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Polite requests. Complete the blanks in the following business e-mail. Be very polite and use the subjunctive (use würde if there are two blanks in a sentence).
Liebe Frau Rapp, _____________ (Dürfen) ich Sie um etwas bitten: für das Treffen mit unseren österreichischen Arbeitskollegen ___________ (brauchen) ich noch eine Powerpoint-Präsentation, die unsere Firma kurz vorstellt. ____________ (Können) Sie so eine Präsentation vorbereiten? Meine Assistentin ____________ Ihnen gerne __________ (helfen). Wie ____________ (sollen) man diese Präsentation strukturieren, was meinen Sie? Sie ________ (müssen) kürzer sein als unsere Standardpräsentation, weil wir bei unserem Treffen nicht so viel Zeit haben werden. Sie _______ (sollen) nicht länger als 20 Minuten dauern. Es _________ (sein) schön, wenn Sie die Präsentation bis nächsten Montag machen _______ (können). Vorher ________ (sollen) wir uns vielleicht kurz treffen und über die Struktur diskutieren. _________ (Sein) Ihnen morgen um 10 Uhr recht? Ich _______ das Ganze gerne mit Humor ________ (präsentieren). Schließlich hat unser Chef über die Österreicher gesagt, dass sie viel Humor ______ (haben), nicht wahr? Über Ihre Ideen _________ ich mich sehr ________ (freuen)! Vielen Dank und beste Grüße, Herbert Noack
Completa el párrafo sobre la historia de México. Elige la palabra de vocabulario más apropiada para completar cada oración.
Por trescientos años, México fue la capital (1) _______________ (de la potencia / del virreinato) de Nueva España. Los españoles se beneficiaron con la riqueza de las minas de oro y plata de la región. De hecho, los colonizadores (2) ________________ (perduraron / explotaron) a la población indígena, obligándola a trabajar en las minas. Pero los criollos empezaron a luchar contra las condiciones injustas y en 1821 México declaró su independencia de España. Pocos años después, México fue obligado a (3) __________________ (ceder / coronar) una gran parte de su tierra a los Estados Unidos, bajo el Tratado de Guadalupe-Hidalgo. Luego, los franceses invadieron México durante la presidencia de Benito Juárez, quien tuvo que (4) _______________ (rehusar / huir). Una década después, los franceses fueron (5) ______________ (derrotados / galardonados) y Juárez pudo volver a la capital. Eso puso fin al control extranjero sobre México. De todos modos, los conflictos políticos continuaron con la dictadura de Porfirio Díaz, que comenzó en 1877. La política (6) _______________ (heredada / impuesta) por Díaz favoreció a los extranjeros y no a los mexicanos, quienes perdieron sus tierras. Esta situación (7) __________________ (comprendió /derivó) en la Revolución Mexicana, que (8) _________________ (se inició / se prolongó) durante dos décadas y costó más de un millón de vidas.
Mrs. Wright doesn't appear in the action, yet we learn a lot about her. How do the various characters present information about Mrs. Wright? How do the different points of view describe her? How does Glaspell use point of view for thematic purposes?
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Directions: Read the following passage and then answer questions 1–10. Although precise statistics are hard to come by, experts guess that about one out of every five smokers doesn’t smoke every day. If you’re one of these so-called “social 1 smokers,” you probably believe that your behavior is unlikely to cause any harm. Are you right? Here’s what the research says about social smoking. Social smokers smoke more than they think. Although gathering precise data is challenging, researchers find that most self-described social smokers actually smoke a 2 few cigarettes per day. One nicotine addiction specialist notes that people who smoke just one or two cigarettes a week—true social smokers—are very rare indeed. Social smoking leads to addiction. Tobacco researchers point out that the majority of social smokers are on the road to addiction. Initially they may only bum a cigarette from friends occasionally, but soon they find themselves bumming cigarettes more 3 often. It’s only a matter of time before they find themselves buying a pack a week, then two or three packs a week. Although they believe that they can quit whenever they want, on average, social smokers end up addicted, and smoking for years. One-third of people who have ever tried smoking become daily smokers. Social smoking increases risk of cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown an increased risk of cardiovascular disease at all levels of smoking. Moreover, smoking begins to exert this effect—causing fatal heart attacks and strokes—as early as age 35. The risk is especially acute for women who also use a hormonal method of birth control (pills, patch, etc.). One mechanism by which smoking, even at low levels, promotes 4 heart disease is by causing inflammation and dysfunction of the lining of blood vessels. In one study, young, healthy people who smoked less than one pack per week were found to have a 35% reduction in blood vessel functioning compared with nonsmokers. Social smoking increases cancer risk. Tobacco smoke itself is a carcinogen, as are at least 69 of its component chemicals. Because inherited genetic variations influence cancer rates, as do other determinants such as diet, stress, etc., the influence of social smoking on cancer promotion is difficult to determine. However, any level of 5 smoking increases the frequency of DNA mutations known to be associated with cancer. And the risk of cancer is more closely tied to the number of years you’ve smoked—at any level—than to the number of cigarettes smoked per day. As one expert put it, you wouldn’t go out to your car four times a week and inhale exhaust fumes. But that’s the health equivalent of smoking cigarettes four times a week. The bottom line? There is no safe level of exposure to cigarette smoke. If you smoke at all, you are at increased risk of nicotine addiction, cardiovascular disease, 6 cancer, and other illnesses. Get help, and quit. a. read faster. b. highlight key ideas. c. reread complicated sections. d. read difficult sections aloud