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    Food Has Changed and the Impact of those Changes What do we eat? Food. Sounds simple enough‚ but is it? It used to be that food was all you could eat‚ but today there is a plethora of “edible food like substances” in our grocery store (Pollan). In today’s world‚ the fact that it is sold in a grocery store doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s nutritious or healthful. I’m going to step back into the past and show how food has changed in the last 50 years and the impact that it‘s having on us. It’s

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    ‘Rubbish has no value’. Identify the arguments for and against this view. Plan Introduction: Brief background of the meanings of rubbish and value. What issues the essay will address. Paragraphs 2 & 3 Material Lives and Zygmunt Bauman (Hetherington) which introduces idea of consumer society Paragraph 4 Answers from a report called ‘The Food We Waste’ (WRAP‚ 2008a‚ 2008b) Statistics about rubbish and consumer society Paragraph 5 Vivien Brown and her question on ‘Where does rubbish go?’

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    define it. By doing so‚ the writer helps convey his or her own ideas/values in the piece and utilizes their commentary about the space and society around them to do so. With the play Macbeth‚ Shakespeare is no exception. Shakespeare manipulates the status change of characters‚ in the play Macbeth‚ to contribute to the conveying of the writer’s values and ideas by commenting on the world and society in which he lives. When Banquo has the prophecy of the three Weird sisters thrust upon him‚ his status

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    A person whether they live in rear area or urban has to face a lot of stresses such as job problems and financial problems. As for young adult who just enters society has many problems to face like lack of money to buy a house. These problems make their life very hard. In order to make their life easily‚ some young adults would like to go back to their original home and live with their parents. In recent years‚ this phenomenon is becoming more and more popular. It is not clear that it is better for

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    月-2005 年 8 月真题 所有真题+答案 1.0 版 无老师的 Blog:www.ibtsat.com 专供版 -1 - 老托福历年真题无老师的 Blog:www.ibtsat.com 专供版 2000 年 1 月 TOEFL 试题 Section One: Listening Comprehension 1. (A) Spend more time working on calculus problems. (B) Talk to an advisor about dropping the course. (C) Work on the assignment with a classmate. (D) Ask the graduate assistant for help. 2. (A) Go home to get a book. (B) Return a book to the library. (C) Pick up a book at the library for the woman. (D) Ask the librarian for help

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    10 A Textbook on Professional Ethics and Human Values essence of oriental philosophy is that one should not fight for peace. It is oxymoron. War or peace can be won only by peace‚ and not by wars ! One should adopt the following means to live peacefully‚ in the world: Nurture 1. Order in one’s life (self-regulation‚ discipline‚ and duty). 2. Pure thoughts in one’s soul (loving others‚ blessing others‚ friendly‚ and not criticizing or hurting others by thought‚ word or deed). 3. Creativity in

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    This note will be available later.Act III‚ Scene I 1. What news about Albany‚ Cornwall‚ and the King of France does Kent reveal to the Gentleman? 2. What mission does Kent ask the Gentleman to complete? Act III‚ Scene II 1. In Lear’s first speech in this scene‚ how does Shakespeare portray the great emotional upheaval going on within Lear’s mind? 2. What comment about women does Lear make in his speech? 3. What is Kent’s opinion of the storm’s ferocity? 4. How does Lear’s remark “I am a man

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    Living in the 1700’s Living in the 1700’s was harder than living today‚People could die simply from a head cold. If people were deciding what to wear‚ they would have to think about their role. They would also have to think about the colors they wore because it mattered. Life was rough due to lack of technology and medicines. For the puritans (a group of people who wanted to “purify” the church of england from its catholic practices) there was a list of clothing they needed depending on what their

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    Should the Past be Judged? We can learn a lot from consulting the past. We learn more about our world‚ more about our history‚ and even more about ourselves. Spanish aphorist George Santayana once said: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” (qtd. in Moncur 1). In general terms‚ this famous aphorism means that it is important for us to study and learn from history in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However‚ the standards and values that we use today to judge

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    Living Alone or Living with Roommates Nowadays‚ a lot of attention has been drawn to the issue of whether college students should live alone outside the campus or live together with other roommates in the students’ dormitory. Opinions are divided on this issue. Those who are in favor of living with roommates have their own advantages. With several students sharing the same room‚ they could learn how to tolerate the difference between individuals. However‚ others argue that students who live outside

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