Peiwen Su Professor Ibrahim English 107 October 5‚ 2014 Mother Tongue Amy Tan uses her mother’s experiences as a sample to represent a type of new immigrants who is always disrespected by locals and have troubles in dealing a lot of things; the reason why this happens is because they cannot speak English well. However‚ from Tan’s perspective‚ although non-native speakers should also improve their English if they want to fit in to different cultures‚ native speaker
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The Benefit of English After I read “Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan‚ “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria” by Judith Ortiz Cofer‚ and “Two Ways to Belong in America” by Bharati Mukherjee‚ I understand that the familiarity with the English language affect the authors a lot. All of those three writers share the same attitude that learning English can affect people’s lives. I totally agree with these three writer’s opinions that English can affect people and I think people who live
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Mother Teresa Real name: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu Born: 26-Aug-1910 Birthplace: Skopje‚ Yugoslavia (known today as Skopje‚ Macedonia) Died: 5-Sep-1997 Location of death: Calcutta‚ India Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried‚ Mother House Convent‚ Calcutta‚ India Gender: Female Religion: Roman Catholic Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Religion‚ Activist Nationality: India Executive summary: Missionaries of Charity Father: Kolë (d. 1919) Mother: Drana Sister: Aga (b. 1904)
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In Mother tongue‚ Amy writes how her mother who couldn’t speak well Standard English was treated unfairly in the foreign land. In this essay‚ she mentions some stories related to her childhood experiences which were happened to them. "... I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores‚ at banks‚ and in restaurants did not take her seriously‚ did not give her good service‚ pretended not to understand her‚ or even acted as if they did not hear her." Amy
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A speech for Mother Earth. We are all human beings. All people‚ You‚ me‚ our neighbors. No matter where You live in this world‚ if it is in Africa or South-America‚ if it is in Asia or Europe‚ Australia or North-America‚ we are all sisters and brothers in humanity. All people of the world. Whether rich or poor‚ whether color‚ religion‚ culture or political conviction‚ we are all residents on this one planet‚ our home - Mother Earth. The time is now for us to carry
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that he has mood swings. Overall this quotation indicates the audience that he might be dunk. Point: Eric seems to know how to talk to members in his family as when he says Evidence: “Mother said” Explanation: In this quotation we see that Eric seems to have a lot of respect for Mrs Birling as when he says “mother” may suggest that even though Eric might be drunk he still is polite to his mum which emphasises that he really is generally respectful to the older generation also when coupled with him
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Sami MacKenzie May 15‚ 2012 Persuasive Speech Human Trafficking Known as the “invisibles” or “modern-day slaves”‚ the human trafficking trade is the fastest growing criminal trade in the U.S. and one of the most profitable industries in the world. It is global in nature‚ existing throughout the world‚ with traffickers coercing men‚ women and children of all races and circumstances. Approximately 800‚000 to 900‚000 victims are trafficked every year of which 100‚000 are reportedly children sold
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Persuasive Speech Name: Sophia Liu Specific Purpose: To persuade the members of my audience to eat a healthy breakfast every day. Thesis Statement: Eating a healthy breakfast everyday could reduce the risk of health related issues. Organizational Pattern: Monroe’s Motivated Sequence I. Introduction A. Attention Getter 1. How many of you have ever heard the saying‚ “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day”? B. Introduce Topic and Motivate Audience 1. Chances are‚ you have probably been
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Raise. Native. Source. Origin. Protector. These are all words that can be interchanged with the word “mother.” Like anything else all language has an origin. Likewise‚ language is something that comes from a source but changes‚ or is raised‚ over time. Different languages are native to different people and some language is protected over time‚ whether through books or the human mind. In her work “Mother Tongue‚” Amy Tan explores the creation of her language and her mother’s role in it through her literary
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