What has been a significant experience in your life and what have you taken from it?Surrounded by thousands of stars‚ complete silence‚ and spectacular mountains‚ I stood atop a village in Thailand fifteen miles south of the Burmese border awestruck by nature’s beauty and power. Immediately‚ I realized that there was more to life than knowledge and understanding. The world isn’t to be taken granted‚ and I don’t plan to sit on the sidelines as the world passes me by. Ministry to Burmese refugees
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Life 100 years ago From 1909‚ the world population soared from 1.7 to 6.4 billion people. Also the average life expectancy was only 47 years back then! There used to be a minimal amount of cars in the streets‚ people probably used to walk more often and just 8000 automobiles in the United States could be found there with only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit was 10 mph. Even though the air didn’t use to be so polluted by cars and other vehicles 100 years ago‚ I think that now
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protector and the provider is slowly eroding. The male’s duty was unquestionably embodied in these three ideas until the 1970’s. The growing feminist movement began to question and displace these roles as solely belonging to men The traditional male role has seen significant changes in the family unit‚ society and personally. In the past men were the sole breadwinners and they were left with the task of bringing home the money. It was their job to be financially sound so as to take care
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IELTS Speaking: ’hospitality’ topic 1. In your country‚ how do people treat visitors from abroad? I think we treat visitors well. People in the UK are very open-minded and welcoming‚ and we enjoy the mix of cultures that immigration and tourism bring. Most UK cities‚ for example‚ are really cosmopolitan‚ and you can meet visitors from every part of the world. 2. Do you think hospitality towards visitors is less important than it was in the past? In my city‚ maybe it’s true that hospitality is
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Tax Reforms in Singapore is Beneficial to the Country Singapore’s Implementation of Tax Reforms in 2002 Singapore concentrates its economy mostly on foreign investment‚ free trade‚ and high savings. When experiencing huge negative impact from the global economic depression in 2001‚ Singapore realized that it should not depend on the United States economy anymore. In order to revive the economic growth of Singapore‚ the Economic Development Board (EDB) recommended implementation of tax reforms
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that has been around for years. Whether it be for‚ or against abortion‚ the side you wish to choose will have many debates associated with it. Not to be confused with the English word‚ miscarriage‚ which is the spontaneous‚ unintentional loss of an immature embryo‚ or fetus before viability. Abortion is the removal of the embryo‚ or fetus from the uterus purposely. This may be done if the country‚ or state that the woman lives in permits the procedure to take place. Although some countries prohibit
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“Topics in Economic Globalization” Is the globalization of services beneficial for developing countries? Basma Abdelaziz@ University of Göttingen Faculty of Economic Sciences Abstract: International Trade in Services is regarded as the new phase of globalization‚ which has been growing for more than a decade. Developing Countries particularly in Asia have become the largest producers of services for industrial countries. They also specialized in many professional services such as back office
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100 Years of Solitude "…Races condemned to 100 years of solitude did not have a second opportunity on earth." These powerful last words of the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude ring spot on. The book demonstrates through many examples that human beings cannot exist in isolation. People must be interdependent in order for the race to stay alive. Examples are found of solitude throughout the one-hundred-year life of Macondo and the Buendia family. It is both emotional and
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It’s 11:59 pm and the world is about to mark an important day in history. April 29th is here. It has only been 100 days. But what has happened in these past 100 days has left confusion‚ frustration and a torn country. History in this case‚ is hardly defined. News reporters‚ TV stations‚ journalists‚ families and the American people argue whether these first 100 days have been successful or unproductive and irresponsible. As President Trump shoots for par at his private golf course in Florida‚ taxpayers
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Quotes in 100 years of Solitude Fernanda “She had even began to lose the illusion of being a queen when two peremptory raps of the knocker sounded at the door and she opened it to a well- groomed military officer with ceremonious manners who had a scar on his cheek and a gold medal on his chest.” “In one single day‚ with a brutal slap‚ life threw on top of her the whole weight of a reality” that her parents had kept hidden from her for many years. When she returned home “she shut herself up in
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