...ajkushwahaPASSIVE VOICE PV 4 Change the sentences to passive voice. 1. Many people begin new projects in January 2. You must wash that shirt for tonight’s party. 3. Mum is going to prepare the food. 4. They make shoes in that factory. 5. We will have to examine you again. 6. They had finished preparations by the time the guests arrived. 7. The delegation will meet the visitors at the airport. 8. We have produced skis here since 1964. 9. All workers will read the memo. 10. Nobody can beat Tiger Woods at golf. 11. They also speak German at EU meetings. 12. We must look into the question. 13. Someone reads the newspaper to him every day. 14. The Chinese discovered acupuncture thousands of years ago. 15. Has he given you back the book yet? 16. The police locked up the criminals. 17. They must have left the keys behind. 18. The robbers made up the story. 19. The boy is eating the cake. 20. Dad promised by a box of chocolates. 21. The spider scared her. 22. The guide will show us the Natural History Museum in the afternoon. 23. The dentist is cleaning the woman’s teeth. 24. She showed her relatives the new house. PASSIVE VOICE PV 4 Change the sentences to passive voice. 1. Many people begin new projects in January New projects are begun in January. 2. You must wash that shirt for tonight’s party. That shirt must be washed for tonight’s party. 3. Mum is going to prepare the food. The food is going to be prepared by mum. 4. They make shoes in that factory. Shoes are...
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... The IGL, Ivey MSc’s most practical and exciting course throughout the 16 months’ program length, is a ten-week overseas working assignment which gives students the opportunity to gain tremendous real-life working experience in many different industries. All the MSc students have the opportunity to work as a team for a company in either in Nicaragua or India. Although IGL runs abroad under Indian or Nicaraguan companies, it is still considering as a course for the students. Thus, a grading system is given prior the departure of the students. When the IGL is finished, students will have a few weeks off while their professor evaluating their performance of the ten-week period. The grade is break down to several deliverables throughout the ten weeks, they are Project Scope & Work Plan, Progress Report, Interim Work Report, Final Report & Final Presentation and Peer Evaluation. (Exhibit 1) When Vince finished his IGL in early July, he went back to his hometown in China where he worked for his family business for over a month. Vince sees that summer is the only opportunity for him to catch up everything with the family business due to the busy school work load at Ivey during the regular school years. On the morning of August 12th, 2015, an email from the program office has indicated that grade for IGL has been released on eZone, an information sharing system that is designed for Ivey students. With an overall enjoyable experience in India, good learning outcomes, plus...
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...The Berlin Wall (1961–1989) ------------------------------------------------- (1) The reasons the Soviets and the East German government had for erecting the Berlin Wall. Many Germans fled East Germany after the Soviet Union got their hands on them and tried to make it a communist country. It was so easy for people to cross the East and West Germany border and the communists in East Germany did not want their people to keep leaving so they erected the Berlin Wall to keep in the Germans and practice communism even if it meant separating families and friends. (2) Discuss the Wall’s elaborate fortifications. East Germany tried to put up the Berlin Wall as quickly as possible so that the West would not realize what’s happening until it’s already finished being built. The wall was armed with barbed wires, a hundred tanks, and approximately ten thousand East Germany soldiers guarding it. (3) Relate what happened when the East Germans tried to escape across the wall. When East Germans tried to escape the Berlin Wall to go over to the West, they often got caught or died trying to escape. Those who were caught got interrogated thoroughly. Many people tried to swim to West Germany but usually die trying. Others tried to jump the border and was met with instant death when they hit the concrete floor. (4) Analyze and explain how the construction of the Wall raised Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Berlin Wall made communists look...
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...One of the most influential events in American history occurred when Jesse Owens won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. This accomplishment and others that he would achieve in his life time, given the historical context in which he rose to fame, inspired people for many generations. Jesse Owens created a historic legacy not just because of his record finishes on the track, but also due to the challenging times in which he competed. Born on September 12, 1913, in Oakville, Alabama, Jesse Owens grew up working on several farms. Jesse’s father, a sharecropper, worked for little pay farming other peoples’ land. As young children, Jesse and his six siblings picked cotton on a rich man’s farm in Alabama. At age nine the Owens family moved to Cleveland, Ohio. Jesse worked in grocery stores as a nine year old in Cleveland to bring in extra money for his family. (Raatma 8-9) Jesse began running track and field in middle school. In 1928 he set many middle school records including jumping almost twenty-three feet in the long jump (“About Jesse Owens” 1). Jesse went to East Technical High School in the 1930s where he continued to set records and develop as a track and field star. In fact, in his Junior Year, at the National Interscholastic Championship, Jesse set the 220-yard dash record and tied the world record in the 100-yard dash. The city of Cleveland, in order to demonstrate their pride, honored Jesse Owens with a citywide parade marking his debut into the spotlight. (Raatma...
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...of a German prince, she was related through her mother to the dukes of Holstein. She became the empress of Russia on July 9, 1762 until her death in 1796. Frederick regularly describes himself as “the first servant of the state,” contending that his own personal and...
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...with someone or a German company. I will also talk a little about the luxury car industry in Germany and I’m sure everyone here is familiar with which brands these are. First of all, German is the official language of Germany, who figured. It is spoken as the first language by 95% of population of nearly 83 million people according to Kwintessential. The average German is not very welcoming to tourists because they usually don’t have a clue how to speak German. Germans are often considered the masters of planning. Germans like to always know what they are going to be doing at any certain time of the day. When the business day ends, you are expected to leave the office. If you must stay after normal closing, it indicates that you didn’t plan your day properly. German’s take their days off work very seriously and there is a law that assures no unnecessary noise is made on Sundays and Holidays. No one is seen working outside. That means no washing your car or even hanging up your laundry to dry. Not only are you required to be quiet on Sundays and Holidays, but you are also required by law to be quiet during the posted “Quiet Hours”. Germans take a lot of pride in their homes. They are kept clean and tidy at all times with everything in its appointed place. All areas of the house are maintained including sidewalks and corridors. A little fun fact for all of you beer drinkers out there, at age 16 it is legal for kids to drink beer in Germany. Germans occupy second...
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...Johannes Brahms was a German composer who wrote many piano works, chamber music, choral compositions, and symphonies. He was born on May 7th 1833. People consider him one of the greatest composers of the 19th century and of the romantic period. Brahms was the great master of symphonic and sonata style in the second half of the 19th century. Brahms was the second born of 3 and was thought music at a young age. By the time he was a teen he was an accomplished artist and went to many places to get money. He would go to hotels, brothels, and other places to help with his family’s financial struggles. In 1853 Brahms met with a famous German composer Robert Schumann. The two became friends quickly and Robert he saw great potential in Brahms...
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...Germany – people, culture, language A guide for businesses The country Germany today: Germany is the world's third largest economy after the USA and Japan, despite its recent economic and unemployment difficulties and the problems caused by the re-unification of East and West Germany in 1990. It has Europe's biggest population (83.5 million people) and a land area of 357,021 kilometres (137,828 square miles). It is a founder member of the EU and of NATO. Growth sectors: Germany's economy is famous for its industrial output in the automotive, machine tools, white goods and engineering industries, as well as textiles and finished goods. Environment: Germany has three main geographical areas, the lowlands in the north, the uplands in the centre and the mountains in the south. Politically and socially, Germany is quite regionalised and is organised in sixteen states or “Bundesländer” with the federal capital in Berlin. As a result, each major city has its own character and the cities and villages of Bavaria are quite different from the north. Germany has a temperate climate with average rainfall of 600-700 mm (23-27 inches) per year. The people Federalism: The Head of State is the President, elected every five years. The Chancellor, currently Angela Merkel, is the Head of Government, elected every four years and leader of the winning party in the election. The two main parties are the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and the CDU (Christian Democratic Union). North/South divide:...
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...Do you think that the best way to learn a language is to study abroad? Nowadays, many people feel a deep need to learn English with more globalization; for example, some Japanese companies made English the official language. In other cases, some companies require a certain level of TOEIC scores for promotions. Though all of us strongly feel that we want to improve our English skill, most of us are struggling with it. I think one of the reasons is we don’t have much opportunity to use English in our daily life, so we feel awkward when we use it with someone. However, using the target language as frequently as possible is essential to master it. Once I learned German when I was a university student, I experienced the same. I took one-on-one lesson with a native teacher once or twice a week at a language school. After six months I finished the basic course, so I planned to go to another branch school in Germany. However, my first trip to abroad was full of troubles; airplane delay, missing a chance to my host parents at the airport, and getting panics with no idea how to use pay phones. I totally lost confidence with my German because though I studied so hard, no one word or...
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...in fifteen pages of text. Let’s see...I’m more interested in the War in Europe than in the Pacific, so that narrows that down some, but I need something tighter. I like airplanes, so something about the air war would be interesting, and there was this documentary on the History Channel about the Battle of Britain last month...but even the Battle of Britain is too big for twelve pages. Right, have to narrow it down some more here...do a little preliminary research and reading. Ah, here it is: the German Air Force started out trying to destroy the Royal Air Force by bombing RAF airfields, but then switched to targeting British cities. This decision cost them the battle, because it let the RAF rebuild its fighter strength and shoot down enough German bombers to force the Germans to call off the offensive. Wait a minute. That would just be a report. Got it! WHY did the Germans decide to change targets? There’s a thesis. And so you would write your paper on “Why did the Germans decide to change targets during the Battle of Britain and what effect did this decision have on the outcome of the battle?” II. Writing an Abstract: Once you have a topic and a thesis, you need to work that question into a...
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...Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889; though Austrian by birth, Hitler became the leader of the German Nazi Party. Hitler was ruler of the party from August 2, 1934 to April 30,1945. Hitler served in the Bavarian Army, a part of the German military, during WW1. Rising through the ranks, Hitler was awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Hitler was wounded and blinded for a temporary amount of time by a British gas attack. In 1919, Hitler became part of the German Worker's Party, dubbed later as the Nazi Party, soon becoming one of it's leaders. In 1923, he tried an overthrow in Munich to seize power in Bavaria, a step necessary to the control of Germany. The revolt was terminated quickly; sending Hitler to prison for nine months. Hitler used his trial to gain national political notoriety and used his time in prison to write his memoir, Mein Kampf. The sales of the book/memoir made him a very wealthy man, though he hid that fact from the German people. After being released, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party, making it a new political force. By June of 1932, it had grown to being the biggest political party in German Parliament, the Reichstag. Though Hitler lost the 1932 presidential election to war hero Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg, he was able to use the power of the Nazi Party and its popularity among conservative voters to negotiate an appointment for himself as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. His ideas of antisemitism, anti-communism and a purity-of-the-Germanic-race...
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...Ronald Reagan was finished lassoing up criminals in Hollywood and announcing Cubs games in Iowa, he became one of the greatest presidents of all time according to C-SPAN. One of his greatest attributes was his skillful communication with the audience. Whenever he spoke, he connected with the audience and his words inspired people. His speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Germany was no different. In the 1960s, Germany became separated into East Germany and West Germany. On the east was Communism and the west had Democracy. Ronald Reagan – and presidents before him – went to Germany in attempt to unite the two and spread freedom. Chaim Perelman, from nearby Belgium, literally wrote the book on argumentation. It is clear from his speech that Ronald Reagan read this book – or at least knew some of Perelman’s ideas. Throughout his speech, Ronald Reagan appeals to the value of something these Germans didn’t have: freedom. He also emphasizes the importance of communities through liaison and presence. While the speech was televised throughout Europe and North America, it is clear Reagan had a particular audience he was speaking to. He was trying to influence the citizens of Germany and Berlin. They are the ones who were in the position to make change. He knew that if they could come together they could take down the wall. In the end, that is exactly what happened. East Germans protested and the Communist government had to open the gate and tear down the wall. Any German who was listening...
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...Germany and America Europeans and Americans have much more in common than most people think, making adjustments to life in a new country easier. Many customs are similar to practices in the United States. Germans have their own way of being German. Germany is a relatively small and densely populated country. Unlike the United States, which is a large, densely populated country. The greatest shock to Americans is the speed at which Germans drive. The roads and freeways are quite narrow. Speed limits in cities are strictly enforced, but on much of the Autobahn there is no limit on how fast drivers can go. Although it is against the law, impatient Germans may also tailgate at high speeds and/or flash their headlights when they want to pass your vehicle. If you are driving for the first time in Germany, keep right. Left lanes are for passing only. Unlike when you are driving in America; Americans tend to travel in the lane that is meant for passing and the faster drivers. Americans tend to think “ I am going the speed limit, so I am going to stay in the left lane”, the Germany way of thinking is that if you are not passing anyone or if you are going too slow, your car needs to be in the right hand lane. Unlike in the United States, train travel is a German way of life. You can get on at train at any bahnhof (train station) and travel to any destination in Europe you would like. The Germans use the train as their main mean of travel due to pollution and the inflated gas prices...
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...One war, spurred on by Otto von Bismarck, removed Austria from German affairs and is known as the Austro-Prussian War. The Prussia’s victory over Austria amounted to a victory for nationalism and conservatism over liberalism. Political life in Prussia changed after their victory. Unlike by most liberals, Bismarck was forgiven for his past authoritative actions. Even the Liberal press saw him as a hero and forgave him. As Bismarck seen that many were seeking nationalist’s ideas, he decided to use those ideas and gain support by many nationalists in Germany. Bismarck was able to manipulate the people to believe he supported the cause. By doing this he was able to be a champion of unification and gained support of the nationalists. By changing the focus of the people, they were able to put aside their constitutional struggle and focus on the tasks ahead. He is famous for quoting, “Exalt his self-esteem toward foreigners and the Prussian forgets whatever bothers him about conditions at home.” Bismarck gave the German Liberals unity and authoritarianism and they were fine with...
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...Although many Germans supported Hitler, many opposed what he was doing. The most famous anti-Hitler group consisted of mostly German youth. One of the reasons that this resistance group was created was because they were forced to join Hitler Youth. (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). In general, Americans viewed all German soldiers as Hitler worshippers, not considering the fact that many were forced into their position. During World War II, it was excessively disgraceful for a Jew to associate themselves with a German. Bette Greene was a Jewish girl who was born and raised in Arkansas. She lived in a community full of Christian fundamentalists, so her family was somewhat looked down upon. Her family owned a store called Evensky’s...
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