...I believe that the overall theme of the passage and video was segregation, and I found both sources to be very interesting. In the passage, William and his father had to wait to get water because they were stopped by 2 white men. According to the passage, “They told him that he’d have to wait until all of the white people were finished.” This quote from the passage explains why William and his father had to wait to get water. During the time of segregation, black people were ranked a second class citizens. Therefore, William and his father were forced to wait in line to get water. When his father explained to the two white men that he would just come back the next day to fetch water, the two men didn’t let him leave. They told his father that he and William and are going to stay here and wait until all the good white people were finished....
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...let’s start by this product, a facial cream by Sisley. How much do you think it is? ......The answer is 144 pounds. Next one, a facial brush. So what’s the price? …… Surprisingly, it costs 168 pounds. 168 pounds! Do you believe that?! It’s just a brush! This leads us to the topic of my presentation today: Why is the beauty industry so profitable? The beauty industry, also known as the cosmetics industry, includes sales of cosmetics, perfume, and products for skin and hair care. Beauty salons and spas are considered the service sector of the beauty industry. The global beauty industry has an annual growth rate of 4.5 %, and is estimated to worth 265 billion dollars in 2017. For the ten minutes or so, I’ll show you three main reasons to explain the profitability of this industry. I’ll start by looking at the first reason, which is purchase frequency. Next, I’ll focus on huge gross margin, and to finish off, I’ll consider growing men’s cosmetics market. Right, to begin with, let’s look at purchase frequency, which means people buy beauty products regularly, once a month for example. Even during the Great Recession of 2008, consumers did not stop spending money on these products. So why do they purchase frequently? There are three reasons. Firstly, people always concentrate on appearance. That’s not to say being beautiful or handsome, because the basic requirement is being tidy and comfortable. This graph shows the percentage of U.S. adults who choose these beauty products at a regular...
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...Voila! Finally, The Terminal script is here for all you quotes spouting fans of the movie by Steven Spielberg starring Tom Hanks. This script is a transcript that was painstakingly transcribed using the screenplay and/or viewings of The Terminal. I know, I know, I still need to get the cast names in there and I'll be eternally tweaking it, so if you have any corrections, feel free to drop me a line. You won't hurt my feelings. Honest. Swing on back to Drew's Script-O-Rama afterwards for more free movie scripts! [pic] [Tannoy] United Airlines announcing the arrival of Flight 9435 from Beijing. Customer service representative, report to Gate C42. [repeats announcement in Mandarin Chinese] [Tannoy] All visitors to the US should line up at booths one through . [customs official] Please have your l- forms filled out. - What's the purpose of your visit? - What is the purpose of your visit? What is the purpose of your visit? Business or pleasure? Just visiting. Shopping? Au plaisir. - Pleasure. - Business. How long will you be staying? Could I see your return ticket? - What's the purpose of your visit? - Business or pleasure? Enjoy your stay. Next. [Tannoy] Please have your passports, immigration forms, l- and customs declarations ready to hand to the inspector. - Stand by. He's fishing. - [man] Copy that. See this bunch of Mickey Mouse sweatshirts? That's the tour from China,connecting...
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...heart went into my boots, I can tell you.” “Same here,” said Diana, stacking the books neatly on a shelf in the caravan. “Have we got our bird-book - we’ll see plenty of birds on our travels, and that’s my holiday task - writing an essay on ‘Birds I have seen’.” “Well, don’t forget to take the field-glasses then,” said Roger. “They’re hanging in the hall. I say - what did you think about Mummy asking Miss Pepper to come with us, now that Daddy can’t manage?” Miss Pepper was a very old friend of their mother’s. The children were fond of her - but Roger felt rather doubtful about having her on a caravan holiday with them. “You see - she’s all right in a house,” he said to Diana. “But in a small caravan, with hardly any room - won’t she get fussed? We shall be so much on top of one another.” “Oh well - Mummy must have someone to take turns at driving the car that pulls the caravan,” said Diana. “And she’ll be company for Mummy, too. She’s quite good fun - if only she won’t keep making us be tidy, and wash our hands and knees a dozen times a day,...
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...Death of a Salesman is a modern domestic tragedy by Arthur Miller, written in 1948 and first performed in 1949. In America it was regarded by John Gassner as “one of the finest dramas in the whole range of American theatre.” (1) The play is a scornful critique of the American Dream and the idillic materialistic nature of American society in the 1940’s. In the play suffering can be seen through the thoughts and opinions of the protagonist Willy Loman, we can see this in Millers use of stage directions, language and time-shifts. Suffering can also be seen in Raymond Carver’s “Short Cuts” which contains stories such as “So Much Water So Close To Home”, “Neighbours” and “They’re Not Your Husband”. Carver’s work was heavily influenced by his upbringing and focuses and blue-collar workers, like his mother and father. Although Miller’s writing style is poetic and metaphorical shown in the opening stage directions “A melody is heard, played upon a flute. It is small and fine, telling of grass and trees and the horizon.” This shows a romanticised pastoral idyll as well as a metaphorical stage setting. Carver’s style has been referred to as “minimalistic” and “cinematic” as seen in “Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?” whilst describing Marian’s aura on their honeymoon “her hair was long and hung down in front over her shoulders, and she was looking away from him, staring at something in the distance.” Graham Clarke said Carver is “the quintessential minimalist, seemingly reducing...
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...brother's return, especially because he has to beg to stay afloat and is counting on Babamukru's wealth to lift their family out of poverty. Jeremiah exclaims, "Truly our prince has returned today! Full of knowledge. Knowledge that will benefit us all!" Babamukuru accepts all this praise graciously. Tambu is suspicious of her cousins, Nyasha and Chido, because of their English manners, language, and style of dress. She thinks they seem like snobs. Tambu becomes irritable - she feels distant from the reunion because she was not allowed to accompany her father to the airport. She tries to remember what her relationship with her cousins used to be like before they left for England, and she remembers loving them. However, in order to calm her resentment, Tambu retreats to the kitchen and busies herself with making a stew for dinner. This revives her confidence, and her female relatives are impressed with her acumen and work ethic. Tambu is given the task of carrying the water dish so that each family member can wash his or her hands before eating. She explains that there is a specific order that she has to follow. The men wash their hands first, beginning with the oldest and most senior, and the youngest wash last. This is because the water is cleanest at the beginning. Tambu, however, gets confused and makes many mistakes interpreting the hierarchy of power. She also resents her brother and cousins for eating with the men while the rest of the women and children are relegated...
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...down her hair and examine it. Della's beautiful, brown, knee-length hair is one of the two great treasures of the poor couple. The other is Jim's gold watch. Her hair examined, Della puts it back up, sheds a tear, and bundles up to head out into the cold. She leaves the flat and walks to Madame Sofronie's hair goods shop, where she sells her hair for twenty bucks. Now she has $21.87 cents. With her new funds, Della is able to find Jim the perfect present: an elegant platinum watch chain for his watch. It's $21, and she buys it. Excited by her gift, Della returns home and tries to make her now-short hair presentable (with a curling iron). She's not convinced Jim will approve, but she did what she had to do to get him a good present. When she finishes with her hair, she gets to work preparing coffee and dinner. Jim arrives at 7pm to find Della waiting by the door and stares fixedly at her, not able to understand that Della's hair is gone. Della can't understand quite what his reaction means. After a little while, Jim snaps out of it and gives Della her present, explaining that his reaction will make sense when she opens it. Della opens it and cries out in joy, only to burst into tears immediately afterward. Jim has given her the set of fancy combs she's wanted for ages, only now she has no hair for them. Jim nurses Della out of her sobs (weeps). Once she's recovered she gives Jim his present,...
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...recoveries to help tackle the “battle fatigue.” While the rituals, in the beginning, failed Tayo in efforts to a stronger self, the ending ceremonies did justice for him, however, it is through deep analysis of Silko’s addition of animals that benefited Tayo’s growth and gave him reason to live. To understand what is wrong in Tayo’s life, it’s important to acknowledge the white man’s world and how they viewed men of a different race, in particular, American Indians. During the years of World War II, the only color that each person saw was green, the same color each of Tayo’s fellow marines wore. Skin color was something to put behind them, in the meantime at least. However, when discussing the difference in...
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...ATHENIAN CITIZEN CHORUS OF OLD MEN CHORUS OF WOMEN (SCENE:-At the base of the Orchestra are two buildings, the house of LYSISTRATA and the entrance to the Acropolis; a winding and narrow path leads up to the latter. Between the two buildings is the opening of the Cave of Pan. LYSISTRATA is pacing up and down in front of her house.) LYSISTRATA Ah! if only they had been invited to a Bacchic revelling, or a feast of Pan or Aphrodite or Genetyllis, why! the streets would have been impassable for the thronging tambourines! Now there's never a woman here-ah! except my neighbour Cleonice, whom I see approaching yonder.... Good day, Cleonice. CLEONICE Good day, Lysistrata; but pray, why this dark, forbidding face, my dear? Believe me, you don't look a bit pretty with those black lowering brows. LYSISTRATA Oh, Cleonice, my heart is on fire; I blush for our sex. Men will have it we are tricky and sly.... CLEONICE And they are quite right, upon my word! LYSISTRATA Yet, look you, when the women are summoned to meet for a matter of the greatest importance, they lie in bed instead of coming. CLEONICE Oh! they will come, my dear; but it's not easy, you know, for women to leave the house. One is busy pottering about her husband; another is getting the servant up; a third is putting her child asleep or washing the brat or feeding it. LYSISTRATA But I tell you, the business that calls them here is far and away more urgent. CLEONICE And why do you summon us, dear Lysistrata...
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...wine-making skills. “You know I had a chance to get to know the Bridgers. Fascinating people. They are proud to be Melungeon, but none of them are really the same people. The father and son, boasted of their Cherokee blood, and you could see it in their faces. Bailey and little Joey, well, she says they are descended from Portuguese sailors, some of which are Moors. But those two are dark and have curly hair.” He waved his hand as though having a different opinion. “The Mother though, she claims to be part Romany gypsy. She and the son, Gabriel, they had visions. You know, she claimed he knew when he left how he would die. But they could not persuade him to stay away from this woman, Alma Daniel. He loved her that much. What do you think of that?” “I had them as students when they were children. They were both so smart. You could tell then, that they had a special connection.” “Poppycock,” the reverend said, holding his glass out for more...
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...colour films. 2 We had . . . fish and . . . chips for . . . lunch. ~ That doesn't sound . . . very interesting lunch. 3 I had . . . very bad night; I didn't sleep . . . wink. 4 He is . . . vegetarian; you won't get . . . meat at his house. He'll give you . . . nut cutlet. ~Last time I had . . . nut cutlet I had . . . indigestion. 5 . . . travel agent would give you . . . information about . . . hotels. 6 We'd better go by . . . taxi—if we can get . . . taxi at such . . . hour as 2 a.m. 7 . . . person who suffers from . . . claustrophobia has . . . dread of being confined in . . . small space, and would always prefer . . . stairs to . . . lift. 8 Do you take . . . sugar in . . . coffee? ~ I used to, but now I'm on . . . diet. I'm trying to lose . . . weight. 9 . . . man suffering from . . . shock should not be given anything to drink. 10 You'll get . . . shock if you touch . . . live wire with that screwdriver. Why don't you get . . . screwdriver with . . . insulated handle? 11 It costs fifty-five and . . . half pence and I've only got . . . fifty pence piece. ~ You can pay by . . . cheque here. ~ But can I write . . . cheque for . . . fifty-five and . . . half pence? 12 . . . Mr Smith is . . . old customer and . . . honest man. ~ Why do you say that? Has he been accused of . . . dishonesty? 13 I'm not . . . wage-earner; I'm . . . self-employed man. I have . . . business of my own. ~ Then you're not . . . worker; you're . . . capitalist! 14...
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...He shook his head and made to sit on his bed before realising how much that hurt. If his bed was hurting his bruised bottom then how was he going to sit through the feast! The feast had been going on for two hours already when the desserts and the apple pie were brought into the hall. 'Percival?' Elyan questioned. 'Why can I see the apple pie?' Elyan could barely hold back his laughter. Percival was aware that the knights' attention was on him and even Merlin had sauntered over. 'I got caught,' he admitted which was followed by laughter. 'She whacked by backside with a wooden spoon!' Cue even more laughter. 'That would explain why you look so uncomfortable, my friend,' Lancelot placed his hand softly on Percival's shoulder. Percival looked into Lancelot's eyes and could some semblance of sympathy. He was grateful. 'I have also inherited a cat,' he added which caused Gwaine to spit out some wine in laughter. Percival himself smiled slightly as he realised he did have a new companion. His spirits were improved. The feast passed without any misdemeanours although Lancelot proved that Gwaine wasn't the only one that could...
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...* ------------------------------------------------- Six Vices Destroy the Human Life * Some people may think that people are the strongest in the nature. In fact, the human body is rather tender to be threatened by various vices, such as the inadequate intake of water and excessive intake of coffee. These vices can gradually destroy our life. The first vice is to drink water inadequately, which can cause the aging of brain, induce the cardiovascular diseases and affect the metabolism of kidney. When people are working in office, they usually forget to drink water. In order to prevent the danger, people should absorb enough water for their bodies. However, people with weak intestinal functions should not drink water until they feel thirsty, or the metabolism of water inside the body can be seriously disturbed. The second vice is to regard fruits as main food. Although fruits contain abundant vitamins and sugar, they can not provide protein and trace elements for the human body. The inadequate supplementation of protein will cause nutritional imbalance and induce various diseases. It is necessary for people to know well about their own physical constitutions so as to choose suitable food. The third vice is to drink wine excessively. It is known to all that excessive drinking can cause the liver diseases and affect the reproductive system. If people want to drink wine, they should first understand the variety of wine. It is beneficial for people to drink red grape wine moderately...
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...entertainment and information center, offering a picture-in-a-picture window on the televised world. Since nature doesn't always call at the best times, soon you won't have to miss any of those great Super Bowl commercials. The sink mirror goes hand in hand with the flexible pullout mirror, featuring a magnifying camera lens attached to a flexible arm for correct positioning and that complete hands-free body inspection we've all been missing. Under the mirror there's a recharge shelf and container, not only for electric shavers and toothbrushes, but also for the special "wands". These programmable remote controls will be used to store individual preset preferences for background music, television selection, room lighting, heating, and water temperature for the shower, bath or bidet. The bathroom of the future also eliminates the need for a...
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...Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex CM20 2JE, England 2nd Associated Companies throughout the world. ISBN-10: 0-582-41787-2 ISBN-13: 978-0-582-41787-8 First published in Great Britain by Random House UK Ltd 1969 This adaptation published by Penguin Books 1998 Published by Addison Wesley Longman Limited and Penguin Books Ltd. 1998 New edition first published 1999 7 9 10 8 Original copyright © Mario Puzo 1969 Adaptation copyright © Chris Rice 1998 Photographs copyright © Paramount reproduced by courtesy of The Ronald Grant Archive All rights reserved Typeset by Digital Type, London Set in ll/14pt Bembo Printed in China SWTC/07 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publishers. Published by Pearson Education Limited in association with Penguin Books Ltd, both companies being subsidiaries of Pearson Plc For a complete list of titles available in the Penguin Readers series please write to your local Pearson Education office or contact: Penguin Readers Marketing Department, Pearson Education, Edinburgh Gate, Harlow, Essex, CM20 2JE. Contents page iv Wedding on Long Island The Greatest Racehorse in the World Virgil Sollozzo Sicilian Message Seeds of Revenge Nothing Personal Apollonia A Bridge Too Far A Good American Wife 1 6 9 15 20 25 31 34...
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