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UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAYAN CIVILIZATION Summary The use of pesticides and the burning of the fossil fuel are not the only causes of environmental damage in the present time. Humans have been damaging the environment for much longer than the last… Read more

The Blind Men and the Elephant Once upon a time, there were six blind men. They lived in a town in India. They thought they were very clever. One day an elephant came into the town. The blind men did not know what an elephant looked like but they could smell it and… Read more

Let's Tell the Story of All Americas Cultures In a manner similar to previous reading, this personal essay describes the educational experiences of an immigrant to the United States. Writing at the age of twenty-one, Yuhfill, a Korean-American student, bemoans … Read more

The Rage to Know This chapter excerpt discusses the various reasons scientist are involved in their professions, including the pleasures, challenges, and discoveries associated with scientific endeavor . Focusing on the motivations of well-known scientists thro… Read more

CHAPTER-7 THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDIUM Exercise 7.1 Rewrite the following the following text with complex sentence into the simpler sentence. Bruno had to absorb a cracking left hook, landed a thumping overhead right, but then he had to give ground as Coetzer … Read more

CHAPTER-6 THE TEXTUAL ORCHESTRATION OF PATTERNS Exercise 6.1 pick out all the words or phrases in text A (i), which contain the meaning 'punch', whether as a noun (a punch) or as a verb (punching, puncher etc.). How are these like, and unlike, the … Read more