Have you ever been challenged by an experience? Have you ever changed because of this experience? Good morning to the representives of the Board of studies‚.... and I wish to justify why the texts I have studied should be kept on the reading list of this module “Into the World”. “The Story of Tom Brennan” by J.C Burke and the feature article of “Sliver Linings” found in the of Sydney Morning Herald’s “The Good Weekend” both emphasise the idea that people are able to come out of difficult situations
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During her military deployment in Iraq in 2003‚ PFC Jessica Lynch was injured when a rocket-propelled grenade hit her unit’s vehicle. She then had to be rescued because of her serious injuries and was taken to an Iraqi hospital. There are two sides to what happened next: the U.S government’s story versus the doctor’s story. The U.S government reported that Lynch had been stabbed‚ shot‚ strapped down to the hospital bed and interrogated. However‚ the doctors that treated her said they gave her the
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prepare for your fi rst speech and as a checklist for all the speeches you give in your public speaking class. You can also use the guide as a handy reference for speeches you give aft er college. Presenting a speech involves six basic stages: 1. Determining your purpose and topic (Chapter 4) 2. Adapting to your audience (Chapter 5) 3. Researching your topic (Chapter 6) 4. Organizing your ideas (Chapter 8) 5. Practicing your speech (Chapter 12) 6. Presenting your speech (Chapter 12) Th ese
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Speech is the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds. It is the spoken expression of ideas. It is also defined as our ability to speak or the power of expressing or communicating thoughts by speaking. We often use speech to interact with other people. Social Interaction is the means and ability of two or more social beings to come into contact‚ communicate or acknowledge one another while each being is aware of the others. This is the way people talk and
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"I done wrestled with an alligator‚ I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning‚ thrown thunder in jail; only last week‚ I murdered a rock‚ injured a stone‚ hospitalized a brick; I’m so mean I make medicine sick." - Muhammad Ali‚ 1974. They call him The Greatest‚ The Louisville Lip‚ or even The People’s Champion. Surely this man should be recognized with such high-valued nicknames; if not‚ then this man is the one and only Muhammad Ali. This man is not only known as a revolutionary boxer‚
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The speaker today is Kevin Garrett‚ a Christian Businessman and Entrepreneur and the President for the development of Cold Stone Creameries all around America. This lecture is about failure‚ and learning to succeed in the midst of failure. Mr. Garrett states that failure is required to achieve success‚ and I like that he talks about this‚ because there is a lot of failure that happens throughout life. All people fail‚ but only those who stand up courageously after failure can truly succeed in life
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Experts have confirmed what many of us discovered for ourselves over years of trying to keep our bodies at a healthy weight. It’s now understood that one diet doesn’t work for everyone. That’s good to know‚ but it leaves many of us in a quandary. How can we know what diet will work best for our particular body shape and lifestyle? Quality Counts The common wisdom for losing weight is to eat less and exercise more. Counting calories is the handmaiden to this advice. Many of us have found that we
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My fellow Athenians‚ allow me to refresh your memory on the horrific events of the last thirty years. First‚ war with the Spartans‚ who razed our fields of grapes and olives‚ who killed anyone outside of our walls. Next a disease that crawled its way past our protective barrier and into our people. Relatives and friends laid dead in the streets‚ piled on top of each other‚ unburied because of the fear of the contagious plague. Another 30‚000 people no longer with us. After that we had a short period
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on the absolute ruin of self that one faces through Socrates words. Straight from his introduction with‚ “Good evening‚ gentleman. I’m plastered‚” (Symposium 213 A) it appears‚ as this speech will be a random comedic interlude to distract from the ideas of the form that had just come about in the end of The Speech of Diotima. However‚ there is an underlying sense of tragedy and the ruin of self behind Alcibiades stories. Alcibiades is completely transformed by Socrates words‚ “If I were to describe
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College graduates are increasingly being asked to give presentations as part of their job interviews • Internet & other technologies has not reduced the need for pubic speaking The tradition of public speaking • Oldest handbook on effective speech was written on papyrus in Egypt 4‚500yrs ago. • Eloquence was highly prized in ancient India‚ Africa & china as well as Aztecs and other pre-European cultures of north & south America • Greece and Rome essential role in education & life • Aristotle’s
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