Birds The earliest birds of which we have any record were descended from reptiles and lived about a hundred and thirty million years ago. These first birds had tails like lizards and teeth in their jaws. Over a period of many millions of years‚ the wings developed at the expense of the tail and the teeth disappeared. Thus birds as we know the today have evolved. They now differ very much from reptiles and it is only because of the research of zoologists one hundred years ago‚ that they were
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because they are very interesting. People have fun reading and also learn a lot of things. Also‚ reading can improve our English vocabulary. Reading fiction showed me a lot of things about personal development and myself. And not just the fact that I would really love to become a vampire! First‚ it showed me that too much of anything is a bad thing. No matter what it is. Even though I’m an avid fan of non fiction books‚ reading a good fiction book every now and then is not only fun‚ but also necessary
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successful‚ it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you are doing.” When determining the laws of life that appealed to me‚ this quote emerged in my mind. The current generation has the potential for great things‚ but in order to achieve that high of capacity‚ they need perseverance‚ direction‚ and self-reliance. I recall walking into my classroom on the first day of kindergarten knowing for certain that I wanted to become a teacher just like
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Rex Murphy’s “To Read or Not to Read” is a literary criticism on the works “How to Read and Why” written by Harold Bloom. Murphy explains his views on the importance of reading and asks the question “Why do we read?” His response to this question‚ he states “Plainly‚ we read because while it is not necessary to life that we do‚ life is much easier‚ more accessible‚ wider in its potential for those who can and do read‚ than for those who cannot and do not”. This essentially means that although reading
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I have read a book written by菲利帕•格里高利（Philippa Gregory）who is known as the queen of British historical novelist . "The other Boleyn girl" tells the story of the sixteenth Century British Royal History: at the time of the king Henry VIII‚ for family’s status and rights‚ Boleyn’ father and uncle sent Mary who has married to a minister before into the palace. Then the king fell in love with Mary Boleyn because of her beauty‚ they forced her become his secret lover. When Mary was pregnant‚ her sister
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When I was little I liked to watch cartoons‚ but I absolutely loved to read. On Mondays I would spend hours at the library gathering a pile of books I would read that week. I always enjoyed reading because I would usually learn a few new words per day. As some one with English as their second language‚ this meant a lot to me. I learned how to figure out what a word meant from context clues‚ and after that I almost never had to pick up a dictionary. Reading was my way of passing the time till my parents
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As I Read Graphic Organizer In the first column below‚ type any questions or thoughts you have as you read. In the second column‚ record an example or detail from the story that brought about your question or thought. In the third column‚ note any answers you find or conclusions you make about the examples or details you recorded in the first column. Your completed graphic organizer should have a minimum of five complete entries. As I Read Graphic Organizer My Questions and Thoughts as I Read Example
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spectator‚ I do believe that both cultures are privileged in different parts of the books‚ and the influences on both generation of acculturation and assimilation in this book also need dialectic discussion. But the author ‚as I think‚ cares more about Hindu culture and tends to foreground it. The life for the first-generation immigrants is very hard. They should not only get used to the new environment‚ but also bear loneliness. This book reminds me another story that I have read before‚
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I‚ Pencil by Leonard E. Read is an essay narrated by a wooden pencil describing its humble beginning and all about its life. The real message behind the pencil is to show how complex social coordination is. The point is to compare the creation of a pencil to social coordination. And how both are very complicated. Every part of the making process of the pencil is equally important and necessary. Loggers are the people who cut down the trees‚ gather the wood‚ ship them‚ cut the wood‚ clean‚ and dry
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Williams‚ Asia said‚ “Wayne Williams is innocent. The murders of the other children cannot and will never be tide to him. The police used insufficient and irrelevant evidence as a cover up because they were pressured by the national authorities to convict someone. There is no evidence against him. They have tainted this man’s reputation and branded him as a serial killer and put him in jail for 2 life sentences. They know who the real killer is.” Bishop D. Lamar Dennis says‚ “The Atlanta Police Department
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