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In an interview with a veteran line police officer in 1997, the officer made several assertions. He contended that policing “gets into the blood and possesses the spirit,” and that once you become a policeman or police woman, “you become the job and the job becomes you.” In addition, it becomes a calling, rather than a set of bureaucratically defined duties. Indeed, it is a calling remaining with officers until the day they die. This policeman also believes that civilians simply do not and cannot understand what it is like to be a police officer. In another part of his interview, he claims that “it is hopeless to attempt to describe what it is like to be a police officer to one who has never experienced it . . . there is a brotherhood and a sisterhood that go beyond words. It is an emotion, a psychic communication, a shared experience that brings officers from hundreds of miles around to offer emotional support for the family of a fallen colleague.” Furthermore, he is convinced that “the vast majority of those willing to become police officers are special people. They are the people who unanimously respond in the affirmative to the question of whether they would sacrifice their lives to save others. They are the men and women of all nationalities who represent the best America has to offer.”

a. addition.
b. comparison.
c. time order.


a. addition.

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Il periodo ipotetico. Annamaria, Melania, e Karim parlano delle possibilità per il futuro. Completa le frasi per creare un periodo ipotetico completo. Metti i verbi tra parentesi nel tempo verbale appropriato secondo il tipo di frase ipotetica.

Se tutti (votare) ________________ “Sì” alle prossime elezioni, la riforma sarà approvata.

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The basketball player handled the ball with _____________

a. dexterity b. disdain c. venerable

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Escoge la respuesta según el contexto de la oración.

Lo que no ____________________ (soporto / apoyo) es que me digas mentiras.

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You will hear Mario and his dad try to figure out when Mario can go home to help with a project. Before you listen, fill in Mario’s calendar with the missing names of the days of the week. Then listen to the dialogue and complete the calendar with his activities. Use infinitives to express the actions. Leave a blank on the day that Mario is free to help his dad


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