ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT : "LIVE LIKE A DOG‚ ALONE" 1. Give a summary of "Live Like a Dog‚ Alone" The short story is about two persons‚ who both live alone. Miriam is a middle-aged single woman. She has a great career and no children. But her heart is dysfunctional‚ and therefore she sometimes has to go to the hospital. The story is set inside a taxi‚ which is driving Miriam home after a visit at the hospital. The taxi driver and Miriam talks. Not in the usual polite way of conversations between
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Is it best to live with roommates? Or is it best to live alone? There’s no right or wrong answer to this question -- and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. It’s a personal decision that all apartment dwellers are entitled to make‚ and your answer should depend on what you want at the time you’re looking to rent. If you need help deciding whether to live with a roommate‚ consider the common reasons why people choose one route over the other. Reasons to Have a Roommate There are many good reasons
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Spend some time alone. How often do you really get a chance to get away and be alone in silence? If you are like most people‚ in this day and age‚ the answer is not very often. Between work‚ school‚ and relationships‚ people seem hard pressed to find time to seclude themselves with their thoughts. When they do get some free time to themselves‚ they turn to the television or the radio for companionship. Believe it or not‚ just some peace and quiet‚ away from distractions‚ can be an extremely efficient
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It is better to live alone than in a parental home The meals are hot‚ the fridge is always full and the rent is free. So is it any surprise that more twenty- and thirtysomethings in Britain are living at home with their parents than at any time in the past 20 years? The Office for National Statistics says many young adults in their mid-20s and early 30s‚ and especially men‚ are increasingly postponing the transition to adulthood. One in three "adult-kids" who have not left the parental nest
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The struggle to belong and find one’s place is significant in the lives of some people. In what ways is this represented in your prescribed text and ORT? PHOEBE ATKINSON A person’s basic human need to belong to people‚ places and circumstances can fuel many of their actions throughout their life. For some people a sense of belonging can be difficult to obtain. The struggle to belong is represented in many ways in the 1998 memoir‚ ‘Romulus‚ My Father’ by Raimond Gaita. Through Gaita’s employment
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Burris 09/16/2008 Topic of Choice English 1010 Some People Are Born Winners A simple definition of the word winner is somebody that is successful. In our society we have constructed an unwritten classification of who we consider successful‚ and since the words success and winner have the same meaning‚ we therefore also have an unwritten classification of who we consider to be winners. This is something that most people know‚ but have those people actually taken the time to look deeply into others
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They play an important role in some people’s lives‚ allowing people to work from home‚ stay in contact with friends and family‚ and it’s useful for entertainment purposes.They play an important role in some people’s lives‚ allowing people to work from home‚ stay in contact with friends and family‚ and it’s useful for entertainment purposes.They play an important role in some people’s lives‚ allowing people to work from home‚ stay in contact with friends and family‚ and it’s useful for entertainment
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throughout the street. Such scenes depict war that destroys lives. In The Diary of Anne Frank‚ World War II destroyed lives of people on the streets‚ but also it destroyed lives of others who they tried to hide from such atrocities. For the people hiding in the annex in Amsterdam‚ the moods and the relationships of the families and friends were greatly impacted by the horrors of war. From the very beginning‚ one can see the moods of people in the annex affected by the events of war. In Act One of the
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some people work for the same organisation all their working life. others think that it is better to work for different organisations. discuss both views and give your own opinion A人们为同一个组织工作 B熟悉环境 熟悉同事 C 办事效率更高 A 人们为不同组织工作B接受不同的任务C能力更全面 A 在同一个公司上班 B有稳定的收入来源 C生活压力小 Some people argue that working for different companities can create some benefits for their career advancement‚ but I believe that working for the same organisation is more likely to have a positive effect on their lives. If people work
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Some people think that the government should provide unemployed people with a free mobile phone and free access to the internet to help them find jobs. Unemployment is one of the most controversial issues of our time. It is a serious problem which needs to be addressed with urgency. Some people suggest that the government help jobless people in finding jobs by providing them with free mobile phones with internet service. This they say‚ is a remarkable solution to decrease the rate of unemployment
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