Not all people who speak the English language speak it the same way. It is very uncommon to find two people that speak the exact same English because there are so many different forms of the language. This is the argument that Amy Tan makes in her story‚ “Mother Tongue”. Tan uses pathos to portray to her audience how through her experiences with her mother and the Chinese language she came to realize who she wanted to be and how she wanted to write. In “Mother Tongue”‚ Tan discusses the many ways
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Liberal Studies Department presents news analysis Form 5A Joyce Kwok Recently‚ scandals on Chang Guann oil company using gutter oil in the production of its cooking oil have disgusted and enraged both Hong Kong and Taiwanese people. The Taiwanese company used illicit cooking oil that had already been used and then underwent process by cleaning and filtering to resell it as a cheaper alternative to normal cooking oil. Laboratory results show that it is harmful to health if consumed. The fear of consuming
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Should Putonghua Be Used to Teach Chinese? The Chinese level of Hong Kong students is declining. The supporters said that using Putonghua as a medium to teach Chinese can greatly improve student’s Chinese proficiency. However‚ the opponents claimed that using Putonghua to teach Chinese will hinder student’s learning effect instead of improving their Chinese level. Putonghua should not be used to teach Chinese because it creates difficulties to local students in learning. Obstacles exists in teachers
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Gina Delgado 1202 November 25‚ 2013 English- Miyo Tubridy Framing is a way to communicate with an audience by gathering information and stories together to make it believable appealing instead of them seeing the main point. In this case when we were looking particularly at the Edward Snowden story‚ I as an audience was impacted. Before I did not know anything about the Edward Snowden story revealing himself as the NSA leak whatsoever. Once I saw NBC‚ CBS‚ FOX‚ and Democracy Now! ‚ I got different
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A Live Radio Show Script What follows are the first pages of the script. This sample will familiarize you with the style of the piece and how a radio play differs from a traditional play script. Holiday music plays. We’re in a radio studio. On the stage are two microphones and a sound effects table ‚hanging above all are Applause‚ On the Air and WBFR illuminated signs (at the moment‚ only the later is lit). Maybe there’s a window in the background overlooking a skyline‚ maybe it snows outside
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Study Plan All world’s population is 7 billion‚ 1.3 billion people spoken Chinese in worldwide‚ approximately worldwide 1 in every 6-7 person can speak chinese. If you believe Chinese to be one language‚ rather than a grouping‚ it is the single most commonly spoken language on the planet. It is spoken in countries like China‚ Taiwan Singapore. For people interested in becoming fluent in Chinese‚ it can be intimidating and challenging. As Mongolia and China have been neighbors‚ many Mongolians
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1) What is the likelihood that the Canadians will be able to reach an agreement with the mainland Chinese and not have to go back to their Taiwanese supplier? Explain. The likelihood that Canadian people will be able to reach an agreement with the mainland Chinese is unlikely. Reaching an argument can be tough because there are only ninety days of receipt for a 5years agreement. Also‚ the People’s China Republic (PCR) like to take their time when making a decision. If they get this agreement‚ Canadians
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1. Henny Penny Corporation 1219 U.S 35 West P.O. Box 60 Eaton‚ OH 45320 Phone: (937) 456-8400 Fax: (937) 456-8402 http://www.hennypenny.com Shanghai J & C Industry Co.‚ Ltd. Contact: Geoffrey Jin Email: geoffery@jichuang.net.cn Address: Room 1701/1706 No.1725 Huangxing Road Shanghai China Shanghai 200433 China Phone: 86 21-65876135 86 21-65876136 Fax: 86 21-65876134 Web: www.jichuang.net.cn ________________________________________ Guangzhou Saimai Food Machinery Co‚ Ltd
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh is credited with the building of the legendary walls of Uruk. An alternative version has Gilgamesh telling Urshanabi‚ the ferryman‚ that the city’s walls were built by the Seven Sages. In historical times‚ Sargon of Akkad claimed to have destroyed these walls to prove his military power. Fragments of an epic text found in Me-Turan (modern Tell Haddad) relate that at the end of his life Gilgamesh was buried under the river bed. The people of Uruk diverted the flow
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THE WORLD’S OLDEST CUISINE? Who invented the world’s oldest cuisine? If you said your grandmother‚ you are incorrect. Many believed it was the Roman’s who created the world’s oldest cuisine but experts say evidence of ancient cuneiform tablets were discovered‚ leading to believe culinary traditions from early civilizations in Ancient Mesopotamia. Such cuneiform tablets feature more than two dozen recipes for meat‚ fowl‚ broths‚ and vegetables‚ pies‚ flavored with various herbs and spices. And
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