this is from the internet‚ not mine. Extract from an English student’s learning journal. Week Five - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) The Decay of Lying (1889‚ revised 1891) ’The Happy Prince’‚ ’The Nightingale and the Rose’‚ ’The Selfish Giant’‚ ’The Remarkable Rocket’ and ’The Devoted Friend’ from The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888) My immediate response to these works by Oscar Wilde is that they are charmingly light-hearted‚ evocative‚ challenging in content and meaning‚ and that the Fairy
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模範子女的定義: 典型的優秀子女‚值得我們去學習的 /榜樣 1.孝順 (百行孝為先) 父母為了教養我們，付出了全心的愛，就算兒女長大成人，他們也不曾絲毫改變那份無微不至、犧牲奉獻的關愛 所以我們應該心懷感恩盡心奉養父母 以感謝父母的撫養 弟子入則孝，出則弟。 意思是：少年弟子回到家裡要孝敬父母，外出要敬愛兄長。 夫孝，天之經也，地之義也。 意思是：孝是天經地義的。出自《孝經》。 好飯先盡爹娘用，好衣先盡爹娘穿。 意思是：好飯先給父母吃，好衣先給父母穿。出自《勸報親恩篇》。 首孝弟，次謹信。 意思是：首先要孝順父母，敬愛兄長，其次要謹慎，守信用。出自（清）李毓秀《弟子規》。 聽」即是留心、尊重、順服及體貼父母所說的或 未說出口的心意或感受 ;「從」即是做父母心所 願、所盼的事，使父母的心喜悅及安慰 2. 坦誠(坦率‚真誠) 真誠待人或與人相處‚ 雙方以真實的言語、真實的感情交往‚ 相互關愛，彼此扶助 坦誠需要存在於家庭的每個成員之間。如果一個人向你坦誠表白一切，是表示他信任你的人格，相對的也需要你對他有最深的尊敬與絕對的守密。健康的坦誠時，是將自己生活中的一部分，不論是愛、是喜、是善良、是醜惡都願意開放給對方。彼此之間不應該有任何的欺騙或隱瞞。
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We often talk about this spiritual practice in the same breath with its companions. We say joy and sorrow‚ happiness and sadness‚ smiles and tears‚ the ecstasy and the agony. The experience of one intensifies our awareness of the other. Sorrow‚ for example‚ may be the price we pay for joy; when we have known great happiness in a relationship‚ we feel its loss more deeply. Or think of those times when you laugh so hard you cry. Joy will usually be part of a set of symptoms presenting in your life
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How to make a surprise party People always love a surprise. That makes them feel more excited than they expect. So‚ sometimes people celebrate a surprise party for their friends to make the party more meaningful. Arranging a surprise party is not difficult when you follow these steps: keep the secret from the guest of honor‚ prepare for the party and confirm the guests. The first step‚ you need to keep a secret from the guest of honor. We also need to finds out his schedule to make sure everything
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half of the century. The Happy Prince‚ one of his collections‚ was published in 1888. The title of the story is an irony‚ as whoever living on the earth‚ have also experienced sufferings‚ so there are no completely happiness. According to the relationship between The Happy Prince and the little Swallow‚ the readers realize a union between two spirits. Moreover‚ both of them find out a real happiness when they compassion and sympathy for the poor. The statue of the Happy Prince is beautiful but
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Significance of Irony Irony is a rhetorical device used to illustrate a discordant situation or verbalization in which the outcome is opposite of what was expected. As a result‚ this writing technique often introduces humor into the storyline‚ depending on the tone of the story. This element of indirectness is partly what makes poetry so interesting. Poetry’s lack of simplicity forces the reader to think independently‚ therefore creating numerous possible interpretations. The techniques of irony used in
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Life of a newly married couple is wonderful at the beginning: breakfasts in bed‚ pleasant surprises‚ walking together‚ mutual understanding at a glance… And it’s totally unclear‚ why some time later appear some conflicts‚ on trifle pretexts and sometimes even without any reason. And in such conflicts pleasure of being together can disappear. Where does it come from and how to cope with it? Having a happy marriage doesn’t just happen by accident. It doesn’t happen because you’re "in love" or "perfect"
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(CEO) of the ‘Surprise Me’ company that is responsible for overall company operations. Besides‚ Goh Wei Nee as the financial manager for the App ‘Surprise Me!’ who is responsible for the financial operations. Moreover‚ position of the marketing manager is holding by Heng Weng Kheng who is responsible for the marketing operations. Last but not least‚ Loh Swit-Zanne who is the Information Technology manager has responsibility on the overall information technology operations. App ‘Surprise Me!’ mainly
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Irony in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” offers an almost classic study of irony of situation: the reader expects a celebration; she gets a stoning. Such a reversal is the work of careful planning by the author. The reader expects the lottery to be a celebration of some sort because Jackson describes the setting‚ details the activities of the townspeople‚ and refers to the lottery itself in terms that belie the outcome of the event. First‚ Jackson establishes a setting which suggests
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My Ultimate Birthday Surprise I had gone to spend the week with my cousin‚ Brandon‚ and his wife‚ Jennie the summer of my sixteenth birthday. I had no idea that Brandon had the most thoughtful and extravagant birthday gift I could ever imagine. Brandon had‚ without his wife’s knowledge‚ set up an appointment for Jennie and me to go skydiving. I had always wondered if I would ever have the courage to jump out of an airplane at 13‚000 feet in the air. Skydiving had always been a dream of mine
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