lived out what they taught. The goal of a good life, they have all agreed, is a deep happiness consistent with simplicity, integrity, and a profound generosity. The great thinkers have never thought of happiness as primarily rooted in the hedonic indulgence of the senses, but rather they have described a sense of well-being and satisfaction that comes from a higher purpose pursued over time. Opinion has differed as to how happy we can expect to become in this mixed up world, and as to what goals and
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供的问题的变化，就是不同的问法，但是你可以用同一个方式来回答的，要记得考试时候 能听明白，然后会转化哦！ 1. Your Work or Your Studies • Do you work or are you a student? Well, I am a senior in Zhejiang University and I’m planning to pursue my master’s degree in the U.K after my graduation. That’s why I take this test. 1a) Your Work General Description of Your Job • What job (or, what work) do you do? I’m a teacher at an English training
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Children since the beginning of time have always been influenced by what little they learn at such a young age, either by their parents or from their siblings. No matter what you do, its monkey see monkey do. Even with this knowledge they gain while growing up, these little rascals seem to be missing something worth value when going through their childhood through adolescence; that’s discovering the world around them. They grow up not knowing anything about their surroundings and how things came
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Imagine yourself sitting alone on a park bench, shoulders slumping dejectedly and hands at your temples covering your face. You have just lost your bag containing both your smartphone and your laptop. Luckily, you still have your wallet and keys in your pocket so you can go home. But you are still sitting on that park bench, processing the situation and wondering what to do. You don’t have back up and you won’t be able to arrange the money to buy another phone and laptop until the end of the week
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The first chapter from How to Read Literature Like a Professor explained how important setting is in a piece of literature. “Geography is setting, but it’s also (or can be) psychology, attitude, finance, industry--anything that place can forge in the people how live there” (174). Some of the readings this week that were impacted greatly by their setting were the Frank X Walker poems. His poems were all about the setting and how different races could be found in Appalachia. His poems would not have
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THE GIVER Lois Lowry ← Plot Overview → The giver is written from the point of view of Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic society that has eliminated all pain, fear, war, and hatred. There is no prejudice, since everyone looks and acts basically the same, and there is very little competition. Everyone is unfailingly polite. The society has also eliminated choice: at age twelve every member of the community is assigned a job based on his or her abilities and interests. Citizens
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Profit. Today as we look at the world around us we notice changes. Companies and people are making efforts to sustain the environment by taking small steps to recycle and have even started using fuels that are safer for the environment. Car manufacturers are making cars that run on very minimal amounts of fuel by running electrically. As you pull up to many locations now you will find the electrical plugs to plug in your car for a charge while you are refueling your body. The reading material in Chapter
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Bring Out Your Inner Stickler 1) Take a walk or drive through your village, town, or city and write down signs or advertisements that are egregiously punctuated. Look particularly for those “pesky apostrophes” and “delightful/horrific examples of idiotic sign-writing.” (Should you become obsessed with these outings, we suggest you wear a disguise and whip out your notebook when no one is looking. You do not want to be recognized as one of Lynne Truss’s sticklers on the prowl!) 2) When you have
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corporation could devise a marketing plan in order to address the business branch competitors. The top level determines what business we will be in. The middle and lower develop plans to support the top level. What are these called? The business on the other hand could compete by addressing where to sell their products and the prices to charge. At what level would this happen? What plans would be used and who would develop them and how would this be done? I want to make sure you have a good understanding
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have impacted us more than you can imagine. From the very first prototype, to the futuristic simulations we have today, video games have changed the world as we know it. The video game industry is at an all time high. Video games are no longer a form of entertainment for few, but a world-wide phenomenon for people of all ages joining in on the fun. Consoles have a very long history; from the very start passionate people have been hard at work to make the industry what it is today. There are also guidelines
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