Elina Osmolovskaya Group 302 “THE FUN THEY HAD” Analysis The text‚ or even better‚ the passage I am going to speak on is taken from the book written by I. Asimov “The fun they had”. The extract begins with introducing Margie to us‚ but does not imply introduction. In the passage‚ where the author describes finding of a real book he uses the pronoun ”HIS”. The author underlines it graphically‚ to show the vast gap in the epochs‚ habits‚ morality‚ way of life and model of life. To
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The Effects Our Dependency on Technology Has on Us In the struggle to keep up with today’s ever-changing technology‚ is society paying too high a price? People seem to want things now. The internet is one of the most widely used technological advancements available‚ but are the consequences of the internet outweighing the benefits? Technology is changing the way people think‚ process information and even the way they act. People tend to want to take the easiest‚ fastest way to communicate‚ instead
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It was a good few weeks into the summer holidays of three years ago‚ and I was eleven years of age. I was with my family on a vacation in North Wales‚ situated right near the sunny beaches of a town called "Pwllheli". That summer we had rented out a wooden lodge from a dear friend of my mothers and we couldn’t have been staying in a more beautiful place. Around the lodge were towering trees with the hot‚ glorious sunshine creeping through the brittle branches and elegant little flowers swaying in
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How has technology changed through time? Technology has changed dramatically though time‚ for the better‚ and for the worst. When the first phone was made‚ it wasn’t made for moving around. But then as the phone evolved‚ it was made about the size of a brick‚ but it was portable. Then it kept getting smaller and smaller. Now it has gotten bigger‚ but thinner. One drop and the whole phone could smash. I don’t know why people would want a phone like that? Computers have also changed a lot. Like
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Social media tools and other technology provide a way to meet and stay in touch with other people through the Internet and it links millions of people together across the globe. The technology has significantly changed the way we think about identity. Unlike face-to-face‚ online interaction provides an opportunity for one to be anonymous‚ invisible‚ and multiple. Users have the opportunity to portray‚ experience‚ and express unexplored aspects of the self. The computer and interaction online provide
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is a person who has had a great influence in my life‚ my mother. My mother actually is an ordinary woman with curly medium length brown hair. She has a medium height and average weight which made her looked tall and thin. Year by year‚ she is getting older. Within these years‚ I can clearly see grey hair on her head. As she is getting older‚ she is also getting weaker as she works seven days without rest in a month. Whenever I see her pale face‚ I will always recall what had happened on that
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TUTORIAL-4 1. How has Amazon used technology to revamp the bookselling industry? Amazon uses technology envelop in search engine of a website. The company captures comments and recommendations of buyers for site visitors to read and also recommends which book to buy. The website captures all the information of the customer such as what pages they are looking at‚ how much time they spend on site‚ no of visitors etc. This information is used by the company to evaluate buying and selling patterns of
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Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you‚ and describe that influence? I was born in Taiwan‚ a small island near China. My family live there and I was lived there until eight grade‚ after that I went to United States of America for high school‚ because my mom wants me to learn how to speak awesome English. In my country‚ the educational system is divided into four part‚ elementary‚ middle school‚ high school‚ and college‚ there are still some higher educations above
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Electronic communications‚ improve efficiency and productivity‚ but poorly written emails can cause internal strife‚ low morale‚ and loss of clients. Effective written communication will enhance internal communications as well as external communications. The ability to write effectively is a core skill that all employees‚ no matter what their title is‚ should master. If the content of an email is unclear‚ grammatically incorrect or is full of typos‚ the email will cause misunderstandings and the
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where many people were against slavery. African American Scholar Michael Eric Dyson once said “The effect of slavery continues to exert its brutal influence in the untold sufferings of millions of everyday folk.” Basically Dyson is saying that slavery has and still is currently effecting everyday people today specifically blacks. If you were to drive through any city today I believe that the effects of slavery are very clear in housing‚ jobs‚ and schooling. The white man is still known as the high-class
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