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William Shakespeare,... greatest English play­wright, was born in 1564 in... Stratford-upon-Avon in... England.... Stratford is... small country town in... farming district near... centre of... England.... Avon, which is... pretty river with... grass and... trees all along its banks, runs through... Strat­ford. Not much is known of... Shakespeare's father. He was... farmer who, at... different times of his life, sold... meat and bought and sold... wool. He was poor and was often in... money difficulties. Also very little is known about... life of his only son William.... little house in which... great writer was born still stands. It is now... museum. William went to... school in... Stratford. In 1586 he went to... London. Probably... first work he did there was at one of the two theatres that were in... London at that time. Then he became... actor and soon began to write... plays for... company of actors to which

he belonged. Shakespeare bought... largest house in his home town in 1597, but he did not spend much time there till 1610. He spent... last years of his life mostly in... Stratford, but he often visited... London. He died in 1616.

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Last July, my... 65-year-old father was on his... daily run. It was... unusually hot... day, and he felt... little sick, so he stopped to rest in... shade.... passerby asked if he needed help, but my... fa­ther said, "No," figuring he'd be able to get... home. Minutes later,... other person stopped.... man rea­lized something was seriously wrong and called 911. That... stranger saved my father's... life. Dad suf­fered... heart attack and was hospitalized for five... days.

I cannot thank that... passerby enough for get­ting involved and helping... stranger when it would have been easier to walk away. Now, my... father has many... years left to enjoy his... grandchildren.

Let everybody be... Good Samaritans when they see... need.... life could depend on it.

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... young man attempted to rob... store near my... office. He bought... bag of... potato chips, and while... clerk was making... change, he attempted to grab... money from... cash register. When... clerk quickly closed... drawer,... man tried to take... cash register but it was so heavy, he couldn't lift

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it. He got angry. There was... rack full of... ciga­rettes in... corner of... store. He decided to grab... cigarettes but... clerk stopped him.

... man drove away empty-handed, but was spot­ted by... police for driving... stolen car.... police pursued him with... lights flashing and... sirens blaring. He was soon arrested and charged with... possession of... stolen vehicle, careless and reckless driving and speeding. His... fine was set at $2,000.

While being escorted,... man asked if he could stop near... store and get his... potato chips, since he had paid for them.... clerk at... store identified him as... man who tried to steal... cash register, and he was charged with... attempted robbery. His... fine was increased to $15,000; he sits in... jail awaiting... trial.

what... kind of... property he had. He learned about it from... conversation with Lickcheese, Sar­torius' rent collector. It turned out that Sartorius was... owner of some tenements in the London slums, and that all... property he had was built by getting... money out of... poor people who lived there. Trench was greatly shocked. He did not want to take... money from Blanche's father. But Blanche said she could not live on... small income Trench had. They had... quarrel, and Trench left... house. After some time Trench learned that... land on which Sartorius' houses were built belonged to Trench's aunt and that he himself was living on... money got in... same way. Everything comes out "all right" in... end: Trench marries Blanche and becomes... partner in Sartorius' business. The au­thor shows that in... fact Trench is no better than Sartorius, Lickcheese and the like.

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1. George Bernard Shaw,... well-known English playwright, was born in... Ireland in 1856. He was... son of... clerk and had to begin working at... early age. At... age of twenty he moved to... Lon­don where he became... journalist.

2.... play "Widowers' Houses" shows... egoism and hypocrisy of some businessmen who got their profits from... London slums where... poorest peo­ple lived.

3. While travelling in... Germany Harry Trench,... young English doctor, got acquainted with Mr. Sartorius,... respectable-looking gentleman, and his daughter Blanche.... young people fell in love with each other and were going to get married. Trench knew that Sartorius was rich, but he did not know

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My... husband picks up... local newspaper every morning from... vending machine on our... way to... work.... other morning,... girl who appeared to be about six was in... front of him in... line, buy­ing... paper for her... mother, who was sitting in... car.... child put... money for one... paper in... slot and took two... newspapers!

My... husband said to her, "Oh, is this two-for-one day?"... child did not reply. She just took... two... newspapers to her... mother.

This is stealing, pure and simple. I wonder what this... mother is going to think when her... daugh­ter becomes... teen and gets arrested for... shop-

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lifting at... mall? I suppose she'll wonder where her... daughter got... idea that it is OK to take something without paying for it.

... mother missed... opportunity to teach her... child right from wrong. If... child took... extra newspaper in... error,... mother should have in­structed her to put it back. However, if she put... child up to it — shame on her.

ink! As... men left... room and tried to leave... hospital,... emergency room doctor saw them and she thought, "Oh God, they're all covered in... blood." So she tried to help them but they refused her... help and ran off.... doctor realized something funny was going on and she called... police.... po­lice caught... robbers — guess where? Outside... bank on Main Street.

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Three... bank robbers got... surprise last night. This is what happened.... three... robbers, who all work as... cleaners at... hospital, drove up to... bank on Main Street.... three men, wearing... masks over their... faces, got out of... car and ran into... bank. Inside... bank, they pointed... guns at... customers and... bank tellers. One of... men told all... customers to lie down on... floor. And then one of... other men said something like, "Quick,... money! Give me... money!" So one of... tellers handed them some... bags. After leaving... bank,... three men jumped into their... van and drove off. One... mile down... road,... robbers parked their... van next to... ambulance they had parked before... robbery. They got into... ambulance and drove off. They went straight to their... hospital. After leaving... ambulance in... hospital parking lot,... three... men went together into... small room. There, they opened... bags of... money they had been given — and got... very... unpleasant surprise!... bank teller had given... robbers... special bags containing... bright red... ink!... red ink is released when... bag is opened, and it can't be washed off. So suddenly,... men found themselves covered in red

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... tsunami is... natural phenomenon consisting of... series of... waves generated when... water in... lake or... sea is rapidly displaced on... massive scale. It is also... very large dangerous ocean wave caused by... underwater explosion, earthquake, etc.... earthquakes,... landslides,... volcanic eruptions and... large meteorite impacts all have the poten­tial to generate... tsunami.... effects of... tsunami can range from unnoticeable to... devastation.

... magnitude 9.0 2004... Indian Ocean Earth­quake triggered... series of... lethal tsunamis on December 26, 2004 that killed over 310,000 people (more than 220,000 in... Indonesia alone), making it... deadliest tsunami in... recorded history.... tsunami killed... people over... area ranging from... immediate vicinity of... quake in... Indonesia,... Thailand and... north-western coast of... Malay­sia to thousands of kilometres away in... Bangla­desh,... India,... Sri Lanka,... Maldives, and even as far as... Somalia,... Kenya and... Tanzania in... eastern Africa.... disaster prompted... huge worldwide effort to help... victims of... tragedy, with hundreds of... millions of... dollars being raised for... disaster relief.

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