English Around The World Do you speak English? That question is frequently asked in countries around the world. Although there are almost 3‚000 languages‚ English is the most universal. It is the official language in over 40 countries and the most used language in international business‚ science‚ and medicine. Even in countries where English is not the first language‚ a number of English words are used. No other language is borrowed how more often than English. For example‚ a French worker looks
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Background Information: • 80% of the world lives on less than 10$ a day. • According to UNICEF‚ more than 22‚000child die a day due to poverty • More than one billion people don’t have access to clean water • If you have a shelter‚ water‚ food and education‚ you’re already richer than 75% of the world • There are 121 million children that don’t have access to education Problem: • In third-world countries like Vietnam‚ instead of using the people’s tax money on supporting poverty and stop hunger
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and convictions of Indigenous culture and religion typed to be turned in on Tuesday---NOT more than two pages---you should be able to get the "big picture" from chapter two and the powerpoint presentation. I will see you on Tuesday. Have a great weekend. Dr. Jjhcbds Introduction Seventeen years ago‚ I came bounding into a world of love and laughter. I was the first child‚ the first grandchild‚ the first niece‚ and the primary focus of my entire extended family. Although they were not
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Traveling Around the World I am a great traveler known to the open world. I traveled through China‚ I traveled through Russia‚ and I traveled everywhere you can ever imagine. But my story starts in Jakarta. I didn’t like traveling but I was challenged by my friend‚ Benny‚ to discover new things in this whole world‚ to do things that no one has ever done‚ and he said he would give me a surprise if I did it‚ so I took the challenge. I was confused where to start‚ but I kept on thinking. I texted
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Carnival: Around the World An interesting holiday that I do not celebrate is Carnival. Carnival is very popular in Brazil‚ but is also celebrated in almost every other country. The Carnival celebration in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil is considered the biggest party in the world‚ according the Guinness Book of World Records‚ 2010. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus‚ mask‚ and public street party. The streets of Rio de Janeiro fill with people
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Soccer is one of five popular sports around the world. Players like Cristiano Ronaldo‚ Lionel Messi‚ and Neymar are very athletic‚ popular players. They posse skills that make are unlike lots of players. Soccer is more entertaining when World Cup time comes around. Around 3 billion people watch globally and about a billion watch on TV. This game is to see who is the country who has the best soccer team. Every team will have star players that standout like nobody else’s on there team. Usually
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Differences around the world There are approximately 196 countries in the world and they are divided into three main group : first world countries‚ second world countries and third world countries. There is a huge difference between the first and a third world countries about everything that is going on in each country. First group countries are countries that have strong economies‚ education and maybe military such as America‚ all of Europe‚ Russia etc. People in first world countries
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Sick Around the World If your latest battle with your health insurance has you pounding your head with frustration‚ “Sick Around the World” on PBS may spur you to more drastic action‚ like leaving the United States altogether. In this “Frontline”‚ the Washington Post reporter T. R. Reid travels to five countries Britain‚ Japan‚ Germany‚ Taiwan‚ and Switzerland that manage to provide some form of universal health coverage to their populations. In each nation‚ he reports‚ insurance premiums
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Culture Around The World The most persuasive element of society is culture‚ which consists of the language‚ values‚ beliefs‚ rules‚ behaviors‚ and physical artifacts of a society. In others words one may think of it as society’s “personality” Culture can give us codes of conduct‚ a proper and acceptable way of living life. Society would be disastrous if it weren’t for cultures‚ which help us live together under the same set of general rules. Cultures around the world share some very common
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Religion around the World The Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted an interesting study regarding the demographics of worldwide religions. The group began by accumulating data from national censuses; analyzing the data from over twenty five hundred different censuses‚ large-scale surveys and official registers. Using this information the study group analyzed how religious change impacts societies found around the world. After gathering the required data‚ they went on
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