Comprehension – Multiple choice Read the passage below and answer the set questions Unit 1A. Text B. Apps transform cellphone users into citizen scientistsJust a few years ago‚ coming back from an early morning hike with some pretty photos was about as productive as you could get. Now‚ new mobile apps make it easy for nature lovers to contribute to science too.Sophie Gerrick‚ a fourth year student at UCLA uses an app called Project Budburst to monitor trees as the seasons change.“We’re at
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The generational gap is a term popularized in Western countries during the 1960s referring to differences between people of younger generations and their elders‚ especially between children and their parents.[1] Although some generational differences have existed throughout history‚ modern generational gaps have often been attributed to rapid cultural change in the postmodern period‚ particularly with respect to such matters as musical tastes‚ fashion‚ culture and politics. These changes are assumed
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of growing up thinking that slang words or shortened sayings are acceptable for example when they are going to interviews for jobs they may in fact be disadvantaged if they were to use sayings such as "I dunno" instead of "I don’t know". I think the head teacher is merely trying to point out that she believes they are not going to get far in life if they use such slang words instead of proper dialect when speaking to professional individuals‚ she is saying that slang to her is a bad thing and therefore
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than if it were a formal situation. There is also the use of words and phrases which could only be understood in this context‚ like idiolect and words that a particular age group use. In a formal situation there wouldn’t be as much interruption or slang words‚ as it wouldn’t be appropriate. In the transcript‚ there is a lot of interruption which shows they know each other quite well and wouldn’t get offended by it. This is shown when speaker A says “on //Saturday//” and speaker B overlaps by saying
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Asset Backed Security (ABS) An asset-backed security is a financial security backed by a loan‚ lease or receivables against assets other than real estate and mortgage-backed securities. For investors‚ asset-backed securities are an alternative to investing in corporate debt. An ABS is essentially the same thing as a mortgage-backed security‚ except that the securities backing it are assets such as loans‚ leases‚ credit card debt‚ a company’s receivables‚ royalties and so on‚ and not mortgage-based
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Basic computer etiquette‚ usually given the slang term "netiquette‚" is a set of rules and guidelines for proper interaction across the Web. With the proliferation of the Internet to the masses‚ online users‚ especially new ones (called "newbies") may not know how to behave in this virtual world as presenting yourself properly online requires different manners than those used in the real world. Golden Rule 1. According to Albion‚ the web and real world share the same first basic rule:
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younger generation that have developed a new form of communication that’s not Standard English which we have called ‘slang’. I am going to analyse an MSN conversation between two boys named ‘JJ’ and ‘Pete’ and a girl called ‘Kat22’. In this online conversation‚ the two boys are talking about going to a party‚ then one boy leaves the chat and a girl is added. During the conversation‚ many slang words are used‚ for example; ‘wagwan’ meaning what’s going on? (A greeting)‚ ‘safe’ and ‘fam’. This is quite different
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Explore some aspects of the ways your speech changes according to the context you are in. Recently it has become clear to me that I have not been using my speech in a particularly high register‚ this shows me that maybe I am not using my speech in a good enough way. I have found that my idiolect varies when I am in different situations this may be due to the company that I am in. you tend to hear a change within my speech especially when in a sociolect group of friends‚ when I listened to a
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Analysing a Newspaper Story How is a Newspaper Article Structured? All newspaper articles follow a particular framework or structure. Headline: All stories have a headline‚ which gives the reader an idea of what the article is about. Tabloid headlines often use puns or other techniques‚ such as alliteration‚ to captivate their audience. Introduction: As the first paragraph in an article‚ the introduction is very important. Its contents tell the reader in more detail what the article
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Jamie Oliver’s style of speech is very different to many of his contemporaries: he uses his distinctive style to present himself as a down to earth‚ friendly TV chef. Oliver is the only person talking in his transcripts because he is cooking and explaining his actions for the TV show. The fact that he is cooking while talking means that there are numerous pauses and fillers in the transcript‚ for example “you wanna coat the bottom ... of the pan.” The pause indicates that he is demonstrating this
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