If there is no sidewalk and you must walk on the side of the road‚ choose the side where you are facing oncoming traffic. In North America‚ this is the left side of the road. This gives you the best chance to see traffic approaching closest to you and take evasive action when needed. • Cross Safely: Mom was right: look both ways before crossing any street. At controlled intersections‚ it is wise to cross only when you have the pedestrian crossing light‚ but even then‚ drivers and bikers may have a
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Is It So Safe to Use Nuclear Energy? The fragile environment of our planet is now under threat. Carbon fuels such as coal and oil are running out and their emissions are destroying the ecosystem. To prevent the harmful effect on the environment‚ Dr Symonds discussed his view that nuclear power is the best affordable way to protect the nature of the Earth. Although the facts introduced at the conference were quite persuasive‚ there are some points to argue. There was a statement in which Dr Symonds
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Ray Bradbury writes about a society consumed by television in his 1951 short story‚ “The Pedestrian.” With technology’s advancements‚ society has become addicted and dependent on their technology‚ unable to enjoy the natural world but when a nonconformist‚ Leonard Mead‚ rejects technology and enjoys the world organically as it is meant to be‚ he is seen as suspicious for not adhering to society’s new norms. Bradbury is terrified of what society will become when humans will become reliant on technology
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Many people never leave home without a cell phone or forget to check the newest trending Twitter topics every hour. It is sad to say that some people spend more time on social media than with the people who matter most: friends and family. In “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury‚ a robot arrests a man while he is on a walk because the man is going against the rest of society by not spending every waking moment glued to a television. This story plays a bigger role than Bradbury could have imagined because
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O. Henry “The Roads we take” I. Match the words from column A with their definitions from column B. A B 1. to thrust a. a gun with a long barrel 2. rifle b. valuable things taken from a place by somebody 3. bridle c. the point at which a road‚ path‚ or river divides into two parts in the shape of a “Y” 4. to jerk d. a person who helps to commit a crime 5. booty e. to push or move something somewhere quickly with a lot of force 6. accomplice f. a set of traps that is put around a horse’s head
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Universities should require every student to take a variety of courses outside the student’s field of study. Should learing in university be universal or simply unified? Although focusing on certain major could guarantee the depth of expertise‚ selecting a variety of subjects outside a student’s field of study would provide more options for creative thought‚ and one’s future career could be based on such diverse learning. So‚ looking more to the future of young studens‚ I tend to support diversifided
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Whether schools and universities should require students to take courses outside their study field has been disputed overtime. Though some people may believe that requiring students to spend time to study other fields can be a waste of time‚ I believe‚ students should be encouraged to take a variety of courses other than their choosing fields for many beneficial reasons. Many students do not have a clear idea of what their career will be in the future while attending colleges. Given the opportunity
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In regards to the newly state-mandated‚ textbook-based curriculum for Kindergarten‚ I am apprehensive to the benefits of such said curriculum for children so young. Although textbooks cover lots of information in a given subject they aren’t nearly as effective as age-appropriate literature in their ability to interest children in the area of topic and getting them excited about learning. Kindergarten aged children will most likely see typical textbooks as boring and/or overwhelming. At this age
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The “Stop for Pedestrians” advertisement‚ sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration‚ demonstrates an extremely effective way to caution drivers when they decide to go behind the wheel. The success of the public service announcement is accomplished through the use of visuals and exaggeration. Persuasion is first achieved through an account of an anonymous driver‚ who made the mistake of only keeping track of the surrounding cars‚ “[He] was looking out for the other cars. [He did not] see
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which “road to take‚” while other people “jump in head first.” “The Road Not” is a poem about the choice between two decisions the narrator must make. “To be of use” is a poem about how people in the world today need to stop sitting around‚ being lazy and go out‚ find work‚ and do it to the best of their abilities.“The Road Not Taken” and “To be of use” are two poems in which their meanings differ‚ one is about making a decision and the other is about getting the job done. The “Road Not Taken”
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