Mobile phone addiction can lead to isolation, aggressiveness, communication problems, language issues, failure at school or work, and mood changes. Some signs of addiction include being unable to disconnect from one's phone, feeling anxious when separated from the device, and using it even when inappropriate. Moderation is key, and if a call or message isn't returned right away, the sender will call back if it's truly important.
Camden Market in London covers six sections and is known as a cultural melting pot where visitors can find unique souvenirs, vintage clothing, and a variety of exotic foods. The market is divided into different areas including Camden Lock Village, Camden Lock Market, Camden Buck Street Market, Camden Market Hall, Camden Stables Market, and Inverness Street Market. Chinese food is particularly popular and there are often long lines at the Brazilian Churros kiosk. The Stables Market is described as a labyrinth of shops in an eccentric but charming area of London.
The document discusses how music can affect our feelings and psychological mood. It explains that listening to both music and silence is important, and that a composer's score aims to change the listener's mood through performance. It also notes that while an instrument like a violin is made of materials, it is the musician who brings it to life and evokes sensations through their playing, and lyrics set to music can further influence these sensations.
Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud were two important French poets in the 19th century who met in 1872. Verlaine was 28 and married, while Rimbaud was 18. They began a storied relationship that led Verlaine to leave his wife and flee to London and Brussels with Rimbaud for two years. However, in 1874 Rimbaud wanted to end it and Verlaine shot Rimbaud in the hand. After their relationship, Rimbaud traveled to Africa and worked as a servant and arms trafficker before dying from an amputated leg tumor, while Verlaine spent time in prison for shooting Rimbaud and later returned to poetry although he never forgot Rimbaud. Their stormy love story inspired the 1995
The document discusses the history and evolution of mobile phones from their invention to modern smartphones. It covers the following key points:
- The first mobile phone was invented in 1983 by Motorola and weighed about 1 kilogram. It only allowed for voice calls and had a battery life of 30 minutes. (paragraph 2)
- Modern smartphones are much smaller, lighter, and have longer battery life. They support additional features like MP3 music, email, cameras, and access to the internet via mobile browsers. (paragraph 3)
- While mobile phones have made communication more convenient, they may also cause health issues if overused and reduce face-to-face interactions with others. People have become too dependent on their
La Unión Europea ha acordado un embargo petrolero contra Rusia en respuesta a la invasión de Ucrania. El embargo prohibirá las importaciones marítimas de petróleo ruso a la UE y pondrá fin a las entregas a través de oleoductos dentro de seis meses. Esta medida forma parte de un sexto paquete de sanciones de la UE destinadas a aumentar la presión económica sobre Moscú y privar al Kremlin de fondos para financiar su guerra.
This document discusses research on differences between women's and men's language. It explores whether women use more hedging and boosting language that signals lack of confidence or attempts to persuade. The document also examines how tag questions are used more by women to express uncertainty or soften statements and questions. Additional topics covered include differences in politeness levels, interruptions during conversations, conversational feedback, and characteristics of gossip between women and men.
The document discusses language features used by women that signal lack of confidence according to linguist Robin Lakoff. These include hedging devices like tag questions, lexical hedges, rising intonation on declaratives, and intensifiers. Tag questions in particular are used more by women to express uncertainty and soften directives. While women use more politeness devices than men when speaking to both women and men, social status and the gender of conversational partners can influence language patterns between groups. The document also examines gendered metaphors and morphology in the English language.
Mobile phone addiction can lead to isolation, aggressiveness, communication problems, language issues, failure at school or work, and mood changes. Some signs of addiction include being unable to disconnect from one's phone, feeling anxious when separated from the device, and using it even when inappropriate. Moderation is key, and if a call or message isn't returned right away, the sender will call back if it's truly important.
Camden Market in London covers six sections and is known as a cultural melting pot where visitors can find unique souvenirs, vintage clothing, and a variety of exotic foods. The market is divided into different areas including Camden Lock Village, Camden Lock Market, Camden Buck Street Market, Camden Market Hall, Camden Stables Market, and Inverness Street Market. Chinese food is particularly popular and there are often long lines at the Brazilian Churros kiosk. The Stables Market is described as a labyrinth of shops in an eccentric but charming area of London.
The document discusses how music can affect our feelings and psychological mood. It explains that listening to both music and silence is important, and that a composer's score aims to change the listener's mood through performance. It also notes that while an instrument like a violin is made of materials, it is the musician who brings it to life and evokes sensations through their playing, and lyrics set to music can further influence these sensations.
Paul Verlaine and Arthur Rimbaud were two important French poets in the 19th century who met in 1872. Verlaine was 28 and married, while Rimbaud was 18. They began a storied relationship that led Verlaine to leave his wife and flee to London and Brussels with Rimbaud for two years. However, in 1874 Rimbaud wanted to end it and Verlaine shot Rimbaud in the hand. After their relationship, Rimbaud traveled to Africa and worked as a servant and arms trafficker before dying from an amputated leg tumor, while Verlaine spent time in prison for shooting Rimbaud and later returned to poetry although he never forgot Rimbaud. Their stormy love story inspired the 1995
The document discusses the history and evolution of mobile phones from their invention to modern smartphones. It covers the following key points:
- The first mobile phone was invented in 1983 by Motorola and weighed about 1 kilogram. It only allowed for voice calls and had a battery life of 30 minutes. (paragraph 2)
- Modern smartphones are much smaller, lighter, and have longer battery life. They support additional features like MP3 music, email, cameras, and access to the internet via mobile browsers. (paragraph 3)
- While mobile phones have made communication more convenient, they may also cause health issues if overused and reduce face-to-face interactions with others. People have become too dependent on their
La Unión Europea ha acordado un embargo petrolero contra Rusia en respuesta a la invasión de Ucrania. El embargo prohibirá las importaciones marítimas de petróleo ruso a la UE y pondrá fin a las entregas a través de oleoductos dentro de seis meses. Esta medida forma parte de un sexto paquete de sanciones de la UE destinadas a aumentar la presión económica sobre Moscú y privar al Kremlin de fondos para financiar su guerra.
This document discusses research on differences between women's and men's language. It explores whether women use more hedging and boosting language that signals lack of confidence or attempts to persuade. The document also examines how tag questions are used more by women to express uncertainty or soften statements and questions. Additional topics covered include differences in politeness levels, interruptions during conversations, conversational feedback, and characteristics of gossip between women and men.
The document discusses language features used by women that signal lack of confidence according to linguist Robin Lakoff. These include hedging devices like tag questions, lexical hedges, rising intonation on declaratives, and intensifiers. Tag questions in particular are used more by women to express uncertainty and soften directives. While women use more politeness devices than men when speaking to both women and men, social status and the gender of conversational partners can influence language patterns between groups. The document also examines gendered metaphors and morphology in the English language.
This document lists useful websites for English listening comprehension practice organized into categories: Multiple Matching, Sentence Completion (Gaps), Multiple Choice, Songs, and All Types. Some of the highlighted websites include mojamatura.net for multiple matching exercises, yourenglishpage.com for sentence completion and multiple choice questions, elllo.org for multiple choice, lyricstraining.com for song lyrics, and learnenglish.britishcouncil.org for a variety of listening activities.
The document discusses the writer's favorite times including the morning when they play tennis with their mother-in-law, Saturdays when they go shopping with their sister, the month of August which they usually travel but cannot this year, the summer season in Spain, and Christmas when spending time with family.
Fran's favorite time of day is night because she can relax after finishing school. Her favorite day of the week is Saturday because she doesn't have to wake up or go to bed early. Fran's favorite month is August because it is summer and she goes on holiday with her family. Her favorite season is summer because classes finish and she can swim. Fran's favorite public holiday is Easter because she remembers flying a kite with her grandmother and cousins.
The document discusses the author's favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and holidays. Their favorite time is 11pm when they can relax and read before bed. Saturday is their favorite day as they can sleep in late without work. August and September are favorite months as August is spent with family and their birthday is in September when they enjoy traveling with their spouse. The author loves summer for swimming with family at the beach and being on holiday, and Easter Sunday brings back fond childhood memories of playing with friends.
Vicente González shares his favorite times including 3 o'clock when he finishes work and can relax, Friday when the weekend starts after finishing work for the week, July when the days are long so there is more time to enjoy, summer when he can go to the beach with his son, and San Jose's day which follows the stressful Fallas' week in his job.
The document describes Mila Perez's favorite times of day, week, month, season, and holiday. Her favorite time of day is when she finishes work and has coffee with her daughter before going for a walk. Her favorite day is Saturday or Sunday when she has free time. Her favorite month is May because of the nice weather and flowers. She loves summer for the long days, beach, reading, and socializing. Her favorite holiday is The Night of St. John which she celebrates at the beach with friends.
The document contains responses from Montse and Leo describing their favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and public holidays and explaining why each is their favorite. Montse prefers evenings and nights because that is when she can relax. Leo enjoys mornings when he can hear the birds. Both give brief reasons for their other favorites involving work schedules, holidays, weather, and family traditions.
The author's favorite time of day is night because it allows her to relax with a good book like "Brave New World", their favorite day is Saturday which they spend with family and friends, and their favorite month is June when the weather is nice and school is out so they can start holidays. They also enjoy summer the most as it allows for travel, their favorite season is summer for traveling, and their favorite public holiday is Fallas where the streets of Valencia are colorful and festive.
The document discusses the author's favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and public holidays. Their favorite time of day is night because they can watch TV and relax. Their favorite day is the weekend so they can go to parties with friends. Their favorite month is spring because it is neither too cold nor too hot and there are many flowers. Their favorite public holiday is Three Wise Men Day because there are presents, family gathers, and they eat a traditional "Twisted Roll of the Wise Men".
Patricia enjoys painting, drawing, teaching technical drawing, and doing karate. She dislikes doing housework, exams, and parking near her language school. Her favorite day is Saturday when she can play with her little sister. She prefers summer over winter because she likes going to the beach but often gets sick in cold weather. October is her favorite month as it is her birthday and she enjoys celebrating with friends and family.
The document is very short, containing only the phrase "It's five to five". This appears to indicate that the time is five minutes before five o'clock.
The document discusses modal verbs of obligation and prohibition. It explains that must/mustn't express strong obligation or prohibition based on the speaker's opinion, while have to/don't have to express strong obligation from an outside authority or compulsory rules, or the lack of obligation. Examples are provided of sentences using these modal verbs in the present tense for obligatory or prohibited actions like eating junk food, drinking alcohol, smoking, using phones while driving, and compulsory things like having a passport to travel or wearing a uniform. Things that are non-obligatory and can be done or not done are also exemplified, like getting up early on weekends or doing anything on holiday.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow and levels of neurotransmitters and endorphins which elevate and stabilize mood.
The document discusses characteristics of a perfect European but does not provide any details on specific characteristics, mentioning only that being Hungarian could be a possible characteristic of a perfect European.
This document lists various countries and their corresponding nationalities, including the USA and American, England and English, Spain and Spanish, Brazil and Brazilian, France and French, Germany and German, Italy and Italian, Japan and Japanese, Russia and Russian, Thailand and Thai, China and Chinese, Portugal and Portuguese, United Kingdom and British, Canada and Canadian, Australia and Australian, India and Indian, South Africa and South African, Greece and Greek, Mexico and Mexican, and Turkey and Turkish.
The house of_a_thousand_lanterns sergiohelen macey
Jane Lindsay's father dies when she is young, so her mother works as a housekeeper for Sylvester Milner. Jane hears stories of the House of a Thousand Lanterns and befriends Sylvester's nephew Joliffe, but their relationship ends badly. Jane moves with her mother and Sylvester to the House of a Thousand Lanterns in Hong Kong. After Sylvester's strange death, someone tries to kill Jane in order to possess the house. Jane discovers the culprit is a woman named Chan Cho Lan who is jealous of Jane's connection to the house.
The artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of the handsome and young aristocrat Dorian Gray. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian wishes that the portrait would age instead of himself so that he could pursue a life of pleasure without consequences. Over the years, as Dorian sins more and more, the portrait grows increasingly hideous while Dorian remains youthful. After murdering Basil, Dorian can no longer ignore his guilt and stabs the portrait, aging rapidly and dying.
This document lists useful websites for English listening comprehension practice organized into categories: Multiple Matching, Sentence Completion (Gaps), Multiple Choice, Songs, and All Types. Some of the highlighted websites include mojamatura.net for multiple matching exercises, yourenglishpage.com for sentence completion and multiple choice questions, elllo.org for multiple choice, lyricstraining.com for song lyrics, and learnenglish.britishcouncil.org for a variety of listening activities.
The document discusses the writer's favorite times including the morning when they play tennis with their mother-in-law, Saturdays when they go shopping with their sister, the month of August which they usually travel but cannot this year, the summer season in Spain, and Christmas when spending time with family.
Fran's favorite time of day is night because she can relax after finishing school. Her favorite day of the week is Saturday because she doesn't have to wake up or go to bed early. Fran's favorite month is August because it is summer and she goes on holiday with her family. Her favorite season is summer because classes finish and she can swim. Fran's favorite public holiday is Easter because she remembers flying a kite with her grandmother and cousins.
The document discusses the author's favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and holidays. Their favorite time is 11pm when they can relax and read before bed. Saturday is their favorite day as they can sleep in late without work. August and September are favorite months as August is spent with family and their birthday is in September when they enjoy traveling with their spouse. The author loves summer for swimming with family at the beach and being on holiday, and Easter Sunday brings back fond childhood memories of playing with friends.
Vicente González shares his favorite times including 3 o'clock when he finishes work and can relax, Friday when the weekend starts after finishing work for the week, July when the days are long so there is more time to enjoy, summer when he can go to the beach with his son, and San Jose's day which follows the stressful Fallas' week in his job.
The document describes Mila Perez's favorite times of day, week, month, season, and holiday. Her favorite time of day is when she finishes work and has coffee with her daughter before going for a walk. Her favorite day is Saturday or Sunday when she has free time. Her favorite month is May because of the nice weather and flowers. She loves summer for the long days, beach, reading, and socializing. Her favorite holiday is The Night of St. John which she celebrates at the beach with friends.
The document contains responses from Montse and Leo describing their favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and public holidays and explaining why each is their favorite. Montse prefers evenings and nights because that is when she can relax. Leo enjoys mornings when he can hear the birds. Both give brief reasons for their other favorites involving work schedules, holidays, weather, and family traditions.
The author's favorite time of day is night because it allows her to relax with a good book like "Brave New World", their favorite day is Saturday which they spend with family and friends, and their favorite month is June when the weather is nice and school is out so they can start holidays. They also enjoy summer the most as it allows for travel, their favorite season is summer for traveling, and their favorite public holiday is Fallas where the streets of Valencia are colorful and festive.
The document discusses the author's favorite times of day, days of the week, months, seasons, and public holidays. Their favorite time of day is night because they can watch TV and relax. Their favorite day is the weekend so they can go to parties with friends. Their favorite month is spring because it is neither too cold nor too hot and there are many flowers. Their favorite public holiday is Three Wise Men Day because there are presents, family gathers, and they eat a traditional "Twisted Roll of the Wise Men".
Patricia enjoys painting, drawing, teaching technical drawing, and doing karate. She dislikes doing housework, exams, and parking near her language school. Her favorite day is Saturday when she can play with her little sister. She prefers summer over winter because she likes going to the beach but often gets sick in cold weather. October is her favorite month as it is her birthday and she enjoys celebrating with friends and family.
The document is very short, containing only the phrase "It's five to five". This appears to indicate that the time is five minutes before five o'clock.
The document discusses modal verbs of obligation and prohibition. It explains that must/mustn't express strong obligation or prohibition based on the speaker's opinion, while have to/don't have to express strong obligation from an outside authority or compulsory rules, or the lack of obligation. Examples are provided of sentences using these modal verbs in the present tense for obligatory or prohibited actions like eating junk food, drinking alcohol, smoking, using phones while driving, and compulsory things like having a passport to travel or wearing a uniform. Things that are non-obligatory and can be done or not done are also exemplified, like getting up early on weekends or doing anything on holiday.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise boosts blood flow and levels of neurotransmitters and endorphins which elevate and stabilize mood.
The document discusses characteristics of a perfect European but does not provide any details on specific characteristics, mentioning only that being Hungarian could be a possible characteristic of a perfect European.
This document lists various countries and their corresponding nationalities, including the USA and American, England and English, Spain and Spanish, Brazil and Brazilian, France and French, Germany and German, Italy and Italian, Japan and Japanese, Russia and Russian, Thailand and Thai, China and Chinese, Portugal and Portuguese, United Kingdom and British, Canada and Canadian, Australia and Australian, India and Indian, South Africa and South African, Greece and Greek, Mexico and Mexican, and Turkey and Turkish.
The house of_a_thousand_lanterns sergiohelen macey
Jane Lindsay's father dies when she is young, so her mother works as a housekeeper for Sylvester Milner. Jane hears stories of the House of a Thousand Lanterns and befriends Sylvester's nephew Joliffe, but their relationship ends badly. Jane moves with her mother and Sylvester to the House of a Thousand Lanterns in Hong Kong. After Sylvester's strange death, someone tries to kill Jane in order to possess the house. Jane discovers the culprit is a woman named Chan Cho Lan who is jealous of Jane's connection to the house.
The artist Basil Hallward paints a portrait of the handsome and young aristocrat Dorian Gray. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, Dorian wishes that the portrait would age instead of himself so that he could pursue a life of pleasure without consequences. Over the years, as Dorian sins more and more, the portrait grows increasingly hideous while Dorian remains youthful. After murdering Basil, Dorian can no longer ignore his guilt and stabs the portrait, aging rapidly and dying.