Episode 1: Describing people At the airport Helen: What does Michal look like? Tim: Well‚ he’s tall and well built. He’s got brown eyes and a shaved head. Helen: Is he handsome? Tim: Of course he is! He’s my cousin. Helen: And what’s he like? Is he like you too? Tim: No‚ he’s quite shy really. Helen: Oh look! Is that him? Tim: Yeah! Michal! Michal! He’s crying. I wonder what’s wrong. @Why is Michal sad? To talk about people’s appearance or personality you can use: be + adjective Verb:
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Kyle Walker Period 5 Today‚ there are many dreams and traditions that Americas hold. Some of them can be reached‚ some cannot. Some Americans dream of riches‚ some dream of curing diseases. Most of their dreams are from the heart. People dream of having a family‚ with healthy kids. The American dream is really simple to me. It’s having a family‚ house‚ job‚ and one or more cars. Today in society‚ people have different perspectives on what the “American Dream” is. People worry more about how the
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extrapolations and enhancements of ideas she expressed. She got a B+ on her version; I got an A on mine :). Annie Dillard‚ the author of "Death of a Moth" and Virginia Woolf‚ the author of "The Death of the Moth" have different perspectives on the subject of life and death. Annie Dillard sees the value of life‚ especially in one’s death. Virginia Woolf‚ however‚ seems to perceive life as pointless and meaningless. It was merely a postponement of the inevitable to her. Each author writes her essay at a
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Professions for Women I will be analyzing Virginia Woolf’s “Professions for Women”. In Virginia Woolf’s essay she talks about the obstacles of being a woman in the workforce. She explains how societies expectations of how a women should be and how that expectation holds back women from expressing themselves freely. In the essay‚ I believe she is trying to achieve the goal of shedding some light of the obstacles for women and how that should be overcome. She wants to show how she overcame her issues
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novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker depicts racial tension during the 1930s and uses the colors purple and red to symbolize Celie and Sofia’s hardships as African American women during this time period. Alice Walker married a civil rights attorney‚ Melvyn Leventhal‚ in 1967‚ making them the first interracially married couple in Jackson‚ Mississippi. Even though slaves were no longer present in that time period‚ African Americans were still discriminated against‚ and Walker shows that segregation
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immersive mental journey can destroy. Alice enters Wonderland with certain beliefs about science‚ the world‚ and how people and animals should behave. She begins her journey thinking she knows all‚ causing her to become bored with her reality and have little appreciation for her life. Although inquisitive‚ Alice starts the book close-minded‚ tentative‚ and judgmental of others‚ however‚ she begins to change as she delves deeper into Wonderland and her mind. As Alice continues to encounter strange‚ unbelievable
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The photographer also developed a series of sign collages: Outdoor Advertisements (1929) and Broadway (1930) (Epstein 2000). Such works were bringing over $100 per photo at those times; however‚ the Great Depression was on its way (Epstein 2000). Walker Evans’ career took off very quickly due to the photographer’s talent and charisma. In the early stages of his professional path‚ he got acquainted with the rich and young editor of Hound & Horn Lincoln Kirstein who was startled by the Evans’ works
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“Two Cafeterias”‚ by Virginia Woolf‚ was written to discuss the meager way women were treated in society. In this passage the description of the food is Woolf’s way of creating a metaphor that mirrors the discrepancies with how men and women were treated. Woolf signifies men thought they were entitled to the extravagant treatment and the women have always been cast down and treated inferior to men as if they weren’t even the same species. Fundamentally different premises underlie each meal. The
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A comparison of life and death as seen by Dillard and Woolf Life and death both have different meaning to each person and that meaning can be greatly influenced by their life experiences. The two authors Annie Dillard and Virginia Woolf both expressed their views of life and death using the same symbol‚ a moth. It is apparent in both essays that the authors hold very different views though‚ in the end the fate of the moth turns out to be the same death. This essay goes in detail into the meaning
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back.” I pulled a special gem out of my pocket and showed my sister. “Alice‚” she whispered seriously. “This is the rarest gem in all the country. I learned about it in science class.” “Are you sure about this?” I asked to clarify things. “Oh‚ Yes. I am definitely sure.” She took the gem from me and studied. “It even has the gold inside of it. I can see through the red crystal‚ and there is definitely gold inside of this. Alice‚” She said. “This treasure is worth more than I can even count!!” “Wow
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