Vietnam is a country with long and rich cultures. Festivals are important facts of the year which vary from different ethnic groups. Among thousands of them‚ Lunar New Year (or Tet) stands the first in the list - it is a sacred festival of every Vietnamese. Extracts below are major events which we have gathered and edited notably. Lunar New Year (Tet Nguyen Dan) Tet falls on a time when the old year is over and the New Year comes by lunar calendar. This is also the time when the cycle of the universe
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AN OPINION ESSAY (EXAMPLE AND WRITING) A. Read the essay‚ ignoring the gaps. Match each paragraph to its purpose. Paragraph 1 a) Give some facts to support your opinion. Paragraph 2 b) Write a conclusion‚ restating your opinion. Paragraph 3 c) Introduce the point‚ including your opinion. Paragraph 4 d) Give some contrasting points of view and say why you don’t agree with them. “Children under 16 shouldn’t be allowed to have mobile phones. They are a distraction from studies
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Love is meant to be not arranged Some people believe in love at first sight‚ while others believe it takes time to love someone. In life having a companion is very important factor. It’s hard to form a good relationship right when you meet that someone. If a relationship goes well‚ it could eventually end in marriage. Some cultures in the world however don’t allow their children to meet that special someone on their own. Parents in many cultures disapprove of love for their children. Would you
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Since the birth of the subculture ‘teenagers’‚ these stereotypically rude‚ rebellious and rowdy young adults have been included and represented in movies‚ plays and any other type of entertainment. In studying two separate films from two separate time frames‚ I have found that they depict teens in many different ways‚ although the root of their problems‚ values and attitudes are very much the same. This essay will explore and discuss these changes in representation‚ and will strive to discover the
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Adults have not always understood teenagers and the adolescent psyche. Film and hip-hop star Will Smith articulated this in a song from 1998: "Parents just don’t understand!" As the 1990’s drew to a close‚ the media would have the public believe that teenagers were more different from the rest of society than ever before. Dobbs (2011) unequivocally states that culture has a huge effect on the shaping of adolescents. In terms of music‚ both gangsta rap artists such as Eminem and DMX and heavy rock
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Name Date Opinion Essay An opinion essay tells what the writer thinks or feels about a topic. People have different opinions about things. In an opinion essay‚ you write your opinion about a topic. When you write an opinion essay‚ you choose a topic about which you have strong feelings. You support your opinion with reasons. For this Unit Project‚ you are going to write an opinion essay about the wetlands of Mississippi. Writing Process Part I: Prewriting Ideas As you learned in Unit 1‚ Mississippi
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Cindy Denton Earth Science NASA Opinion Essay 4/12/13 Humans are inquisitive creatures by nature. Humans always want to know where they have been and where they can go. It started as simply migrating for food‚ and then advanced to sailing for slave labor and spices. Spices led to power struggles. Power struggles led to the birth of new countries‚ such as America. And even within America‚ there have been travels and migrations for everything from religion and race to gold and jobs. The biggest
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The Symbol of a Mockingbird Supported Opinion Essay Prejudice and racism are a part of living and people will always be confronted with it‚ but why are people hated or precluded? Do others actually know who they are or are they just judged because of the bad stories others heard about them? In the book To Kill a Mockingbird‚ Lee writes about this theme and she uses the mockingbird is a symbol. A mockingbird is a harmless bird that makes the world more pleasant. Mockingbirds are the innocent
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OPINION ESSAY In our present life everything is connected with computers technology. We use computers at homes‚ schools‚ banks‚ hospitals‚ and many other places. A computer is a helpful and comfortable invention. Most things we know are run or made by computers. For example‚ cars‚ traffic signals‚ medical equipments‚ and most jobs today require the use of computer. It plays a major role‚ and has a huge impact on our society. The main three effects of living without computers might be losing
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Opinion Essay Options Karisa Horsch Professor R. Sorrell HIST 136; Opinion 2‚ 3‚ 6 March 7th 2013 Industrialists Vs. Workers Opinion Option #2 Today‚ the United States is known for being a big‚ beautiful powerhouse of complex industrial systems and with these industrial systems‚ bridges have been built‚ factories have been produced‚ inventions and workers have been put to work and thus‚ a new age industry arise. It’s hard to exactly pin-point exactly who to
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