life. They discovered it when they mixed sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and potassium nitrate. The Chinese started to use gunpowder for weapons‚ in document 5 it says‚ “New weapons were rapidly developed‚ including rockets and others that were launched from a bamboo tube‚” showing that China quickly developed weapons using the gunpowder that made them stronger. The idea of
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Human Impact On the Passenger Pigeon The passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) was a unique species and was probably the most horrible example of human-caused extinction in history. There had been around three to five billion passenger pigeons‚ the total number of birds to be found in the United States today. The last passenger pigeon alive‚ named Martha‚ died on September 1‚ 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. Humans have always had a huge impact on their surroundings and when the Europeans arrived
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NOUNS (名词) Common and Proper Nouns （普通名词和专有名词） 名词可以分为专有名词（Proper Nouns）和普通名词 (Common Nouns）。 专有名词是某（些）人，地方，机构等专有的名称。 普通名词是一类人或东西或是一个抽象概念的名词。普通名词又可分为下面四类： 1）个体名词（Individual Nouns）：表示某类人或东西中的个体，如：gun。 2）集体名词（Collective Nouns）：表示若干个个体组成的集合体，如：family。 3）物质名词（Material Nouns）：表示无法分为个体的实物，如：air。 4）抽象名词（Abstract Nouns）：表示动作、状态、品质、感情等抽象概念，如：work。 个体名词和集体名词可以用数目来计算，称为可数名词（Countable Nouns）。 物质名词和抽象名词一般无法用数目计算，称为不可数名词（Uncountable Nouns）。 归纳一下，名词的分类可以下图表示： 名词 专有名词 NOUNS Proper Nouns 普通名词
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1. Spanish Heritage Spain ruled the Philippines for three centuries (1565-1898) Spain’s cultural legacywas more beneficial and comprehensive than her political and economic endowments. 2. Christianity Spain’s greatest legacy The Roman Catholic religion - originated in Asia‚ being founded by Jesus Christ in Palestine; spread to Western Europe after Christ’s crucifixion‚ in the 16th and 17th centuries‚ propagated across the Atlantic to the New World and across the Pacific to the Philippines‚ making
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OLE MAS IN TRINIDAD The festival dates back to the 18th century‚ and the influx of French Catholic planters – both white and free coloured – their slaves‚ and free blacks in the 1780s. The white and free coloured both staged elaborate masquerade balls at Christmas and as a “farewell to the flesh” before the Catholic Lenten season‚ with each group mimicking the other in their masking and entertainment. The West African slaves of these planters as well as free coloureds had their own masking traditions
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cable was drawn like a pencil line across the sun . The fireflies waited in the shadows‚ their lanterns off . The kling-klings* swooped in from the hills‚ congregating in the orange trees. A breeze coming home from sea held its breath; bamboo lining the dirt road stopped its swaying‚ and evening came as soft as chiffon curtains : Closing. Closing. Light! Mr. Samuel smiling on the verandah – a silhouette against the yellow shimmer behind him – and there arising such a
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of the Grand Historian (史記) that were written between about 109 BC and 91 BC by Sima Qian and another textthat is called the Bamboo Annals (竹書紀年) that was a text that was said to have been buried with the King of Wei who died in 296 BC and was rediscovered in 281 AD during the Jin Dynasty. The text was written on flat pieces of bamboo‚ and this is why it is called the Bamboo Annals. Are these accounts accurate? It is said that the Xia Dynasty people didn’t keep written records‚ but that their histories
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are an essential part of village life. A recent census found that there are currently 1‚500 active gong kebyar ensembles on the island. A gamelan is an ensemble which is made up of a variety of instruments including metallophones‚ drums‚ gongs‚ bamboo flutes‚ bowed and plucked strings‚ and vocalists may also be included. If a dance takes place somewhere‚ the gamelan will be there too because dance and gamelan are very closely linked in Balinese culture. The Gamelan closely interacts with the dancer
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In China‚ gunpowder is termed Huo Yao‚ meaning burning medication. It was created by blending elemental sulfur‚ charcoal‚ and saltpeter. Daoist scientists created this by mishap. At first‚ the Tao were attempting to discover an elixir for indestructibility. It was made in the course of the 9th century‚ and the initial documents of the ingredients were seen in the 11th century. At first‚ gunpowder was applied to commence fires. The Chinese also used it to blind‚ burn and poison people and give off
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to grow. Narayan fuels this perspective early on as he presents us with the story of the "jasmine plant" which Krishna took care of as a pupil. The plant needed help to grow and so Krishna constructed a bamboo stile to help it along. The plant seems almost reflective of Krishna who needs the bamboo of the Leave Alone System to activate his stagnant life. The problems with the British System of Education are clearly outlined in the novel. It is a one-sided sloppy education that Krishna accuses of
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