The Humble Grass Good morning teachers and friends‚ My name is Linh Chi and I’m from Vietnam. What is humility? Is it not to act arrogantly? Is it to except one’s lowly position? Or is it to act without self-respect? Well‚ humility is not an astronaut saying‚ “Oh‚ I’ve just done some travelling.” I mean‚ he went to the moon. No‚ humility is not lowering oneself; humility is to make other people feel equal and understood without devaluating oneself. For example‚ how does a man 1.6 meter tall talk
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Technologies of Humility Sheila Jasanoff’s “Technologies of Humility” are new approaches to decision-making that ‘seek to integrate the ‘can-do’ orientation of science and engineering with the ‘should-do’ questions of ethical and political analysis” (Jasanoff‚ 2003). In other words‚ technology needs to be accountable in the production and use of scientific knowledge. The whole premise is to ask the questions: what is the purpose; who will be hurt; who benefits; and how can we know?” These questions
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“Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.” ― Brian Tracy tags: knowledge‚ lifelong-learning “There is nothing more notable in Socrates than that he found time‚ when he was an old man‚ to learn music and dancing‚ and thought it time well spent.” ― Michel de Montaigne tags: learning‚ lifelong-learning‚ philosophy
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Directions to Solve Some proverbs/idioms are given below together with their meanings. Choose the correct meaning of proverb/idiom‚ If there is no correct meaning given‚ E (i.e.) ’None of these’ will be the answer. 1. | To make clean breast of | | A. | To gain prominence | B. | To praise oneself | C. | To confess without of reserve | D. | To destroy before it blooms | E. | None of these | Answer & ExplanationAnswer: Option CExplanation:No answer description available for this
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Haste makes waste. “Haste makes waste” which is an old saying accepted almost by [almost] everyone. Some people are prone to do the tasks as quickly as they can but then they realize that everything got wrong. From my point of view‚ we should not do things precipitately but instead we should act carefully. For a start‚ haste makes us lose our attention.{"lose our attention" is odd - maybe "haste can prevent us from paying proper attention"} The main reason is that we only think about consequences
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or‚ seeing Oprah donate five hundred million dollars to a school in Africa. Heroes have helped and inspired people to do unbelievable things. Heroes are usually very selfless and always have a lot of humility; however some heroes not till an eye opening event or‚ even death‚ Other heroes show humility through their entire life.Humility is what makes a hero truly extraordinary for‚ a person to be humble when they have done something truly remarkable‚ or Phenomenal is incredible. Ancient heroes
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Running head: COMPARISON IDIOMS Comparison Idioms Between English And Vietnamese Đinh Lan Khánh Class 4B07 University of Pedagogy Abstract As a foreign student learning English‚ comparison idioms are really a big problem for me as well as other learners. There are over 3000 idioms in the dictionary‚ so understanding and memorizing all of them are a hard issue. Some students‚ even though‚ live in America or England for such a long time‚ they are still unable to understand what the native
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It ’s So Clichéd "She sat down to write her paper without batting an eyelash." This sentence contains an example of what is called an idiom. Idioms are individual forms of expression specific to one language. They can be thought of as a group of two or more words that together mean something different from the literal meaning of the individual words. "Without batting an eyelash" means to be passive‚ or show no interest in an event or situation. This phrase first appeared in the early 1900 ’s."Batting"
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fonder. Our feeling for those we love increases when we are apart from them. Blow off some steam To enjoy oneself by relaxing normal formalities. Busting your chops To say things intended to harass. Close‚ but no cigar Nearly achieving success‚ but not quite. Jump on the bandwagon Do what everybody else is doing‚ whatever is popular Keep your pants on Calm down‚ be patient. Let the cat out of the bag To divulge a secret. The writing is on the wall One can see the inevitable result
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IDIOMS |Group of words with a meaning of its own that is different from the meanings of each individual word in the group (for example‚ | |‘It’s raining cats and dogs’ means ‘It’s raining heavily’ and kick the bucket means ‘to die’); also a style of expression in | |writing‚ speech‚ or music that is typical of a particular period‚ place‚ or person (for example‚ ‘a piece of music composed in | |the modern idiom’).
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