Brianna Lyles APES September 2‚ 2014 The World Without Us In The World Without Us‚ Alan Weisman offers an utterly original approach to questions of humanity’s impact on the planet: he asks us to envision our Earth if humans suddenly disappeared. He explains that the infrastructure placed on Earth would collapse and vanish without any human presence. He explained how everyday items may become immortalized as fossils; how copper pipes and wiring would be crushed into mere seams of reddish rock
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Andrew Halliwell AS 91101 A World Without Money? Would the world be a better place if there was no money? You didn’t have to go to work every day. There would be no more worries about how you are going to pay for the mortgage‚ about paying for your insurance‚ that you might be robbed for your money on the next corner. We can learn to distribute our goods and services according to need rather than by the ability to pay. Wealth will no longer be a status symbol. A man will be judged by what he
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and 2. be expressed in complete‚ grammatical sentences - not phrases. Life Without Television When my family’s only television set went to the repair shop a few days ago‚ my parents‚ sister‚ and I thought we would have a terrible week. How would we ever get through the long‚ quiet evenings? What would life be like without all the shows to keep us company? However‚ we soon realized that living without television for a while was a stroke of good fortune. We found that we were able to
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Mothers Without Men 1. Translation into English Selvbillede = Self-image Skam = Shame Hemmelighedskræmmeri = Secret/Secrecy? Stolthed = Pride Århundrede = Century På egen hånd = On your own Radikal forandring = Radical change Kvindebedårer = Womanizer Translation into Danish Mr. You’ll have to do = Hr. du bliver nødt at gøre A lover reluctant to commit = En elsker er tilbageholdende med at begå The relationship has been reduced to a biological transaction = Forholdet er blevet reduceret til
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A Life Without Technology There’s no doubt that technology brings with it some scary things. The scariest of them all is of the uncertainty. Human beings are creatures of habit and any introduction of anything new typically raises an eyebrow (at least) or pitchforks (more often). It’s a somewhat common theme that is tiresome to me‚ but one that rages with debate throughout the times. If you study history‚ many of the same arguments that are made as to why the Internet is ruining our society and
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A week without internet? We’re off on Sunday for a week’s holiday in France. And‚ as always‚ this means we’re working like very crazy megalomaniacs trying to get everything finished in time – including‚ as usual‚ the gazillion last-minute things every client and their sister needs us to absolutely finish by the end of this week‚ because one week’s delay would cause the world to explode. (I’m waiting for one thing to upload and another to download‚ while I write this‚ by the way. I am not slacking
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matter where it is needed or who needs it. This was the beginning of Medecins Sans Frontieres‚ (MSF) or‚ in English‚ Doctors Without Borders. The philosophy of MSF is that all people have the right to medical care‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ or nationality. Today‚ according to MSF‚ the world needs medical doctors who can provide aid to any nation quickly‚ efficiently‚ and without political pressures. MSF began as “a couple of doctors with a suitcase and a dream.” Now it is the largest nongovernmental
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Siargao Island About 800 kilometers southeast of Manila is a surfing haven called Siargao Island‚ a 400-square kilometer island with white-sand beaches‚ reefs‚ and rough winds from the Pacific Ocean that whips up waves ideal for international surfing competitions. Siargao Island is where local and foreign surfers meet‚ daring each other to take on the next huge wave. It‚ however‚ has more to offer beyond surfing. Siargao Island has large mangrove forests and stretches of wetlands. The place
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Love Without Love 1. According to the first four lines‚ the speaker loved this particular person because they never saw this person coming into their life‚ therefore it was a surprise and they saw a drastic change something called love. 2. The metaphor in lines 5-6 is "I’ve fly you flying through my soul in quick‚ loft flight" and this means that this special person came into their life very quickly like a plane‚ it was in and it was out. The extended metaphor is that this person was looking
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revolutionary slogan ‘no taxation without representation’. How did that express the core values of the new American political culture? Under American Revolution we understand politic developments in British colonies in North America in 1775-1783‚ which ended up creating the United States. They were caused by the unwillingness of the colonies to obey to the interests of the metropolis. The slogan that best expressed the cause of the revolution was ‘No taxation without representation’. It was widely
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