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... society’. Try to develop your ability to read your work with fresh and critical eyes. Empathise with your reader. It may help to read aloud to yourself; that way you can be hyper-sensitive to your punctuation, ... item falls onto a landowners land…’ In this sentence, ‘landowners’ should be ‘landowner’s’, because the land belongs to the landowner. Apostrophes indicate ownership: ‘the landowner’s land’ is another ... detail to develop an idea.’ (Cottrell 2003: 146) How to improve your academic writing In a recent survey, academic staff at the University identified the interrelated skills of writing and reasoning...

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... learning English. Go out together for coffee and only speak English to each other! Read short stories out loud and try to see, say and hear the words to reinforce your memory. Record yourself and ... me:- Improve Your English Speaking and English Pronunciation Skills The first rule of speaking English is to speak clearly, concisely and use simple vocabulary. KISS - keep it short and simple. ... often in English too! ã Once your English is good enough, go shopping in some tourist areas. You'll find lots of shop assistants speak very good English. ã If you can travel to an English...

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... connotation hoàn to n khác (và cũng vì thế mà không bao giờ có hai từ hoàn to n có nghĩa giống nhau ở hai ngôn ngữ khác nhau: father/mother không hoàn to n là cha/mẹ - và daddy/mummy không hoàn to n là ... I - didn’t - say - Paul - stole - my - watch ) thì nghĩa sẽ khác nhau hoàn to n: I didn’t say Paul stole my watch! (Somebody else said that!) I didn’t say Paul stole my watch! (No! I didn't ... những câu sau: - To play the ‘oubou’ you need to have strong arms. - The ‘oubou’ is considered one of the most difficult instruments to play. - The ‘oubou’ is very difficult to play, because...

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... in class or in guided self-study) students are expected to improve their reading speed with nonfictional English texts and to learn how to process the information in those texts more effectively. Student ... students not only understand clearly what they are supposed to do but also gain an insight into how and why the performing of these tasks helps them to deal with (English) texts more effectively. Some ... text's topic area. To do so helps him/her a) to to review the choice of this specific text for his/her specific reading purpose (cf. also task 6), and b) to focus his/her attention and expectations...

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... Helping with Talking and Listening ♦ Discuss all kinds of events and issues, encouraging them to give and justify their opinions. ♦ Watch and discuss television news reports and current affairs ... questions about what they have to say. READING WRITING  We know a lot about writing from reading  The language and setting out of writing is determined by what it is for and who it is for (purpose) ... writing tasks with them eg. purpose and audience. ♦ Understand that different types of writing require different language and setting out. ♦ Understand that writing is a process with different...

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... moderate those turns and avoid those potholes. So do your best to minimize your investment expenses and your own emotions, rely on your own common sense, be very careful, and then stay the course. ... truth told, in business primarily to earn a return on their capital and not a return on your the fund investor’s—capital); funds whose lagging performance caused investors to flee; and even ... their biases, and their own self-interest. Paraphrasing Upton Sinclair: “it’s amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he’s paid a small fortune not to understand it.” But...

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... the stock in your company. 2 First and foremost, readers need to understand how to do a “quick -and- dirty” valu- ation, in order to manage your business over time to maximize its value and to plan ... following general topics: ã Chapters 1 through 8: How to value your business as of to- day. ã Chapter 9: How to value your business as of a future date. ã How to manage your business to increase its ... valuation con- text and environment. Understanding these, and other topics to be discussed, should make you a more competent adviser to your clients and provide more tools to help your client find...

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GivingaBodyofEthericSubstance to Your Ideal;  Giving Your IdealtheImpulseofAction to MakeItReal;  TheProcessthatMakesIdealsComeTrue;  TheActofMakingtheRealityYours; and   Where to Center Your Effort.  TO ATTAIN YOUR DESIRES,ALLTHREEMUSTBEUSED  CHAPTER7  Ifyouidealize and useallthreeofthebasicactivities and onlythose three,itiseasy to make your idealsbecome realities.Youalwaysattainwhenyouidealize and usethem;but,ifyou leaveoutanyoneofthethree,youfail to  attain your desire, -and noonecanbeblamedexceptyourself.  Ifyouidealizeonlythatwhichyoudesire and holdfaithfully to that ideal,-thatis,ifyouuseonlythefirstofthe threeactivities,-youwillsucceed and justlyinproportion to whatyou do.  SinceGodisjustice,theresultcorresponds to theeffort.Idealizing whatyouwant and holdingfaithfully to the idealformonths and evenyearsbringsyouthesuccess your effortmerits -evenafteryearsyouwillstillbe holding to theideal.  And, ifyouidealizethatwhichyoudesire and attempt to takepossession ofitmentally-usingthefirst and third ofthethreebasicactivities-yousucceed and justlyinproportion to whatyoudo.  If,wheninNewYork,youlearnofafootballgame to beplayedinBoston and desire to bepresent,theidealof theThingDesiredis to beinBoston.Ifyoudesire to driveby automobilefromNewYork to Boston,thatisthe idealoftheProcessyouintend to use to get to Boston.Ifyougo to your garage and sitin your carforaday,a monthorayear,holdingfaithfullyallthetime to theThingDesired and holdingalsoamentalpictureofbeingin     Boston-mentallypicturingthefirst and thirdsteps,butomittingthe secondone-beforetheyearpasses your  friendswillwish to sendyou to themadhouse; and onlybecauseyou failed to usethesecondactivity-thatofthe processofactuallystartingthemachine and drivingfromNewYork to Boston. ... Thislastactivity-theactofmakingtherealityyours-comprisesthree steps:  idealizing your attitude;  unifyingthesubstanceoftheidealWITHthesubstanceofthereal; and      makingtheactualthingapartof your possessionsorplacingyourselfin theactualconditionsthatyouhave idealized and desired.  Your attituderelates to yourself, to others, to conditions, and to the worldingeneral.Beginwithyourself. Consciouslyornot,youdotakesomekindofanattitudetowardyourself. Youmaythinkyourselfawormora god.Youarefree to takeanyattitudetowardyourselfyoudesire to take;butthereisonlyoneattitudethatleads to success and itistheidealizedattitude!Incompletethinkingin “ideas”makesyouseeyourselfasachildofsin, suffering,sorrow,weakness,mistake and failure.Thinkofyourselfas youare:asonofGod-idealizingtheend youdesire,theprocessbywhichyouattain, and theattitudeyouhold towardyourself,others,conditions, and the universeitself.  Then,idealize your attitudetowardothers,"Thatwhichyeseekyeshall find."Ifyouthinkthatallmenaretrying to crushyou,youwillbecrushed;first,because your attitudecloses your eyes to theopportunitiesofferedyou; and second,becausesuchanattitudediscovers and draws to youthosewho donothelpyou.Ifyouidealize othersaswilling to helpyou,youdraw to youmen and womenwhowilldo thesquarethingbyyou and helpyou, -inthemyouwillfindhelp and ajustreward.Thisidealizedattitude doesnotmakeyouatrustingsimpleton,for theidealizedattitudealsoidealizeswisdominknowingothers.  Theidealizedattitudechangesalltheconditionsoflife.Inbusiness, itleadsus to expectgoodresults, and,  expectinggoodresults,weplanbetter.Whenweplanbetter,-thatis, in,amoreidealizedway-wegetbetter results.Idealizetheworldingeneral.Theuniversemustbegood.Ifit werenotgooditwouldgo to piecesover night,-forevildisrupts and destroys.Goodattracts and unites and holdstogether.  Youcannotidealize your business, your profession and your workwithout conductingthewholeaffairasan idealizedservicethatinevitablywillforce your ideals to cometrue! YoumayidealizetheThingDesired, ... Thislastactivity-theactofmakingtherealityyours-comprisesthree steps:  idealizing your attitude;  unifyingthesubstanceoftheidealWITHthesubstanceofthereal; and      makingtheactualthingapartof your possessionsorplacingyourselfin theactualconditionsthatyouhave idealized and desired.  Your attituderelates to yourself, to others, to conditions, and to the worldingeneral.Beginwithyourself. Consciouslyornot,youdotakesomekindofanattitudetowardyourself. Youmaythinkyourselfawormora god.Youarefree to takeanyattitudetowardyourselfyoudesire to take;butthereisonlyoneattitudethatleads to success and itistheidealizedattitude!Incompletethinkingin “ideas”makesyouseeyourselfasachildofsin, suffering,sorrow,weakness,mistake and failure.Thinkofyourselfas youare:asonofGod-idealizingtheend youdesire,theprocessbywhichyouattain, and theattitudeyouhold towardyourself,others,conditions, and the universeitself.  Then,idealize your attitudetowardothers,"Thatwhichyeseekyeshall find."Ifyouthinkthatallmenaretrying to crushyou,youwillbecrushed;first,because your attitudecloses your eyes to theopportunitiesofferedyou; and second,becausesuchanattitudediscovers and draws to youthosewho donothelpyou.Ifyouidealize othersaswilling to helpyou,youdraw to youmen and womenwhowilldo thesquarethingbyyou and helpyou, -inthemyouwillfindhelp and ajustreward.Thisidealizedattitude doesnotmakeyouatrustingsimpleton,for theidealizedattitudealsoidealizeswisdominknowingothers.  Theidealizedattitudechangesalltheconditionsoflife.Inbusiness, itleadsus to expectgoodresults, and,  expectinggoodresults,weplanbetter.Whenweplanbetter,-thatis, in,amoreidealizedway-wegetbetter results.Idealizetheworldingeneral.Theuniversemustbegood.Ifit werenotgooditwouldgo to piecesover night,-forevildisrupts and destroys.Goodattracts and unites and holdstogether.  Youcannotidealize your business, your profession and your workwithout conductingthewholeaffairasan idealizedservicethatinevitablywillforce your ideals to cometrue! YoumayidealizetheThingDesired, ...

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