everyone deserves not just to survive‚ but to live‚” stated 12 Years a Slave Director Steve McQueen during his Oscar acceptance speech for Best Picture. 12 years a Slave recounts the narrative memoir of Solomon Northup “as a free black man from the North who was kidnapped and sold into Slavery in the pre-Civil War South.” The Institution of Slavery revolutionized the political‚ economic‚ and social power of the United States. While America benefited from slave labor‚ those who aided in the development
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In the year 1912‚ the tragedy of the “Unsinkable” R.M.S (Royal Mail Steamer) Titanic occurred‚ but why? According to www.historyonthenet.com‚ there are many possibilities why the Titanic has an early grave‚ 12‚500 feet under water‚ resting at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. Historians have argued over the possibilities ever since the incident had occurred. They believe the Titanic sank because of human error. Three of the many human errors that occurred on April 14‚1912‚ are first of all Captain
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in Wanping. To find this man‚ they ordered the Chinese government to let them into the city‚ but the government denied them entry. Today‚ the Japanese‚ infuriated‚ struck the city with full force‚ quickly taking it as their own. For more on this‚ we go to our field correspondent in Wanping‚ Chrysanthemum McButterscotchington. C Mac‚ can you hear me? C Mac: Loud and clear‚ Jon. It is certainly a brutal scene here in Wanping. I’m here with Chinese citizen Wang Xiaowen. Wang‚ how did the Japanese
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have read a book called “Chinese Cinderella”. What is the book about? What have you learnt from it? Which two / three events in the author’s life are the most inspiring to you and why? Explain with details. Good afternoon‚ today I would like to share a book to all of you. I have read a book called “Chinese Cinderella”. This book is an autobiography of the Chinese Cinderella - Adeline Yen Mah. The book consists of photographs‚ historical notes on the state of Chinese society and politics during
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Extra Credit Movie Analysis: 12 Years a Slave The movie is based of the life and times of a man named Solomon Northup‚ who was born a free man in Minerva‚ New York‚ in 1808. In the movie‚ the book‚ and his life‚ little is known about his mother‚ because they never gave her name. However in all three we know of his father‚ a man named Mintus‚ who was originally enslaved to the Northup family from Rhode Island‚ but he was freed after the family moved to New York. In the movie‚ a now young man‚ you
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Word list Here is a list of most of the new words in the units of New Headway Plus Intermediate Student’s Book. adj = adjective adv = adverb US = American English coll = colloquial conj = conjunction pl = plural prep = preposition pron = pronoun pp = past participle n = noun v = verb Unit 1 achievement n /əˈtʃi:vmənt/ advertisement n /ədˈvɜ:tɪsmənt/ afford (can’t) v /əˈfɔ:d/ amazing adj /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ ambassador n /aemˈbaesədə(r)/ amount n /əˈmaʊnt/ ancient adj /ˈeɪnʃənt/ apologize v /əˈpɒlədʒaɪz/
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Chinese Pottery China has one of the world’s oldest continuous cilvilizations-despite invasions and occasional foreign rule. A country as vast as China with so long-lasting a civilization has a complex social and visual history‚ within which pottery and porcelain play a major role. 尽管有着侵略者和偶尔的别国制约，中国依然有着世界上最古老的文明传承。中国这样的庞大的并且有着复杂的社会和可考证的历史的漫长文明的国家，其中其制陶业和制瓷业有着重要的地位。 The function and status of ceramics in China varied from dynasty to dynasty‚ so they may be utilitarian‚ burial‚ trade‚ collectors’
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game but plays similar to card games such as rummy. Mahjong is a game of skill‚ strategy and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance. Mahjong has been popular throughout the whole world in recent years. This article describes the equipment‚ characteristics and principles of Chinese Mahjong. Brief Introduction Mahjong is a game that originated in China‚ commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in Korea and
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