Adieu Cinema
Sample for band 6 Adieu, Cinema! (A) In 1957, as many as 900,000,000 people
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Prada shoes the television can do most of the things the cinema does, and more importantly, people can stay at home with their famfiy, watching what belongs to both TV and the cinema. In rainy days no one wfil think of the cinema except for some special reasons. People like TV better for another reason. They can
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Sample for band 6 Adieu, Cinema! (B) The cinema used to be the most popular
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Diesel jeansTV. In 1963, about 300,000,000 cinema-goers to 650,000,000 TV viewers. In the next six years the number of cinemagoers dropped further, while the number of TV viewers continued to rise. In 1974, only 70,000,000 went to the cinema. As many as 800,000,000 people switched to TV. Nothing can hope to enjoy eternal popularity. Not the
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Reading is not only relaxation. To keep up with their
cartier sale work, many people must read letters, reports, publications, office documents, a never ending flood of words. In an examination, the ability to read and to comprehend quickly can mean the difference between success and failure. But the fact is that most of us are poor readers. Fortunately, almost anyone can learn to read faster and
microscope with greater comprehension. Here are some suggestions on how to deal with some bad reading habits. If you mouth each word as you read, this slows down you toa snail's speed. The best way to correct this problem is to place a finger on your lips and hold them firmly shut till you've broken the habit. If your head swings as your eyes move along a line, lock your head between your hands as you read. If you point to
Blu Ray Rippereach word with your finger, grip the reading material firmly with both hands or sit on your hands while you read. Here are more suggestions to train you to read better and faster: Read in aquiet spot, as free from distraction as possible. But don't daydream; force yourself to concentrate on what you are reading. If you come across
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The secret of success is constant
name plates practice. What you get will be worth the effort. We may find increasing our vocabulary difficult or troublesome in our English learning. So sometimes we do not want to take the trouble to memorize new words. Actually, increasing our vocabulary can help us in a number of ways. We will discover that knowing synonyms, for example, will decrease the number of repetitions in our writings and make them more enioyable to read. And if a teacher enjoys reading our paper, he may even
rfid taggive us a good grade. Besides, an increased vocabulary will make our own reading in English more enjoyable. We will find it much easier to follow the ideas in our textbooks or the English newspapers or the articles on the Internet when we do not have to continually run to the dictionary to look up unknown words. If we are not stumbling over unfamiliar words, we will become more eager to read and not discouraged when we do come across an unknown word. As a result, we will read faster
Ski helmetsand more intelligently, become more knowledgeable, and hence better informed about the world around us. Strange as it may seem, vocabulary study can bring us so many advantages an benefits. So let's give priority to the increasing of our vocabulary. Many learners of English may have trouble memorizing new words. They try one and a thousand of ways to learn the new words by heart. The commonest way is to recite the words from a vocabulary book or
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Read plenty of books. When you come
wedding dresses across a new word, or a new meaning of an old word, see if you can infer it from its context (the words around it). If you cannot, lookit up in a dictionary or ask somebody and then repeat its meaning to yourself a couple of times. If you are really conscientious, write the word and its meaning in a personal vocabulary list with a sentence under it. Go over the list from time to time. Further, try to use the new word in writing or conversation a few times over the next few days. Listen to good lectures and be alert to new
Slip ring words you hear or to new meanings of words you already know. Then treat them just as you do new words you read from books. Learn and be alert to the formation of words: prefixes, suffixes, and roots. Knowing them enables you to make intelligent guesses about the meaning of words you meet next time. Check the etymology of a word in a good dictionary. If you will follow these suggestions of mine, your vocabulary will undoubtedly be enlarged and your ability in other language skills improved.
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