Increasing global urban population mix:
Does it get reflected in your place?
Does it benefit both the rich and poor?
The population diaspora experienced in the urban landscapes of rich and poor nations is a natural process. It is getting reflected in my place as well. But, when it comes to whether both the economies benefit from it equally, I tend to say that it is more proportional than equal. 45 words
Let me show how it is seen in my place. My country, being a developing one, is in the process of change day in and day out. As a result, it (the country) depends on resources and expertise from across the world. In research and development, science and technology, education, administration, sports and games, our nation relies on human resources from other economies. Obviously, there are people from other nations staying, visiting and permanently serving our society. Their proportion may be very small, but they are very much there, and the same is reflected in the population of our urban landscapes. 95 words
Is this population mix equally beneficial for all? It is not, I am afraid. Rather, depending upon many factors, benefits may vary. How developed, populated geographically convenient and, above all, how friendly a nation is with the rest of the world are a few of determining factors. For example, the number of Indian students studying in the UK is much higher than their counterparts in India. So is the case with permanent Indian migrants in the UK population. Needless to say, depending upon their proportion and national statuses, benefits of population mix may differ. It can in no way be equal. 100 words
In short, this global population mix in urban centres will remain so in the days to come. As it is unable to offer equal benefits, it is a good idea to appreciate the possibilities it opens up and wisely manage the disparities it may generate. 45
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Identify the following:
1. Related vocabulary
2. Phrases of cohesion/coherence
3. Grammar/structure/usage
4. Punctuation
5. Task fulfillment: reflection-reaction-logical continuation and meaningful winding up.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
A READING WRITTEN AND PREPARED BY JAYPEE
High rises in suburbs raise ecological concerns
a. THE NUMBER of people who complain of respiratory, allergic and cancer symptoms is on the rise these days. There are many hailing from rural and semi-urban areas who complain that their normal life and physical well-being have been constantly threatened by the real estate holdings who raise villa, apartments, even integrated township projects in the suburban, semi-urban and even in rural landscapes.
b. The sound and fury, with which modern construction tools like concrete mixers, cranes, lift, crushers, earth movers and land levellers, take on the normal life of common man. The real estate boom is taking a serious toll on people who have nothing to do with the benefits of this so-called boom. Actually these people bear the brunt, and the affluent section of the society that comes to occupy these finished real estate products simply denies a greater section of the society their natural right for an ordinary peaceful life.
c. Apart from the health concerns, they are increasingly being put to many social and existential pressures. The groundwater reserves they have had for generations have started showing signs of receding, and many wells in the semi-urban and rural areas have started showing signs of drying up. The green cover, which they have maintained for ages, has already started vanishing. Along with that have gone by innumerable varieties of native and migratory birds and their habitats. Instead of cool winds, what these people now get is dust storm carrying cement; fine granite, ceramic and sand particles. Not to speak of the toxic paint and paste particles that gets mixed with the otherwise refreshing air.
d. The social life of the people is increasingly pressurised to adjust with a culture of carelessness, which in turn makes them sit and ponder over shifting to the fringes of their villages. This is a kind of forced displacement. The voice and concerns of these poor folks are hardly heard in the circles of power, and if one or two such voices happen to react, money, muscle, blackmail and politics ruthlessly crush them.
e. Many villagers have opted for outright selling of their property for whatever these mafias offer. They go packing to outer and still outer spaces of the land, exerting more pressure on the environment by way of further occupation of pristine soil and further removal of green covers. Thus our lush green God’s own landscape is getting occupied by concrete estates and jungles.
f. This situation develops a psychological disorder in the hunter and the hunted. It creates in the hunter, the real estate holdings, a kind of ‘compulsive annexing psychosis’. They get frenzied when met with property worth millions being held by the less privileged in the society. What they do to solve this compulsive disorder is this: they simply approach the poor families and offer unimaginable prices for those stretches and patches of pristine lands they hold. For these people, the amount offered sounds like a fortune. For the real estate giants, these lands are future harvesting grounds of unlimited fortune. The psychological disorder faced by the hunted, the population that gets ousted, is called ‘forceful relocating syndrome’. The big bulldozes the small and the latter gets run over, and the former rules over the land forever. This is the beginning of an end, an ecological conundrum.
g. This is nothing short of a disaster in the offing. It is a concern that touches upon health indices, ground water table, green cover, power grid, temperature rise, free flow of pure air and the aesthetics of a landscape, to mention a very few. The ecological imbalance it creates is powerful enough to keep the people of a place run for life. Are real estates adding anything real to the masses? They really scare the place and the people while they go caring for the luxuries of the nouveau riche. Therefore, real citizens, resist this real estate assault. Don’t look at governments and their corporation and local agencies. They are governed more by private will than by the vox populi, the voice of the people. By Vaatupura A. Jayaprakash, 19 January
Read paragraphs A to G and see how the following paragraph headings go in line with the content of the paragraphs
Paragraphs headings
! Social and environmental concerns of real estate
!! Rising impact of real estate on rural urban population
!!! God’s own landscape becomes a jungle
!v Real estate: the poor shoulder the pressure
V Protest is met with threats
V! Displacement of rural people
V!! The hunter-hunted psychosis
V!!! A catastrophe is in the pipeline
!x It is a compulsive disorder
X The force of replacement
Questions one to seven
1. Paraghaph a
2. Paraghaph b
3. Paraghaph c
4. Paraghaph d
5. Paraghaph e
6. Paraghaph f
7. Paraghaph g
Read paragraphs A to C and see whether the following statements are true or false or not given:
8. There are mounting instances of respiratory disorders due to rise in real estate
9. The rural folk are benefited from real estate boom in the long run.
10. Avian habitat have disappeared for ever
Fill in the missing spaces by reading paragraph G
11. The situation is almost like a…………………..in the making
12.. ……………..it generates is potential enough to send people fleeing
13. Governments are not controlled by …………………...ajayeesdoc
High rises in suburbs raise ecological concerns
a. THE NUMBER of people who complain of respiratory, allergic and cancer symptoms is on the rise these days. There are many hailing from rural and semi-urban areas who complain that their normal life and physical well-being have been constantly threatened by the real estate holdings who raise villa, apartments, even integrated township projects in the suburban, semi-urban and even in rural landscapes.
b. The sound and fury, with which modern construction tools like concrete mixers, cranes, lift, crushers, earth movers and land levellers, take on the normal life of common man. The real estate boom is taking a serious toll on people who have nothing to do with the benefits of this so-called boom. Actually these people bear the brunt, and the affluent section of the society that comes to occupy these finished real estate products simply denies a greater section of the society their natural right for an ordinary peaceful life.
c. Apart from the health concerns, they are increasingly being put to many social and existential pressures. The groundwater reserves they have had for generations have started showing signs of receding, and many wells in the semi-urban and rural areas have started showing signs of drying up. The green cover, which they have maintained for ages, has already started vanishing. Along with that have gone by innumerable varieties of native and migratory birds and their habitats. Instead of cool winds, what these people now get is dust storm carrying cement; fine granite, ceramic and sand particles. Not to speak of the toxic paint and paste particles that gets mixed with the otherwise refreshing air.
d. The social life of the people is increasingly pressurised to adjust with a culture of carelessness, which in turn makes them sit and ponder over shifting to the fringes of their villages. This is a kind of forced displacement. The voice and concerns of these poor folks are hardly heard in the circles of power, and if one or two such voices happen to react, money, muscle, blackmail and politics ruthlessly crush them.
e. Many villagers have opted for outright selling of their property for whatever these mafias offer. They go packing to outer and still outer spaces of the land, exerting more pressure on the environment by way of further occupation of pristine soil and further removal of green covers. Thus our lush green God’s own landscape is getting occupied by concrete estates and jungles.
f. This situation develops a psychological disorder in the hunter and the hunted. It creates in the hunter, the real estate holdings, a kind of ‘compulsive annexing psychosis’. They get frenzied when met with property worth millions being held by the less privileged in the society. What they do to solve this compulsive disorder is this: they simply approach the poor families and offer unimaginable prices for those stretches and patches of pristine lands they hold. For these people, the amount offered sounds like a fortune. For the real estate giants, these lands are future harvesting grounds of unlimited fortune. The psychological disorder faced by the hunted, the population that gets ousted, is called ‘forceful relocating syndrome’. The big bulldozes the small and the latter gets run over, and the former rules over the land forever. This is the beginning of an end, an ecological conundrum.
g. This is nothing short of a disaster in the offing. It is a concern that touches upon health indices, ground water table, green cover, power grid, temperature rise, free flow of pure air and the aesthetics of a landscape, to mention a very few. The ecological imbalance it creates is powerful enough to keep the people of a place run for life. Are real estates adding anything real to the masses? They really scare the place and the people while they go caring for the luxuries of the nouveau riche. Therefore, real citizens, resist this real estate assault. Don’t look at governments and their corporation and local agencies. They are governed more by private will than by the vox populi, the voice of the people. By Vaatupura A. Jayaprakash, 19 January
Read paragraphs A to G and see how the following paragraph headings go in line with the content of the paragraphs
Paragraphs headings
! Social and environmental concerns of real estate
!! Rising impact of real estate on rural urban population
!!! God’s own landscape becomes a jungle
!v Real estate: the poor shoulder the pressure
V Protest is met with threats
V! Displacement of rural people
V!! The hunter-hunted psychosis
V!!! A catastrophe is in the pipeline
!x It is a compulsive disorder
X The force of replacement
Questions one to seven
1. Paraghaph a
2. Paraghaph b
3. Paraghaph c
4. Paraghaph d
5. Paraghaph e
6. Paraghaph f
7. Paraghaph g
Read paragraphs A to C and see whether the following statements are true or false or not given:
8. There are mounting instances of respiratory disorders due to rise in real estate
9. The rural folk are benefited from real estate boom in the long run.
10. Avian habitat have disappeared for ever
Fill in the missing spaces by reading paragraph G
11. The situation is almost like a…………………..in the making
12.. ……………..it generates is potential enough to send people fleeing
13. Governments are not controlled by …………………...ajayeesdoc
Friday, August 5, 2011
DIFFERENT TASKS. Expand these ideas on your own in
NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS.
OBSERVE
Vocabulary, basic grammar, punctuation and cohesion and task fulfillment.
1.
Cycling, recycling, reusing and reducing are best ways to keep our planet free from carbon generated perils.
2.
Regulating dispensing, rationing supply and penalizing mismanagement are the ways governments can adopt to make people energy conscious.
3.
Not bribing, not expecting favours and not undermining the privileges of fellow citizens are the three major civic behaviours that are able to make substantial changes in human social life.
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4.
A great number of social issues could be very easily sorted out if individuals could put themselves in the picture and behave with civic consciousness.
5.
As children are defenseless and vulnerable to great many influences and temptations, protecting their rights and keeping them safe are the primary responsibilities of parents.
NO LESS THAN 200 WORDS.
OBSERVE
Vocabulary, basic grammar, punctuation and cohesion and task fulfillment.
1.
Cycling, recycling, reusing and reducing are best ways to keep our planet free from carbon generated perils.
2.
Regulating dispensing, rationing supply and penalizing mismanagement are the ways governments can adopt to make people energy conscious.
3.
Not bribing, not expecting favours and not undermining the privileges of fellow citizens are the three major civic behaviours that are able to make substantial changes in human social life.
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4.
A great number of social issues could be very easily sorted out if individuals could put themselves in the picture and behave with civic consciousness.
5.
As children are defenseless and vulnerable to great many influences and temptations, protecting their rights and keeping them safe are the primary responsibilities of parents.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Speaking: How it woks
It is a downloaded material worth following
To practise for the speaking test, find a friend or study partner and take it in turns to ask one another questions and speak about the following:
Part 1
In the first stage of the interview the examiner will ask you some general questions about yourself and the subjects you know about, for example about your educational background, work experience and leisure interests. When you go into the interview room, the interviewer will greet you, exchange introductions, check your identification and then start the interview. The questions on familiar topics will give you a chance to convey a lot of information about yourself and your life, but will also allow you to relax and ‘warm-up’. It is important that you try to give extended answers. Remember, the purpose of the questions is to get you to talk. Questions may also focus on the culture of your country (educational system, social customs etc) or on aspects of your lifestyle (family life, city life, hobbies etc). These are all very broad areas in terms of the number of questions that could be asked so this is another reason why you can’t prepare specific answers.
Draw up a personal information form like the one below and be prepared to talk about it for four minutes:
• Your full name
• Nationality
• Your place of birth
• First language
• Other languages
• Family
• Educational background
Then your partner should ask you to talk in more detail about specific aspects, which could include work, education, hobbies and interests or some aspect of the culture of your country, for another four minutes. The aim here is to show your fluency so it is important to keep the conversation going.
Part 2
In the second stage of the interview you will be given a card which tells you the topic you should talk about for one to two minutes. It also gives you some prompts about what you should include in your talk. You then have one minute to prepare your topic and you will be allowed to make some notes. The examiner will tell you when to start and finish and may ask you one or two questions. In this part it is important to try to keep talking for the whole two minutes. It is not a conversation so do not expect the examiner to join in.
Here are some example cards. Use them to practise with your partner:
Describe a wedding you have been to or heard about.
You should say:
• who got married
• what they wore
• what they did on the day
and explain how you felt about this wedding.
Describe a wild animal that can be found in your country.
You should say:
• what it looks like
• where it lives
• what you like/don't llike about it
and explain how people in your country generally feel about it.
As well as practising with a partner, you could practise alone, recording yourself and then listening to the recording. Although fluency is very important, think about how clearly, correctly and appropriately you speak. Think too about how you organise your talk. You might like to introduce your topic, number the main points and end with a conclusion. Remember that spoken English is less formal than written English and that you will have to use signals that are common and appropriate for speaking.
It is a downloaded material worth following
To practise for the speaking test, find a friend or study partner and take it in turns to ask one another questions and speak about the following:
Part 1
In the first stage of the interview the examiner will ask you some general questions about yourself and the subjects you know about, for example about your educational background, work experience and leisure interests. When you go into the interview room, the interviewer will greet you, exchange introductions, check your identification and then start the interview. The questions on familiar topics will give you a chance to convey a lot of information about yourself and your life, but will also allow you to relax and ‘warm-up’. It is important that you try to give extended answers. Remember, the purpose of the questions is to get you to talk. Questions may also focus on the culture of your country (educational system, social customs etc) or on aspects of your lifestyle (family life, city life, hobbies etc). These are all very broad areas in terms of the number of questions that could be asked so this is another reason why you can’t prepare specific answers.
Draw up a personal information form like the one below and be prepared to talk about it for four minutes:
• Your full name
• Nationality
• Your place of birth
• First language
• Other languages
• Family
• Educational background
Then your partner should ask you to talk in more detail about specific aspects, which could include work, education, hobbies and interests or some aspect of the culture of your country, for another four minutes. The aim here is to show your fluency so it is important to keep the conversation going.
Part 2
In the second stage of the interview you will be given a card which tells you the topic you should talk about for one to two minutes. It also gives you some prompts about what you should include in your talk. You then have one minute to prepare your topic and you will be allowed to make some notes. The examiner will tell you when to start and finish and may ask you one or two questions. In this part it is important to try to keep talking for the whole two minutes. It is not a conversation so do not expect the examiner to join in.
Here are some example cards. Use them to practise with your partner:
Describe a wedding you have been to or heard about.
You should say:
• who got married
• what they wore
• what they did on the day
and explain how you felt about this wedding.
Describe a wild animal that can be found in your country.
You should say:
• what it looks like
• where it lives
• what you like/don't llike about it
and explain how people in your country generally feel about it.
As well as practising with a partner, you could practise alone, recording yourself and then listening to the recording. Although fluency is very important, think about how clearly, correctly and appropriately you speak. Think too about how you organise your talk. You might like to introduce your topic, number the main points and end with a conclusion. Remember that spoken English is less formal than written English and that you will have to use signals that are common and appropriate for speaking.
Speaking: the modus operandi
The speaking test is an interview which assesses how well you can communicate in spoken English. It is a test of general speaking skills and is broadly the same for all candidates. The interview lasts for eleven to fourteen minutes and is in three main sections:
• the first part is on familiar topics such as your work or study experience, your family or home culture and your interests or hobbies.
• this is followed by a part where you are asked to talk on a particular topic for one to two minutes. You are given a card which states what you should talk about and you are given one minute to prepare. At the end of your one to two minutes the examiner may ask you one or two questions before moving on to the third part of the test.
• the final part is an extension of the part 2 topic to a more abstract discussion of related issues.
You are assessed on your ability to communicate fluently, clearly (i.e. with clear pronunciation) and accurately using appropriate grammar and vocabulary. Your fluency is being assessed so it is important to say as much as you can as well as to speak spontaneously and not to learn what you are going to say. If the examiner thinks you are giving a prepared answer he or she will quickly change the question. Throughout the speaking test, the examiners will ask the questions and control the timing and the move from one part to another. The interview will be recorded. This is to make sure the interviewers and band scores are consistent in all IELTS centres.
Practice
To get maximum benefit all the practice should be done without preparing your answers. You will not know exactly what the examiner is going to ask or exactly how he or she will ask it. You need to be spontaneous, to speak as naturally and fluently as possible. The aim of this practice section is to help you to prepare for the type of questions you will get and practise dealing with them without preparing specific answers. It is important to keep to this for two reasons. First, the examiner will notice if you are repeating something you have learned and will stop you. Second, though it may seem difficult at first, it will actually make the test easier for you if you relax and talk naturally rather than trying to remember a ready-made answer. So the first and most important skill is talking fluently.
The only way to improve your fluency is by getting a lot of practice in speaking. Be confident. Think about what you want to say. Of course you should try to get your English right, but do not worry too much about getting everything absolutely correct. The important thing is that you should speak and listen, that you should engage in an extended interview with the examiner and that you should enjoy using your English to communicate with an English speaker.
The speaking test is an interview which assesses how well you can communicate in spoken English. It is a test of general speaking skills and is broadly the same for all candidates. The interview lasts for eleven to fourteen minutes and is in three main sections:
• the first part is on familiar topics such as your work or study experience, your family or home culture and your interests or hobbies.
• this is followed by a part where you are asked to talk on a particular topic for one to two minutes. You are given a card which states what you should talk about and you are given one minute to prepare. At the end of your one to two minutes the examiner may ask you one or two questions before moving on to the third part of the test.
• the final part is an extension of the part 2 topic to a more abstract discussion of related issues.
You are assessed on your ability to communicate fluently, clearly (i.e. with clear pronunciation) and accurately using appropriate grammar and vocabulary. Your fluency is being assessed so it is important to say as much as you can as well as to speak spontaneously and not to learn what you are going to say. If the examiner thinks you are giving a prepared answer he or she will quickly change the question. Throughout the speaking test, the examiners will ask the questions and control the timing and the move from one part to another. The interview will be recorded. This is to make sure the interviewers and band scores are consistent in all IELTS centres.
Practice
To get maximum benefit all the practice should be done without preparing your answers. You will not know exactly what the examiner is going to ask or exactly how he or she will ask it. You need to be spontaneous, to speak as naturally and fluently as possible. The aim of this practice section is to help you to prepare for the type of questions you will get and practise dealing with them without preparing specific answers. It is important to keep to this for two reasons. First, the examiner will notice if you are repeating something you have learned and will stop you. Second, though it may seem difficult at first, it will actually make the test easier for you if you relax and talk naturally rather than trying to remember a ready-made answer. So the first and most important skill is talking fluently.
The only way to improve your fluency is by getting a lot of practice in speaking. Be confident. Think about what you want to say. Of course you should try to get your English right, but do not worry too much about getting everything absolutely correct. The important thing is that you should speak and listen, that you should engage in an extended interview with the examiner and that you should enjoy using your English to communicate with an English speaker.
The propriety of making use of human resources, that get languished in jails – both under trials and trialed - across the world, for productive purposes is being seriously discussed.
• How right it is to exploit the jailed human resources?
• What impression would it create in the minds of people when it comes to crime and punishment?
Tapping the human resources held in the confinement of judiciary, in humanitarian and material point of view, is good in several ways. Unfortunately, this move is likely to send wrong signals among people.
The primary thing is that human resource is extremely precious. Therefore, those people in jails can be valued in such terms, and the productive ones can be used for the general good. Secondly, human resource is perishable, and its timely application is of extreme significance. And above all, what is imprisonment for? It is meant for effecting changes in people, people who have transgressed. So I think it is fair to make them work for the nation in some way.
For example, the educated prisoner can educate those ones among them who have not got enough education. So that, once they complete their term, they may be able to lead a refined life. It is a good idea indeed.
However good the idea may sound, the problems it may generate are not small either. Let me cite one. Jail as such is scary for all, and for general public jails are places known for humiliation, deprivation, isolation, poor living conditions and ill-treatments of varying dimensions. Obviously, if prisoners are going to enjoy their jail terns doing productive work, there is going to be wrong signals among the public. As a result, many may resort to crimes, and some may even look down upon punishment and justice system. This is dangerous in a social point of view.
In short, from a material and practical point of view, prisoners are worth exploiting productively, but the social issue it may generate looks rather dangerous. However, a selective approach to this idea, in my opinion, has some relevance.
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• How right it is to exploit the jailed human resources?
• What impression would it create in the minds of people when it comes to crime and punishment?
Tapping the human resources held in the confinement of judiciary, in humanitarian and material point of view, is good in several ways. Unfortunately, this move is likely to send wrong signals among people.
The primary thing is that human resource is extremely precious. Therefore, those people in jails can be valued in such terms, and the productive ones can be used for the general good. Secondly, human resource is perishable, and its timely application is of extreme significance. And above all, what is imprisonment for? It is meant for effecting changes in people, people who have transgressed. So I think it is fair to make them work for the nation in some way.
For example, the educated prisoner can educate those ones among them who have not got enough education. So that, once they complete their term, they may be able to lead a refined life. It is a good idea indeed.
However good the idea may sound, the problems it may generate are not small either. Let me cite one. Jail as such is scary for all, and for general public jails are places known for humiliation, deprivation, isolation, poor living conditions and ill-treatments of varying dimensions. Obviously, if prisoners are going to enjoy their jail terns doing productive work, there is going to be wrong signals among the public. As a result, many may resort to crimes, and some may even look down upon punishment and justice system. This is dangerous in a social point of view.
In short, from a material and practical point of view, prisoners are worth exploiting productively, but the social issue it may generate looks rather dangerous. However, a selective approach to this idea, in my opinion, has some relevance.
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Time Management in Listening
Time is really crucial in listening
Imagine, you have got a test with the following divisions of questions.
Questions Questions
Section one 1 to 10 Section two 11 to 21
Section three 22 to 30 Section four 31 to 40
There can be subsections for all four sections, or at least for three sections.
For example, Section one: First, look at questions Nos 1 to 6
Now look at questions 7 to 10
Here you have a little liberty on two things. First you have a little time before the real test begins. You’ll get a minute. You read the first few questions clearly, and are better positioned to answer the initial questions, for you have a better idea about what is asked for.
By the time you come at answer question number 6, you’ll have the freedom to wait till you get the last word of the audio of that particular subsection. You need not be confused on whether the audio part of a particular question is over or not.
This is helpful in two ways: firstly, you will get a better answer because, you do not have another question following, or, you are not under any pressure. Secondly, you are going to get a little time before the next section begins. Here the presenter has to interfere to tell you to look at question numbers 7 to 10.
When the second sub-section begins, you are better positioned to answer the first question, that is question number 7. Then you are taken forward to read and answer questions 8 and 9. By the time you reach at question now 10, you have a few more advantages.
First thing is that the section itself is over. Secondly, you are relaxed and glad to know that there is 30 seconds left to go back to your answers. Thirdly, you can have a little ‘reading ahead’ of the following section provided you have written all your previous answers well or not so badly. Time saved by writing legible/clear and right answers in the first attempt itself will give you the advantage of minimum 20 seconds to read ahead the following section.
Now let us see the section Number. 2
First the presenter will tell you what is going to happen. The moment you know of the topic, you can go to questions straightaway. When the presenter tells you, ‘look at questions ‘11 to 16’, ‘11 to 17’ or even ‘11 to 20’ (taking the whole section in a single go), you are not surprised, because you know what is in store. You can follow the same pattern as you did in the first section.
The only difference you would find in one section after the other is that you will be asked to answer different types of questions. Apart from that, what you are going to do to answer questions, say 21 to 28 or 31 to 36 or whatever, the process involved is the same. But the freedom you get is much more, primarily because, at the end you have the sweet feeling that the test itself is over.
Secondly, you have got 30 seconds to check your answers together with a 10 minutes to transfer your answers. These times are to be better managed to perform better in listening.
Student problems:
• Different accents, at times, in the same test.
• Falling and rising tones. Falling tones at times go poorly heard or virtually inaudible.
• Homophones: words with almost same pronunciation but with different spellings.
• Spellings of some regional, geographical, cultural and social words and expressions.
• Long discussions leading to an answer in multiple-choice questions.
• Quick answers: a sentence carrying more than one answer.
• Answers not in succession.
• The last word of a talk becoming an answer.
• Adjectives that make or mar an answer. E.g. a job instead of a challenging job.
• Phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, jargons and regional/dialectical expressions
Solutions.
1. Listen to various TV programmes. News bulletins, talk-back programmes, discussions, interviews, phone ins, commentaries and so on.
2. Listening to interviews, both audio and audio visual, is good.
3. List out for common homophones and familiarize them.
4. List out typical English expressions and be in touch with them.
5. Doing comprehension passages and reading. Eliminating the wrong ones, culling out the right one, ignoring the unattended one, selecting only the attended options etc. are simple ways to find the right answer.
6. Listen. Listen and listen to see how packed a sentence could be.
7. Comprehension of passages. Attending lectures and talks.
8. List out common phrases and idioms, practice them while writing speaking and listening. An associative approach to learning is needed.
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Time is really crucial in listening
Imagine, you have got a test with the following divisions of questions.
Questions Questions
Section one 1 to 10 Section two 11 to 21
Section three 22 to 30 Section four 31 to 40
There can be subsections for all four sections, or at least for three sections.
For example, Section one: First, look at questions Nos 1 to 6
Now look at questions 7 to 10
Here you have a little liberty on two things. First you have a little time before the real test begins. You’ll get a minute. You read the first few questions clearly, and are better positioned to answer the initial questions, for you have a better idea about what is asked for.
By the time you come at answer question number 6, you’ll have the freedom to wait till you get the last word of the audio of that particular subsection. You need not be confused on whether the audio part of a particular question is over or not.
This is helpful in two ways: firstly, you will get a better answer because, you do not have another question following, or, you are not under any pressure. Secondly, you are going to get a little time before the next section begins. Here the presenter has to interfere to tell you to look at question numbers 7 to 10.
When the second sub-section begins, you are better positioned to answer the first question, that is question number 7. Then you are taken forward to read and answer questions 8 and 9. By the time you reach at question now 10, you have a few more advantages.
First thing is that the section itself is over. Secondly, you are relaxed and glad to know that there is 30 seconds left to go back to your answers. Thirdly, you can have a little ‘reading ahead’ of the following section provided you have written all your previous answers well or not so badly. Time saved by writing legible/clear and right answers in the first attempt itself will give you the advantage of minimum 20 seconds to read ahead the following section.
Now let us see the section Number. 2
First the presenter will tell you what is going to happen. The moment you know of the topic, you can go to questions straightaway. When the presenter tells you, ‘look at questions ‘11 to 16’, ‘11 to 17’ or even ‘11 to 20’ (taking the whole section in a single go), you are not surprised, because you know what is in store. You can follow the same pattern as you did in the first section.
The only difference you would find in one section after the other is that you will be asked to answer different types of questions. Apart from that, what you are going to do to answer questions, say 21 to 28 or 31 to 36 or whatever, the process involved is the same. But the freedom you get is much more, primarily because, at the end you have the sweet feeling that the test itself is over.
Secondly, you have got 30 seconds to check your answers together with a 10 minutes to transfer your answers. These times are to be better managed to perform better in listening.
Student problems:
• Different accents, at times, in the same test.
• Falling and rising tones. Falling tones at times go poorly heard or virtually inaudible.
• Homophones: words with almost same pronunciation but with different spellings.
• Spellings of some regional, geographical, cultural and social words and expressions.
• Long discussions leading to an answer in multiple-choice questions.
• Quick answers: a sentence carrying more than one answer.
• Answers not in succession.
• The last word of a talk becoming an answer.
• Adjectives that make or mar an answer. E.g. a job instead of a challenging job.
• Phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, jargons and regional/dialectical expressions
Solutions.
1. Listen to various TV programmes. News bulletins, talk-back programmes, discussions, interviews, phone ins, commentaries and so on.
2. Listening to interviews, both audio and audio visual, is good.
3. List out for common homophones and familiarize them.
4. List out typical English expressions and be in touch with them.
5. Doing comprehension passages and reading. Eliminating the wrong ones, culling out the right one, ignoring the unattended one, selecting only the attended options etc. are simple ways to find the right answer.
6. Listen. Listen and listen to see how packed a sentence could be.
7. Comprehension of passages. Attending lectures and talks.
8. List out common phrases and idioms, practice them while writing speaking and listening. An associative approach to learning is needed.
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Since search engines on the Net are able to meet almost all the information needs, the need for alternative information sources is waning of late.
• Do you think the advent of search engines is a welcome development?
• How relevant are alternative information source in your opinion?
Search engines have a come long way, and it is welcome development in several different ways too. This, however, does not mean that conventional information sources are irrelevant. They do deserve their due.
How welcome are search engines? We can have countless instances to prove that information superhighways like Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia and the like are extremely relevant in humans. Let me city a few examples. Today, we can access information on virtually anything under the sun or of the cosmos itself by simply sitting in our personal spaces. The Net is so widely spread that it does not recognize time, space and borders.
If this is the case with sourcing information, the story is not different when it comes to spreading information. For example, today one is able to contribute information - audio, video and text - on anything to the already packed stockpile of search engines which, in turn, is accessed by millions of people across the world. So it is a welcome development indeed.
All the need for search engines notwithstanding, there is great need for alternative information sources too. They are as old as human life, and their role cannot be duped by anything. For example; traditional sources like scholars, books, libraries, archives, museums, zoos, universities, research centers, to mention a few, are inevitable in any society. Besides, basic human faculties like asking questions, raisings doubts, making consultations, seeking and finding things through personal efforts are very much part of all civilized human societies.
In short, it is clear that the advent of search engines is greatly welcome, and we cannot do without them. So is the case with alternative sources of information. The have been with us for ages and ages and, obviously, they need to be preserved.
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• Do you think the advent of search engines is a welcome development?
• How relevant are alternative information source in your opinion?
Search engines have a come long way, and it is welcome development in several different ways too. This, however, does not mean that conventional information sources are irrelevant. They do deserve their due.
How welcome are search engines? We can have countless instances to prove that information superhighways like Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia and the like are extremely relevant in humans. Let me city a few examples. Today, we can access information on virtually anything under the sun or of the cosmos itself by simply sitting in our personal spaces. The Net is so widely spread that it does not recognize time, space and borders.
If this is the case with sourcing information, the story is not different when it comes to spreading information. For example, today one is able to contribute information - audio, video and text - on anything to the already packed stockpile of search engines which, in turn, is accessed by millions of people across the world. So it is a welcome development indeed.
All the need for search engines notwithstanding, there is great need for alternative information sources too. They are as old as human life, and their role cannot be duped by anything. For example; traditional sources like scholars, books, libraries, archives, museums, zoos, universities, research centers, to mention a few, are inevitable in any society. Besides, basic human faculties like asking questions, raisings doubts, making consultations, seeking and finding things through personal efforts are very much part of all civilized human societies.
In short, it is clear that the advent of search engines is greatly welcome, and we cannot do without them. So is the case with alternative sources of information. The have been with us for ages and ages and, obviously, they need to be preserved.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Letters
One of your friends writes to you that he has arranged a job for you and gives you details of your future employer. And you are free to join any time fifteen days from the day of the call.
Write a letter to your friend asking for details of the job, expressing your gratitude and mentioning how prepared you are to take up the job.
2.
The product you have purchased from a local supplier fails to work within weeks of buying. Bu the supplier is not ready to replace the product though it has a valid replacement warrantee.
Write to a letter to the consumer cell, detailing the case, and requesting action against the supplier based on consumer rights laws. You may mention the details of the purchase and may mention that you add copies of documents.
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3.
Your residential is area is getting exposed to higher decibel noise from different sources like huge commercial buildings nearby and construction cites. Write a complaint to the Mayor of your place inviting attention.
Your letter may carry information on your location, the type of noise, its intensity and the range of disturbance caused.
You may start the letter Sir,
4.
You understand that some medical facilities at your place are engaging poor people for medical trials and you know that it is violation of human rights.
Write a letter to the human rights commission and highlight the issue.
One of your friends writes to you that he has arranged a job for you and gives you details of your future employer. And you are free to join any time fifteen days from the day of the call.
Write a letter to your friend asking for details of the job, expressing your gratitude and mentioning how prepared you are to take up the job.
2.
The product you have purchased from a local supplier fails to work within weeks of buying. Bu the supplier is not ready to replace the product though it has a valid replacement warrantee.
Write to a letter to the consumer cell, detailing the case, and requesting action against the supplier based on consumer rights laws. You may mention the details of the purchase and may mention that you add copies of documents.
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3.
Your residential is area is getting exposed to higher decibel noise from different sources like huge commercial buildings nearby and construction cites. Write a complaint to the Mayor of your place inviting attention.
Your letter may carry information on your location, the type of noise, its intensity and the range of disturbance caused.
You may start the letter Sir,
4.
You understand that some medical facilities at your place are engaging poor people for medical trials and you know that it is violation of human rights.
Write a letter to the human rights commission and highlight the issue.
The Internet as a source of information is widely and indiscriminately being used by people who are engaged in various researches.
• Do you think the Net is likely to improve the quality of research?
• Is it in any way an unhealthy practice to fall back on the Net for everything?
Research as such demands a lot of resources and its quality depends on several factors including information. And when it comes to over dependence on the Net for everything, it is not so healthy a practice. Let me prove it.
Research, as we all know, is a very serious activity involving multiple factors. Major ones being hypotheses, assumptions, related information, data, observations, processing, to mention a few. In this context, it can be said that right and required information is just one of the factors, and the same can contribute a substantially to a research work.
However, the point about quality is not just gathering information. It is much more than that. So, I tend to say that making use of the Net mindlessly is not going to take the quality of research any higher; rather it may add on to its success. For example, a research work without a right hypothesis, but stuffed with information is a poor research in more ways than one.
So, how right it is to turn to the Net for everything? What I feel is that it is good to be Net savvy. But, basically, man has an instinct to seek and find information. This involves may faculties like initiative, inquisitiveness, hard work, logical thinking, raising doubts, consulting people, reading and observing the media, and so goes the list. All these activities can sharpen man’s intellectual acumen. Unfortunately, falling back on the Net for everything may harm this faculty. So, in a way, it is not harmless.
In short, trying to see how Net influences research, I find it right to add that Net is just a potential source of information; one of the elements of research. So also over dependence on the Net is better avoided. Research, in my opinion, is a self-driven search to find something new.
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• Do you think the Net is likely to improve the quality of research?
• Is it in any way an unhealthy practice to fall back on the Net for everything?
Research as such demands a lot of resources and its quality depends on several factors including information. And when it comes to over dependence on the Net for everything, it is not so healthy a practice. Let me prove it.
Research, as we all know, is a very serious activity involving multiple factors. Major ones being hypotheses, assumptions, related information, data, observations, processing, to mention a few. In this context, it can be said that right and required information is just one of the factors, and the same can contribute a substantially to a research work.
However, the point about quality is not just gathering information. It is much more than that. So, I tend to say that making use of the Net mindlessly is not going to take the quality of research any higher; rather it may add on to its success. For example, a research work without a right hypothesis, but stuffed with information is a poor research in more ways than one.
So, how right it is to turn to the Net for everything? What I feel is that it is good to be Net savvy. But, basically, man has an instinct to seek and find information. This involves may faculties like initiative, inquisitiveness, hard work, logical thinking, raising doubts, consulting people, reading and observing the media, and so goes the list. All these activities can sharpen man’s intellectual acumen. Unfortunately, falling back on the Net for everything may harm this faculty. So, in a way, it is not harmless.
In short, trying to see how Net influences research, I find it right to add that Net is just a potential source of information; one of the elements of research. So also over dependence on the Net is better avoided. Research, in my opinion, is a self-driven search to find something new.
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Some people say the advent of the Net has left man confined to smaller personal spaces, whereas there are people who hold the view that it has cast man far and wide.
• Look at the views and say what you feel about the advent of the Net?
The Internet has been a topic of discussion since its inception. Major two views have been whether it has shrunken man into smaller cubicles or he has been taken to a wider world out. Let me see how right these views are.
Compared to the past, man is blessed with much better conveniences thanks to the advent of IT enabled services. As a result, he does not need to travel far and wide for everything. Now, things are much closer than they were and man’s movement stands limited greatly to personal office spaces and private quarters. For example, today the internet is a career platform, a venue for socializing, an market space, a great source of information, a channel for spreading information, and 24x7 medium of communication. So, man tends to confine himself into smaller spaces lately.
However, when I look at the other angle, it is a little more relevant. Today, man is better cast out than he was. This can be substantiated by citing a small example. Today, man remains in touch with a virtual world outside which does not recognize time or geographical barriers. Information is accessed, people living in far off continents see each other on a daily basis; they communicate, collaborate and do business as well. Here man’s physical presence is digitally transported to a virtual world of opportunities.
Observing the views in question, what I feel is that today man is able to convert his wonderful, wide world into three Ws. In such a context, he is in smaller places, but the extent of his reach is as big as the world itself. He is where he wants himself to be. The latter is indeed something.
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• Look at the views and say what you feel about the advent of the Net?
The Internet has been a topic of discussion since its inception. Major two views have been whether it has shrunken man into smaller cubicles or he has been taken to a wider world out. Let me see how right these views are.
Compared to the past, man is blessed with much better conveniences thanks to the advent of IT enabled services. As a result, he does not need to travel far and wide for everything. Now, things are much closer than they were and man’s movement stands limited greatly to personal office spaces and private quarters. For example, today the internet is a career platform, a venue for socializing, an market space, a great source of information, a channel for spreading information, and 24x7 medium of communication. So, man tends to confine himself into smaller spaces lately.
However, when I look at the other angle, it is a little more relevant. Today, man is better cast out than he was. This can be substantiated by citing a small example. Today, man remains in touch with a virtual world outside which does not recognize time or geographical barriers. Information is accessed, people living in far off continents see each other on a daily basis; they communicate, collaborate and do business as well. Here man’s physical presence is digitally transported to a virtual world of opportunities.
Observing the views in question, what I feel is that today man is able to convert his wonderful, wide world into three Ws. In such a context, he is in smaller places, but the extent of his reach is as big as the world itself. He is where he wants himself to be. The latter is indeed something.
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
The Internet as a source of information is widely and indiscriminately being used by people who are engaged in various researches.
• Do you think the Net is likely to improve the quality of research?
• Is it in any way an unhealthy practice to fall back on the Net for everything?
Research as such demands a lot of resources and its quality depends on several factors including information. And when it comes to over dependence on the Net for everything, it is not so healthy a practice. Let me prove it.
Research, as we all know, is a very serious activity involving multiple factors. Major ones being hypotheses, assumptions, related information, data, observations, processing, to mention a few. In this context, it can be said that right and required information is just one of the factors, and the same can contribute a substantially to a research work.
However, the point about quality is not just gathering information. It is much more than that. So, I tend to say that making use of the Net mindlessly is not going to take the quality of research any higher; rather it may add on to its success. For example, a research work without a right hypothesis, but stuffed with information is a poor research in more ways than one.
So, how right it is to turn to the Net for everything? What I feel is that it is good to be Net savvy. But, basically, man has an instinct to seek and find information. This involves may faculties like initiative, inquisitiveness, hard work, logical thinking, raising doubts, consulting people, reading and observing the media, and so goes the list. All these activities can sharpen man’s intellectual acumen. Unfortunately, falling back on the Net for everything may harm this faculty. So, in a way, it is not harmless.
In short, trying to see how Net influences research, I find it right to add that Net is just a potential source of information; one of the elements of research. So also over dependence on the Net is better avoided. Research, in my opinion, is a self-driven search to find something new.
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Ajaypeesdoc. 1.8.011
• Do you think the Net is likely to improve the quality of research?
• Is it in any way an unhealthy practice to fall back on the Net for everything?
Research as such demands a lot of resources and its quality depends on several factors including information. And when it comes to over dependence on the Net for everything, it is not so healthy a practice. Let me prove it.
Research, as we all know, is a very serious activity involving multiple factors. Major ones being hypotheses, assumptions, related information, data, observations, processing, to mention a few. In this context, it can be said that right and required information is just one of the factors, and the same can contribute a substantially to a research work.
However, the point about quality is not just gathering information. It is much more than that. So, I tend to say that making use of the Net mindlessly is not going to take the quality of research any higher; rather it may add on to its success. For example, a research work without a right hypothesis, but stuffed with information is a poor research in more ways than one.
So, how right it is to turn to the Net for everything? What I feel is that it is good to be Net savvy. But, basically, man has an instinct to seek and find information. This involves may faculties like initiative, inquisitiveness, hard work, logical thinking, raising doubts, consulting people, reading and observing the media, and so goes the list. All these activities can sharpen man’s intellectual acumen. Unfortunately, falling back on the Net for everything may harm this faculty. So, in a way, it is not harmless.
In short, trying to see how Net influences research, I find it right to add that Net is just a potential source of information; one of the elements of research. So also over dependence on the Net is better avoided. Research, in my opinion, is a self-driven search to find something new.
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5.
The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.
• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?
The number of people who believe that time does not exist is increasing. It is true. But, this heightened view on time, in my opinion, is a technology enabled state of mind. Obviously, there is ‘time’, and it is being defined differently.
Looking at the propriety of the definition of time, I tend to say that the only one thing that man understands throughout his life is the persistent and all encompassing hold of time on man. However, if we look at time from today’s netizens’ angle, it may be right in the sense that there is nothing called borders or day or night or week days or holidays. What they have is a virtual space which does not recognize time.
For example, today it doesn’t matter where one is, when one works, what one does and who one is. What matters most is whether one is connected to the Net or not. Actually, it is technology enabled state of mind.
Therefore, it is right to say there are other definitions. Let us see how differently it is getting defined. A person who invests is stocks defines time as money; either gained or gone. How about film and sports stars? It is career. And finally, how do industrialists define time? For them, time is investment, Above all, for those who are terminally ill, time is either hell or heaven. So time is getting defined differently today.
In short, there is nothing beyond or free from time. The modern IT enabled definition of time that it does not exist is just one of its countless definitions. As time passes, there will be more and more definitions. That is what I feel.
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The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.
• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?
The number of people who believe that time does not exist is increasing. It is true. But, this heightened view on time, in my opinion, is a technology enabled state of mind. Obviously, there is ‘time’, and it is being defined differently.
Looking at the propriety of the definition of time, I tend to say that the only one thing that man understands throughout his life is the persistent and all encompassing hold of time on man. However, if we look at time from today’s netizens’ angle, it may be right in the sense that there is nothing called borders or day or night or week days or holidays. What they have is a virtual space which does not recognize time.
For example, today it doesn’t matter where one is, when one works, what one does and who one is. What matters most is whether one is connected to the Net or not. Actually, it is technology enabled state of mind.
Therefore, it is right to say there are other definitions. Let us see how differently it is getting defined. A person who invests is stocks defines time as money; either gained or gone. How about film and sports stars? It is career. And finally, how do industrialists define time? For them, time is investment, Above all, for those who are terminally ill, time is either hell or heaven. So time is getting defined differently today.
In short, there is nothing beyond or free from time. The modern IT enabled definition of time that it does not exist is just one of its countless definitions. As time passes, there will be more and more definitions. That is what I feel.
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Students who went for higher education from five schools
The table of data we have here shows us the performance of five secondary schools based on the number of students who went for higher studies for a period of six years starting from 1995.
Let us begin with the figures of Royston Academy. In 1995, only 50% students went for higher education, and the following years recorded slight increases and took the figure up to 60 in 1999, and the year 2000 did not show any difference. Coming to Greyston Academy, the story is different. In 1995, it enjoyed the highest performance among all schools, 90%, but the following years saw remarkable falls, slowly taking the figure down to 70%; a fall by more than 20%, and the biggest downswing was in 1995, above 10%.
Harble secondary had a huge upward spiral; nearly three times increase, from 30 to 80 and in 1990-2000, it jumped from 60 to 80, the all time high rate. But Fairfield Girls posted a consistent performance and the figures stood between 65 and 79, and the biggest rise was in 1999-2000 period. And finally, Crackend Boys did not make any headway. It stayed between 60 and 62.
In short, except Greyston High, all other schools were making better performances every passing year, of course with a few exceptions. That is the end of the report.
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Fish canning
Fresh fish has a very short shelf life, but canning it allows us to eat fish at any time of the year and in any temperature. How does this process of canning work, and what are the steps involved? I will now describe how fish is canned.
After the fish is sent to the cannery, it is cleaned carefully and some parts are removed. The fish is washed thoroughly, and then drained. The next stage is soaking in salt. This helps to preserve the fish. Next, the fish is put into cans which are then sealed with lids. The cans of fish are then heated in large pressure cookers. This kills the bacteria and ensures that the fish remains safe to eat. After the tins cool, labels are added and the cans are put into boxes. Finally, the boxes are stored in a warehouse, ready for delivery to wholesalers and retail outlets.
Canning fish enables people everywhere to enjoy healthy great-tasting food. Why not try some tuna or salmon in a sandwich today!
The table of data we have here shows us the performance of five secondary schools based on the number of students who went for higher studies for a period of six years starting from 1995.
Let us begin with the figures of Royston Academy. In 1995, only 50% students went for higher education, and the following years recorded slight increases and took the figure up to 60 in 1999, and the year 2000 did not show any difference. Coming to Greyston Academy, the story is different. In 1995, it enjoyed the highest performance among all schools, 90%, but the following years saw remarkable falls, slowly taking the figure down to 70%; a fall by more than 20%, and the biggest downswing was in 1995, above 10%.
Harble secondary had a huge upward spiral; nearly three times increase, from 30 to 80 and in 1990-2000, it jumped from 60 to 80, the all time high rate. But Fairfield Girls posted a consistent performance and the figures stood between 65 and 79, and the biggest rise was in 1999-2000 period. And finally, Crackend Boys did not make any headway. It stayed between 60 and 62.
In short, except Greyston High, all other schools were making better performances every passing year, of course with a few exceptions. That is the end of the report.
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Fish canning
Fresh fish has a very short shelf life, but canning it allows us to eat fish at any time of the year and in any temperature. How does this process of canning work, and what are the steps involved? I will now describe how fish is canned.
After the fish is sent to the cannery, it is cleaned carefully and some parts are removed. The fish is washed thoroughly, and then drained. The next stage is soaking in salt. This helps to preserve the fish. Next, the fish is put into cans which are then sealed with lids. The cans of fish are then heated in large pressure cookers. This kills the bacteria and ensures that the fish remains safe to eat. After the tins cool, labels are added and the cans are put into boxes. Finally, the boxes are stored in a warehouse, ready for delivery to wholesalers and retail outlets.
Canning fish enables people everywhere to enjoy healthy great-tasting food. Why not try some tuna or salmon in a sandwich today!
Saturday, July 30, 2011
5.
The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.
• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?
The number of people who believe that time does not exist is increasing. It is true. But, this heightened view on time, in my opinion, is a technology enabled state of mind. Obviously, there is ‘time’, and it is being defined differently.
Looking at the propriety of the definition of time, I tend to say that the only one thing that man understands throughout his life is the persistent and all encompassing hold of time on man. However, if we look at time from today’s netizens’ angle, it may be right in the sense that there is nothing called borders or day or night or week days or holidays. What they have is a virtual space which does not recognize time.
For example, today it doesn’t matter where one is, when one works, what one does and who one is. What matters most is whether one is connected to the Net or not. Actually, it is technology enabled state of mind.
Therefore, it is right to say there are other definitions. Let us see how differently it is getting defined. A person who invests is stocks defines time as money; either gained or gone. How about film and sports stars? It is career. And finally, how do industrialists define time? For them, time is investment, Above all, for those who are terminally ill, time is either hell or heaven. So time is getting defined differently today.
In short, there is nothing beyond or free from time. The modern IT enabled definition of time that it does not exist is just one of its countless definitions. As time passes, there will be more and more definitions. That is what I feel.
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The most abstract concept called ‘time’ has been redefined by citizens on the Net (netizens), and they say ‘that which does not exist’ is time.
• How appropriate is this definition from a netizen’s point of view?
• How differently has time been defined these days?
The number of people who believe that time does not exist is increasing. It is true. But, this heightened view on time, in my opinion, is a technology enabled state of mind. Obviously, there is ‘time’, and it is being defined differently.
Looking at the propriety of the definition of time, I tend to say that the only one thing that man understands throughout his life is the persistent and all encompassing hold of time on man. However, if we look at time from today’s netizens’ angle, it may be right in the sense that there is nothing called borders or day or night or week days or holidays. What they have is a virtual space which does not recognize time.
For example, today it doesn’t matter where one is, when one works, what one does and who one is. What matters most is whether one is connected to the Net or not. Actually, it is technology enabled state of mind.
Therefore, it is right to say there are other definitions. Let us see how differently it is getting defined. A person who invests is stocks defines time as money; either gained or gone. How about film and sports stars? It is career. And finally, how do industrialists define time? For them, time is investment, Above all, for those who are terminally ill, time is either hell or heaven. So time is getting defined differently today.
In short, there is nothing beyond or free from time. The modern IT enabled definition of time that it does not exist is just one of its countless definitions. As time passes, there will be more and more definitions. That is what I feel.
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