If you do not hear a word, clearly you can still understand the world because of the policy of the strength. Remember two very simple rules about what stress. One word has only one stress. And we can only stressed vowels, not consonants. Listen to the following phrases carefully and mark...
is gravely ill—the first of the seas to fall victim to the abilities and attitudes that evolved around it. And the pollution does not merely keep back life of the sea—it threatens the people who inhabit and visit its shores. The mournful form of disease is caused by sewage. Eightyfive ...
It was the sack race, in which two people get inside a sack and hop as fast as they can to the finish line. The winner would receive a special lunch basket. My mom wanted to enter this race. She waited until she saw Mary, the eldest sister of the poor family, stand up. She ...
The new village of Jinhua in Wensu County, located in the northwest of the Taklamakan Desert, gives people a strong south-China feel. A large lake is decorated with lotus leaves and flowers, and the paddy field along the bank leads you to a walkway under grapevines that connects to a sou...
Address race and ethnicity issues in obtaining access to healthcare and assistance The categories listed under “Race” have evolved over the last 200-plus years. Some of the previously used terms are now considered offensive and have been removed. The ways the questions are asked have also shif...
🏁 Checkered Flag Typically used to represent the end of a race or competition, signaling a winner. It can also symbolize accomplishment and success. 🚩 Triangular Flag Often used to draw attention or mark an important point. It can also represent signaling, warning, or indicating a specific...
decrease, diminish, lessen, fall - decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper" ...
But just asking about race at all puts America itself in the minority. In France such a query would be illegal. At least it is at the moment: the last time it conducted a census, in 2006, a proposal to incorporate a racial breakdown, which could provide a basis for better anti-...
Various socioeconomic characteristics including race, religion, and social status, affect environmental awareness, concern, and pro-environmental conduct. Prior studies have also analyzed how these socio-demo-economic elements converge to influence recycling behavior and environmental values [88,89]. The ...
Venus will race past Saturn and pass only 3 degrees to the right of Neptune on Jan. 31. Neptune will be easiest to see while it is highest in the sky immediately after the sky fully darkens. In a telescope, its tiny disk will span 2.2 arc-seconds. Larger telescopes can also show ...