UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS IGCSE LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 0486 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Signalman Charles Dickens 2. The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3. How It Happened Arthur Conan Doyle
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The Success Of Apple: Above And Beyond Its Technology Over the weekend I was in an Apple store in northern New Jersey. It made me very uncomfortable. See‚ I’m a PC guy. A staunch Windows user‚ from Windows 3.1 to 95 to 98 to NT to XP to Vista (ouch) to the current Windows 7 (did I miss any?). However‚ I’m dabbling in the dark side‚ using an iPad (in addition to other devices such as a BlackBerry Playbook and a few Android phones). On a recent trip I broke the glass of my iPad. Hence my trip to
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Introduction 1.1 Background of the Company William Procter from England and James Gamble from Ireland had come to Cincinnati. Both gentlemen did not plan to permanently stay in England despite the busyness of the city they came to. Cincinnati was then a famous and a busy center of commerce and industry in the early nineteenth century. Despite their intentions‚ however‚ both men ended their travels when they arrived at the Queen City of the West where William took care of his ailing wife‚ Martha
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“Schmatta” is a gateway to success in immigrants’ new land: The apparel industry provided an entree for scores of central European immigrants‚ whose children and grandchildren went on to achieve the American dream. The “Schmatta” business was once New York City’s biggest employer: At its peak in 1973‚ there were 400‚000 apparel production jobs in New York. Last year (2007)‚ there were just 84‚000. Made in USA: Former president John F. Kennedy put outsourcing in motion by allowing 5 percent
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Practical analysis 1 While reading the following story‚ I noted its plot structure: 1. Are the events arranged chronologically? Do they catch and hold the reader’s interest? All the events arranged chronologically‚ they catch readers interest‚ because after two Soapy’s attempts ”to go to the Island” that were failed it’s interesting to know what’s the end will be. 2. What is the role of the exposition? The exposition is the beginning section in which the author provides the necessary background
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SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY Language Center Independent Study Report THE MAIN REASON FOR THE SUCCESS OF CARREFOUR English for Business 1 Section: 30 Teacher’s Name: Dr. Shaukat Ali DATE: 16 December 2012 Acknowledgments We thank all the people who helped us finish this project‚ starting with Dr. Shaukat Ali and Ms. Annette Herzog for their co-operation. Also‚ we would like to thank the students who helped us by filling out the questionnaire. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBJECT | PAGE | Acknowledgements
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test of gold and adversity‚ of man". The key to success in any field is the perseverance of a human being. Success is like a ladder where the person steeping in to it has to undergo a lot of hard work to reach at the top. There would be many pitfalls and obstructions but the fruit will be surely sweet. Hence‚ one must not run away from perseverance rather should adopt in such a way that you are able to overcome your difficulties with it. Success in life doesn’t come easily and there are many
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never will I forget that many have attained great wealth and success with only one sales talk‚ delivered with excellence. We all have dreams . But in order to makes dreams come into reality it take sweat ‚ determination and hardwork. I will practice‚ and improve‚ and polish the words I utter to sell mygoods‚ for this is the formulation on which I will build my career and never will I forget that many have attained great wealth and success with only one sales talk‚ delivered with excellence. We
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Li-Young Lee’s poem “A Story” depicts the complex relationship between a father and his son. Lee portrays the complexity of their relationship by using point of view to understand how the father feels in this situation. The structure of this poem helps paint the fears the father has by shifting to the future. Also the use of diction adds emotion to the love that is being shared by the father and his son. Through the point of view‚ the structure‚ and the diction used in the poem‚ Lee is able to convey
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good memories from their childhood. Everyone likes to remember their childhood. My childhood was rough‚ but I made sure that every night I got a bed time story. IN order for that to happen I had to pick out a book‚ 10 minutes before I had to go to bed. When I was growing up this was the best book in the world to me. Each time I wanted a story read to me‚ I would pick this book up and ask my mother to read it to me. This book brought so much hope and wisdom to me‚ it made me think about everything
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