Ah childhood! When I was a child the world seemed to be a place of joy and happiness to me. There was nothing worth worrying about. Whenever I cried somebody picked me up. When I did not like to sit alone‚ I was always in somebody’s army. My father was one of my heroes since young. I idolize him as I grow up and to everything like him. I often ask my father to tell me about his childhood experience and he loves telling funny stories or describing unusual situations. When he talks to me about those
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Avon products have been a household name for all women throughout history. Since the early 19th century‚ Avon has always been the number one company for women. Avon is not only known for its lipsticks and mascaras‚ but for having one of the first female CEOs in a fortune 500 company. Andrea Jung was a fresh‚ stylish change for the company‚ but would this be enough? I believe that Andrea Jung was an effective manager during her 12 year reign. However‚ due to the ever changing sales/beauty industry
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Topic: Family expectations have positive and negative influences on individuals. Alice Pung’s Growing up Asian in Australia shows family expectations have positive and negative influence on individuals. It is normal for most families to want to see their children happy‚ healthy and successful. Not all parents‚ however‚ agree on the order of these three things and not all parents place the same amount of pressure on their children to conform to their expectations. In fact‚ some parents believe it
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for one half of the day and Chinese class for the other half. In my household‚ we spoke Mandarin‚ a dialect of Chinese. While I attended school‚ many of the kids that I met and became friends with spoke Cantonese‚ another dialect of Chinese. In addition to Mandarin‚ I slowly picked up Cantonese and as much of English as I possibly could. By the time my parents decided to move to the Bronx‚ I was fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese‚ but I still needed help in English. Moving to the Bronx was almost like
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intonation patterns? Well‚ intonation refers to the pitch patterns we Americans use when we talk. There are many intonation patterns in American English. These patterns are important because they convey meaning. While some tonal languages such as Mandarin‚ Cantonese and Vietnamese use changes in pitch to differentiate between words‚ English uses pitch or intonation patterns over phrases and sentences to convey larger chunks of meaning. The two most commonly used sentence intonation patterns used
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someone from some other country. English is used in most of the countries especially in the United States of America‚ United Kingdom‚ Australia and New Zealand. English today is probably the Third largest language by number of native speakers after mandarin Chinese and Spanish. However when combining native and non native speakers it is probably the most commonly spoken language in the world. Many books are printed in English because most of the people living in English speaking countries understand
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Onjus - Squeezed Out "Onjus is to 100% fruit drinks what Cadbury’s is to chocolates and Fevicol to adhesives." In May 1997‚ Onjus‚ a 100% orange juice was launched by Enkay Texofood Ltd. (ETL)1 in the niche market of fruit juices and virtually created a new product category. By 1999‚ Onjus gained a 19% share (Refer Table II) in the tetra-pack fruit beverages market (Refer Exhibits I and II). However‚ the success of Onjus seemed to be short lived. In 1999‚ the Director General of Investigation
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By: Chia Ching Mei (Mayy) “Music is an ineffective tool for communication across cultures.” What is culture? Culture is defined as the characteristics of a particular group of people‚ defined by everything from language‚ religion‚ cuisine‚ social habits‚ inventions‚ traditions‚ technology‚ beliefs‚ music and arts (Kim Ann). In my opinion‚ music is an effective tool for communication across cultures. Why music is an effective tool for communication across cultures? Music is a universal language and
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2011. My working experience at Lucky Star Garment Manufactory Limited improved my leadership skills‚ communication skills and ability to work in a team environment. I have fluent spoken and written English. I also have fluent spoken and written Mandarin‚ and can therefore work in mainland China. Currently I am studying a B.A. in Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ graduating in 2011. Subjects which I am studying that are relevant to the post of Management Trainee include Operations
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six languages. The Department of Education (DepEd) is stepping up its foreign-language program in the coming school year‚ adding two widely spoken Asian languages to a list that already includes Spanish‚ French‚ Japanese and German. Arabic and Mandarin‚ both emerging business languages‚ will be introduced to select classes in public high schools‚ DepEd said Wednesday. This is in addition to basic classes in Spanish‚ Japanese and French‚ which all debuted in DepEd schools in school year 2009-2010
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