While giving a talk about her book The Joy Luck Club, Tan realized that her speech was not appropriate for what audience?
What will be an ideal response?
Her mother
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Dove studiano Rocco e Lisa?
Rocco e Lisa parlano al telefono. Rispondete alle domande con una frase completa. (Rocco and Lisa are talking on the phone. Answer the questions with complete sentences.)
Dans quel pays (In which country) est-ce que le premier (first) jour de la semaine est lundi?
a. la France b. les États-Unis c. le Canada
Revising involves making major improvements, especially in ideas, organization, and voice
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The choice of the Potomac for the nation's capital was controversial. While everyone agreed that a central location was necessary, regional interests surfaced as congressmen recognized its potential economic and political benefits. They also debated the question of the temporary capital. Should New York City or Philadelphia host the federal government until the permanent site was ready? The
complicated negotiations over funding and assumption resulted in moving the temporary capital from New York to Philadelphia as well as locating the new city on the Potomac. President Washington and his fellow Virginians supervised the development of the capital. The Residence Act of 1790 gave the president authority to select a ten-mile square location somewhere along the Potomac; he chose the land on both sides of the river that included Alexandria, Virginia, and Georgetown, Maryland. The federal city would be built in neither of those towns, but on open land on the east bank of the river. Washington appointed a surveyor, three commissioners to manage the project, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant to design the layout of the capital and its major buildings. L'Enfant's grandiose street plan and Greek and Roman architecture expressed an exalted vision of the republic. The commissioners named the federal city "Washington" and the entire district "Columbia." The president expected to finance construction by selling lots in the capital, thinking that land prices would skyrocket as citizens valued proximity to the seat of government. Instead, land sold poorly and lack of money undermined the project. At one of the failed auctions, even the participation of the president and a parade of two brass bands and an artillery troop could not foster sales. When the commissioners suspended construction temporarily for insufficient funds, L'Enfant protested and was fired. His plan for grand boulevards, public squares, fountains, and imposing buildings was retained, but its execution would wait. For a decade the enterprise limped along, saved by grants from Maryland and Virginia. In 1800, when the government moved to Washington, the president's mansion was still unfinished and only one wing of the Capitol had been built. According to the passage, L'Enfant was fired because a. he disagreed with George Washington about the design of the city. b. he became extremely ill and missed many weeks of work. c. he protested the temporary suspension of construction of the city. d. he wanted a different name for the capital.