two slots in her heat during the tension-filled‚ hotly contested morning preliminaries held at the ESU headquarters in London. With the eight finalists known by lunchtime‚ the action shifted to the Kinema theater hall of the imposing South Africa House on Trafalgar Square for the decisive showdown in the afternoon. The seven other finalists came from Malaysia‚ Pakistan‚ Czech Republic‚ Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Morocco and Mongolia. The “native speakers” of English -- from the USA‚ England and Wales
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Haunted house It was a beautiful day of summer. Me and my family were moving to a new house in Pennsylvania. At the first look the house seems to be very comfortable. I looked up and saw my new bedroom‚ it was in the attic. Delighted ‚I went to unpack my things. Since I entered in the house I had the feeling that I was not very welcome… and I`d better go. “Nevermind” (I said in my mind).. I had the impression that this house is our “heaven”…Everything was beautiful until one night… I
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Title: Island of the Blue Dolphins Author: Scott O’Dell Plot: Once‚ Indians lived on an island in the Pacific that looked like a big fish sunning itself in the sea. When they left‚ one girl was left behind along with her brother. This girl’s name was Karana. Karana and her brother lived on the island for a couple of days when one morning Karana found her brother dead. Wild dogs had killed him. Karana was left alone on the island with nothing but an abandoned village and hopes of a ship returning
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An Abandoned House The mansion stood isolated from civilisation but seemed to be inhabited by somebody. But who? nobody really knew but I wanted to find out. Standing in front of the furtive gates and rusted black iron gates‚ I could feel the cold gaze of people walking past‚ they could probably smell my fear. Gently pushing the gates open ‚they let out an ear piercing screech. Walking up the long and cracked windy driveway‚ I could see strange shaped hedges and unusual lawn ornaments placed
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“Doctor in the House” (Richard Gordon) 1. The author of the story is Richard Gordon. It is the pen name used by Gordon Ostlere (born Gordon Stanley Ostlere on 15 September 1921)‚ an English surgeon and anesthetist. As Richard Gordon‚ Ostlere has written numerous novels‚ screenplays for film and television and accounts of popular history‚ mostly dealing with the practice of medicine. He is most famous for a long series of comic novels on a medical theme starting with Doctor in the House‚ and the subsequent
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Brain Of Britain Ben: Wake up Kelly. Get up! (Baby voice) Kelly: What who said that. (sleepy voice) (Ben leans over Kelly while she’s in bed and druels over her.) (Kelly openers her eyes gets up and chases Ben round the house‚ then Ben runs into his Mum’s room.) (Their Mum gets up) Mum: Kelly why are you are you chasing after your poor brother like that? (Sleepy voice) Kelly: Because he woke me up again. (Angry voice) Mum: Ben you need to stop doing that and as for you young
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The two different short stories titled respectively "Sonny’s Blues" and "This Is What it Means to Say Pheonix‚ Arizona" maintain several similarities throughout their particular lengths. Both observant tales of changing times and cultures‚ the novellas incorporate themes of brotherhood‚ loss‚ and the rekindling of relationships. Due to the resemblance between the themes and atmospheres of the two stories‚ an analyzation is necessary to draw assessments associating these particular tales. One of
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Of The Nation’ And ‘The Man Of The House’ Frank O ‘ Connors treatment of characters varies in both ‘The Man Of The House’ and in ‘Guests Of The Nation’. We can see how O’Connor treats different characters differently and we can see how through the use of imagery and language O’Connor’s Characters are treated very differently in both short stories. Sullivan the little boy of the house develops into the man of the house in Frank O’Connor’s ‘The Man Of The House’. In the opening lines of the story
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Good job with the opening. It captures the audience’s attention‚ I like how you started with a question and listed the variety of feelings that you had felt. I think you did a good job at clearly and correctly introducing the short story “Sonny’s Blues” and giving a short summary. Your point in telling the story is clear; you want to let the readers know how important family is and how you should always be there for them. You used a lot of good details by giving the reader background knowledge on
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Reflective Statement on a Doll’s House How was your understanding of cultural and contextual (literary) considerations of the novel developed through the oral exercise? When I first started reading the play I was prepared for it to be a little backward since I had the knowledge of it been written in the 19th century and set in Norway;in which time day to day life and the culture was very closed and what it’s called now is backwards. In the beginning of the play‚ I felt really bad for Nora when
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