idiomatic expressions in English An idiom is a group of words in current usage having a meaning that is not deducible from those of the individual words. For example‚ "to rain cats and dogs" - which means "to rain very heavily" - is an idiom; and "over the moon" - which means "extremely happy" - is another idiom. In both cases‚ you would have a hard time understanding the real meaning if you did not already know these idioms! A (26) B (26) C (27) D (25) E (25) F (27) G (26) H (25) I
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Scott Kernan The F-Word: A Rhetorical Analysis In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas‚ “The F-Word”‚ Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style‚ however‚ that did most of the work. Dumas’ article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”‚ as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the
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提高公众对新增禁烟区的认识， 环境局的义工至今已展开超过950次的社区巡逻， 向各个社区内桶的烟客和居民说明新禁烟条例 • 不要伤害到非吸烟者‚ 减少二手烟的问题 后果: • 我国约有36万烟民‚ 吸烟人群包括年轻人 • 年轻人、小孩子在耳濡目染下有样学样 • 非吸烟者吸二手烟‚ 发生有关健康的问题 • 营造良好的社会风气 • 言行影响社会中的人 • 出现" 不吸烟" 断层 • 教育下一代远离香烟营造良好社会风气 建议: a. 政府方面 b. 学校方面 c. 家长方面家 d. 媒体方面 例子: •加强对商贩的监管 • 举办专题讲座 • 组织参观戒烟机构 • 审查影视剧中的吸烟镜头 • 积极配合宣传 • 加强对学生的引导 • 鼓励举报吸烟学生 •长身肩重任 • 家长要以身作则 • 帮助孩子克服烟瘾的问题 •制作公益广告 • 开辟专题节目 • 开设网络论坛 • 宣传典型案例 与此同时， 环境局也与便利店合作， 印制教育宣传单派发给烟客。 环’境局也专门针对年轻人开设网站， 从他们的角度宣传禁烟信息。 结语:
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Shelly Cashman Excel 2010 ------------------------------------------------- Chapter 3: Lab 1 Six-Year Financial Projection Skills Save a workbook with a new name Apply a theme to a worksheet Select all cells in a worksheet Apply bold Enter text in cells Change the font Change font size Create a formula using the NOW function
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Title: The Blind Highland Boy Author: William Wordsworth [More Titles by Wordsworth] (A Tale told by the Fire-side.) Now we are tired of boisterous joy‚ We’ve romp’d enough‚ my little Boy! Jane hangs her head upon my breast‚ And you shall bring your Stool and rest‚ This corner is your own. There! take your seat‚ and let me see That you can listen quietly; And as I promised I will tell That strange adventure which befel A poor blind Highland Boy. A _Highland_ Boy!--why call
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In slip-shod measure loosely prattling on‚ Of farm or orchard‚ pleasant curds and cream‚ Or droning flies‚ or shoes lost in the mire By little whimpering boy‚ with rueful face- Come‚ Muse‚ and sing the dreaded washing day (Pg. 70 Lines 1-8) Anna Letitia Barbauld’s poem “Washing Day” is categorized as mock epic. A mock epic is defined as: epic tone and form but for ‘ordinary’ subjects. Another example of a mock epic is Alexander Pope’s The Rape of the Lock (1712). This literary work stands
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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could only describe myself with a single word it would have to be a wonderer. I have always lived my life as a free spirit. I do have never been one to stay in a single place for very long. If I stay in one thing for too long I tend to get antsy and long to move on to the next chapter of my life. As a child I was always in the world‚ whether in the city or in nature. I constantly explored what was going on in the world through the news‚ internet‚ from the words of others or just by watching how things
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Born in a time where women were frequently dismissed as being inferior to men‚ and were considered to be property of their father or husband‚ Anna Bijns was one of the few women to receive an education. She progressed in her education far enough to become part of the Franciscan brotherhood of teachers. Bijns adamantly opposed the establishment of marriage‚ and often wrote poems and satires denouncing the institution. Bijns’ ignored the criticisms she faced while writing anti-matrimony materials such
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SIGNALLING WORDS Examples 1. Time/order At first At first the freemen of both town and country had an organization and a type of property which still retained something of the communal as well as something of the private‚ but in the town a radical transformation was taking place. Eventually Eventually the group did manage to buy some land in a village not far from London‚ but the project had to be abandoned when the villagers zoned their land against agricultural use. Finally Finally‚ there have
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