The pro vs. anti-globalisation debate The term 'globalisation' is a 'catch-all' phrase used to describe the rapid changes taking place in the world economy. But there is much confusion about what it really means. Underlying the din of voices is a simple idea. 'Globalisation' is the...
Virginia Woolf once observed, "to have so many selves." In her novels and essays, not to mention nearly 4,000 letters and a 30-volume diary, Woolf left behind her a voluminous anatomy of self, and in the years since her 1941 suicide, biographers and critics have created a succession of...
Finansbank (Romania) SA has been active on the Romanian market since February 2000. Our Bank, as a universal financial institution, serves all segments of the economy with a wide range of products and services such as consumer finance operations, plastic cards, savings accounts,...
This final study session is intended to complete your knowledge about the evolution of the English language along the last half a millennium. This is the longest stage in the economics of the language history and it has witnessed inventions and innovations, historical, political,...
John Cheever (1912-1982), American writer, called the "Chekhov of the suburbs", best known for his short stories dealing with the ironies of contemporary American life. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Cheever was expelled from preparatory school in 1929; rather than seek further formal...
A general approch upon Anne Bradstreet's "The author to her book" Puritans was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the...
Air Pollution, addition of harmful substances to the atmosphere resulting in damage to the environment, human health, and quality of life. One of many forms of pollution, air pollution occurs inside homes, schools, and offices; in cities; across continents; and even globally. Air...
Plot overview The Scarlet Letter opens with a long preamble about how the book came to be written. The nameless narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in Salem, Massachusetts. In the customhouse’s attic, he discovered a number of documents, among them a manuscript that was...
Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the most prolific symbolists in American literature, and a study of his symbols is necessary to understanding his novels. Generally speaking, a symbol is something used to stand for something else. In literature, a symbol is most often a concrete object...
SECTION A. INTRODUCTION 1. Match the verbs in the left column with their corresponding synonyms in the right column: to deal with to explain to be after to demand to plead for to expect to carry on to treat to provide for to want to ask for to continue to account for to request...
Utilizare: 1. pentru construirea timpurilor continue si a formei pasive: The old man is taking an afternoon nap. The bridge was destroyed by the earthquake. 2. pentru a exprima existenta, starea fizica sau mentala sau alte informatii despre o persoana sau un lucru: Dr. Johnson is...
LECTIA 2 PREZENTUL SIMPLU SI CONTINUU PREZENTUL SIMPLU (PRESENT SIMPLE) Prezentul simplu - FORMA forma de INFINITIV + s / es la pers. III singular afirmativ Utilizare: 1. pentru activitati sau obisnuinte generale sau repetate: Doctors cure patients. I drink tea for...
VIITORUL A. Prezentul continuu cu sens de viitor. 1. pentru a exprima ceva deja aranjat sau planificat pentru viitorul apropiat. Timpul (tomorrow, Monday morning etc.) trebuie mentionat pentru a evita confuzia: The PM is flying to Brussels tomorrow. The Committee is meeting on...
1. cand situatia din propoztia conditionala este probabila, sau se presupune ca se va intampla. Desi sensul poate fi de prezent sau viitor, verbul din propozitia conditionala este intotdeauna la timpul prezent: The vase will break if you drop it. If it snows on Christmas day, Emma and...
A. Forma – in engleza articolele au doua forme: nehotarat A sau AN si hotarat THE. Articolele sunt invariabile si nu au gen. 1. A se foloseste in fata cuvinteleor cu sunet consonantic, chiar daca prima litera e o vocala. AN se foloseste in fata cuvintelor care incep cu vocalasau h...