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a big city is dan gerous to your health. Factories emit tons of harmful chemicals; cars exhaust toxic gas and the air is so dirty that it is hard to breathe. That is why a lot of people prefer living in the country to living in a big city. In a village one can enjoy fresh air‚ beautiful nature and the quietness of provincial life. To conclude‚ it’s up to you to decide whether to live in a city or in the country. But I think that if you are tired of noise‚ illumination and crowds‚ you can always
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fighting. He then made his subordinates go to theheads of each village and force them to send in a constant supply of fightingcrickets.He would send to the imperial court the crickets that could beat the onehewas keeping. Theoretically‚ everything should have worked smoothly.However‚ asthe magistrate was extremely zealous to please the emperor‚ hemeted outharsh punishment on any village heads who failed to accomplish theirtasks. The village heads in turn shifted the burden to the poor villagers‚ who
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Urbanization is not merely a modern phenomenon‚ but a rapid and historic transformation of human social roots on a global scale‚ whereby predominantly village culture is being rapidly replaced by predominantly urban culture. The last major change in settlement patterns was the accumulation of hunter-gatherers into villages many thousand years ago. Village culture is characterized by common bloodlines‚ intimate relationships‚ and communal behavior whereas urban culture is characterized by distant bloodlines
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A dominant theme in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is the threats that come along with following traditions. The people of the village follow a tradition that has been going on for as long as they can remember because they rely on the fact that it will stop them from going back to their primitive ways. At first the tradition of partaking in the lottery does not seem so bad seeing as how it’s true nature is not revealed till the end. However‚ it is then revealed that the lottery is one unlucky villager
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country is still far behind in terms of development as compared to other countries in north Africa and in the southern parts of the continent. It must be kept in mind that urbanization is a two way process because it involves not only movement from villages to cities and changes from agricultural occupation to business‚ trade‚ service and other professions‚ but it also involves changes in migrant attitudes‚ beliefs‚ values and behaviour patterns which then affect traditional values. On one very critical
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of thunderstorms. Our final destination was Hoi An ancient town‚ which is around 45 kilometers away from Da Nang city. I was very interested in the colorful traditional lanterns‚ which‚ I think‚ help to bring us back to the old days of Vietnamese villages. While sightseeing the town‚ we found that there were many foreign tourists in Hoi An. They were probably absorbed in the beauty of antiques. Particularly‚ the old town turned out to be more beautiful at night when everything was more sparkling in
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although I had ranked tenth in my previous class in the city. These changes made me feel lonely‚ frustrated and discouraged. However‚ after I saw my classmates having not enough food or clothing‚ and walking more than seven kilometers from other villages to school every day‚ I realized that comparing with them‚ I was much better. Gradually I was affected and inspired by their spirit. They were optimistic‚ diligent and not afraid of difficulties. I started calming down and putting all my efforts into
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The Forest Once there was a small‚ undiscovered island deep inside the Pacific Ocean. A small community lived upon the beach coastline of the island. Family villages divided the community. No one in the community would dare enter the deep forest that covered the center of the island. It was rumored that the forest was home to vicious savages who ate anyone who was uninvited. Isaac was the younger brother of Martin. Their parents passed a few years after Isaac was born. Isaac‚ being six years younger
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