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Numerals are signs or symbols for graphic representation of numbers. The earliest forms of numerical notation were simply groups of straight lines, either vertical or horizontal, each line corresponding to the number 1. Such a system was inconvenient when dealing with large numbers.
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A patented charging technology for all kinds of batteries shortens battery charge times, generates no heat while charging, and extends the battery life 10-fold, to as many as 5,000 charge and discharge cycles. With nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries, the charging time drops 90 per cent or more. The system will charge batteries up to 110 per cent of their manufacturer-rated (nominal) capacities, and restores memory-impaired batteries to 98 per cent of their former capacities. The system is easier on batteries than slow- and fast-charging methods, with over-charge and over-heat batteries by force-feeding current. Using a custom IC, the battery chargers read the electrochemical potential of a battery under charge, and determines its internal condition. They change the flow of current during millisecond-scale periods.
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With nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries, the charging time ________________ - Прочитайте текст
It may be assumed that a body consists of small particles or molecules, between which forces are acting. These molecular forces resist the change in the form of the body which external forces tend to produce. If such external forces are applied to the body, its particles are displaced and the mutual displacements continue until equilibrium is established between the external and internal forces. It is said in such a case that the body is in a state of deformation or strain. During deformation the external forces acting upon the body do work, and this work is transformed completely or partially into the potential energy of strain. An example of such an accumulation of potential energy in a strained body is the case of a watch spring. If the forces which produced the deformation of the body are now gradually diminished, the body returns wholly or partly to its original shape and during this reversed deformation the potential energy of strain, accumulated in the body, may be recovered in the form of external work.
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The traits of an effective leader include the following:
1. Emotional stability. Good leaders must be able to tolerate frustration and stress. Overall, they must be well-adjusted and have the psychological maturity to deal with any arising problem.
2. Enthusiasm. Leaders are usually seen as active, expressive, and energetic. They are often very optimistic and open to change. Overall, they are generally quick and alert and tend to be uninhibited.
3. Conscientiousness. Leaders are often dominated by a sense of duty and tend to be very exacting in character. They usually have a very high standard of excellence and an inward desire to do one’s best. They also have a need for order and tend to be very self-disciplined.
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Although football of a kind was played in the Middle Ages or even earlier, as an organized game it dates from just over a century ago. One type of football, in which only the feet are used, was adopted at Cambridge in 1848; the other type, in which the ball is handled as well as kicked, was first played at Rugby School, whence it derives its name, and was adopted by the Blackheath football club in 1859.
The principal professional matches in England and Wales (played once or twice weekly) are controlled by the Football League, which comprises over 90 professional clubs in these countries.
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Soldering is recommended for making connections on electrical circuits, but it should never be used where strong joints are required. For permanent joints between two dissimilar materials like nylon and metal, it is advisable to use adhesives. For temporary jobs, like fitting a maintenance cover, screw-fastening should always be used. Riveting is recommended for permanent sheet-metal joints such as outer casing fitting. Although welding should always be used for steel support girders, brazing can be used for medium-sized joints where strength is required; for example the joint between the base and body of a hydraulic jack.
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In the English legal system a practising lawyer must hold one of two professional qualifications; s/he must either have been admitted to practice as a solicitor or have been called to the Bar as a barrister. This division of the legal profession is of long standing and each branch has its own characteristic functions as well as a separate governing body and professional rules.
The barrister is usually thought of primarily as an advocate, since this is the work in which s/he is most often engaged. Until 1990, s/he had the virtually exclusive right of audience as an advocate before all the superior courts, and s/he can also appear in the inferior courts. When acting professionally, barristers are known as “counsel”. In total there were, in 1991, 6,901 barristers in practice, a number which is just about small enough to make this branch of the profession a closely-knit unit. This point is significant, bearing in mind that the senior judges in the English legal system have, until now, been drawn exclusively from the ranks of experienced counsel.
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Football is the most popular American sport in the autumn. The game agitated as a college sport. It is still played by almost every college and university in the country, and the football stadiums of some of the largest universities seat as many as 80 thousand people. The student spectators are led in cheering for their teams by trained, uniformed student cheerleaders, many of whom are pretty girls.
There are professional football teams in all main cities of the country. Their players are almost always former college football players. While college football games are usually played on Saturday afternoons, professional, football games are customarily played on Sunday afternoons or evenings.
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For large-screen and wide-screen TVs, the sockets come with double-focus gaps. The socket works from 29.1 to 32.5 mm and base pin circles of 15.24 mm. To save time in connection, the sockets come with two high-voltage wires that offer a snap-in format. Engineers can remove these wires from the socket easily, for maintenance. At the same time, the compact design saves space in board mounting. With a DC 20 kV/min. withstanding voltage, the socket offers an insulation resistance greater than 10,000Щ at DC 1 kV. The spark discharge start voltage equals DC 14 to 17 kV for the number 1 and 2 pins, DC 1.2 to 2.4 kV for number 8 pin, and DC 1 to 2.2 kV for the number 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 and 12 pins.
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Engineers can remove these wires from the socket easily, _______________ - Прочитайте текст
Association football or soccer, remains one of the most popular games played in the British Isles. Every Saturday from late August until the beginning of May, large crowds of people support their sides in football grounds up and down the country, while an almost equally large number of people play the game in club teams of every imaginable variety and level of skill. Over the last twenty years, though, the attendance at football matches has fallen away sharply. This is because of changing lifestyles and football hooligans. As violence at and near the football grounds increased, there was an ever-increasing tendency for people to stay away, leaving the grounds to football fans.
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The attendance at football matches has fallen away sharply ________________________ - Прочитайте текст.
Cigarette use was declining among teenagers, but has now leveled off. Children, especially girls, are taking up tobacco at a younger age. Among high school seniors who have ever smoked, quarter took their first puff by the sixth grade and half by the eighth. Restrictions on children’s access to cigarettes have weakened; many stores routinely ignore minimum age of purchaser laws.
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Insecticides for pest control are applied to soil and crops in the form of granules, dust, or liquid sprays. A variety of mechanical spraying and dusting equipment is used to spread chemicals on crops and fields; the machinery may be self-powered, or drawn and powered by a tractor. In areas where large crops of vegetables and grain are grown, aircraft are sometimes used to dust or spray pesticides.
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Why do economy-class passengers get treated like second-class citizens? Gone are the days when airlines treated their passengers like welcome guests. Recently, I was foolish enough to take advantage of a special offer and bought a cheap ticket from London to Cape Town. First of all I had to arrive at the airport four hours before my flight. The fact that I had paid for my ticket weeks before didn’t seem to make any difference. Apparently most airlines overbook their flights and won’t reserve you a seat. As a result, passengers have to arrive early and hope the airline will be kind enough to give them a seat! When I finally found my seat I was squashed between two other passengers with my knees pressed against the seat in front. Shortly after take off, breakfast was served. It turned out to be a roast chicken! I decided I couldn’t face eating dinner at 9 in the morning and waited. Nothing was served until 3pm. I arrived in Cape Town feeling hungry, angry and determined never to fly economy class again!
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Britain was the originator of many sports such as football, rugby, golf, hockey, lawn tennis. Other sports, whose origins were much earlier, were first organized in Britain in the form they are played today - athletics, boxing, horse racing, for example. Some sports, such as cricket and squash, although very popular in Britain and many Commonwealth countries, have not spread much wider. All these sports attract very large numbers of people in Britain, both as participants and as spectators. Football in particular has a vast and enthusiastic number of supporters; during football season total attendances at matches between Football League clubs is about 25 million. Very many more people watch football and other sports on television.
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Football in particular has a vast and enthusiastic number of supporters; during football season total attendances at matches between Football League clubs is ____________ - Прочитайте текст.
A newborn baby has no immunity to whooping cough at all, and so he must be kept protected from children who have any kind of cough. Whooping cough seems like an ordinary cough for the first few days, but gradually the bouts become more and more prolonged and the child coughs continuously. His face becomes red and he very often vomits. At the end of the bout of cough, when he takes a deep breath, a croaky sound is heard which is called the whoop and which gives the disease its name. The disease is a prolonged one and the cough may last 2–3 months. It can lead to lung complications also.
The child loses weight because of repeated vomiting. Fortunately, it can be prevented by immunizing the child with triple antigen (DPT) injections.
A child with whooping cough should be kept separate from other children for the first 3–4 weeks. The disease is more severe in babies under 1 year of age, and every effort must be made to isolate them, at least.
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In the United Kingdom education system, information technology was formally integrated into the school curriculum when the National Curriculum was devised. It was quickly realized that the work covered was useful in all subjects. With the arrival of the Internet and the broadband connections to all schools, the application of IT knowledge, skills and understanding in all subjects became a reality. This change in emphasis has resulted in a change of name from Information Technology to Information and Communication Technology. ICT in education can be understood as the application of digital equipment to all aspects of teaching and learning. It is present in almost all schools and is of growing influence.
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It will be wrong to say, that any of three systems (authoritarizm, compromise, consensus) is ideal from the point of view of management and decision-making. Each of them is good enough only in case it is properly used in specific time and conditions. That means that the style of management may change if the external changes occur. For example, in crisis period the transition from the compromise to the authoritative system for the bottom management staff can significantly increase labour productivity (this method was used by lots of enterprises during the second war).
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Each of these systems is good enough only in case it is properly used ______________ - Прочитайте текст
In Britain, the word “sport” is used generally to describe such activities as organized outdoor games, athletics, field or country sports, indoor games, aquatic sports, and such popular pursuits as horse-racing, dog-racing, show jumping, riding, boxing, rock climbing, motor racing, cycling and rifle shooting as well as those (for instance, archery, fencing, gliding and ice-skating) which, although less popular judged by the number of participants and spectators, all have their own devotees. Those who engage in sport may be professionals (that is, paid players) or amateurs. Professionals keep up the technical standards of the sports in which they take part and spectators make a vital contribution by their enthusiasm and their financial support; but the sporting life of Britain derives its character principally from the amateur element - people who devote time and energy to organising sport and to teaching and training, as well as the many thousands of all ages who engage in sport for pleasure alone.
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Those who engage in sport may be ______________________ - Прочитайте текст
To transform energy from any of its numerous forms into heat is a comparatively simple process. To transform heat into work is a different matter. Experience shows that any actual physical process, as the change of state of a system, is irreversible and is accompanied by frictional effect. A strictly reversible frictionless process being an ideal, it may be approached but never attained. In the case of the ideal reversible process, there is no change in the quantity of available energy; but an actual irreversible process is always accompanied by a decrease of the amount of energy available for transformation. All transformations of energy are subject to two far-reaching laws:
1. The general law of conservation of energy
2. The law of degradation of energy.
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Experience shows that any actual physical process is irreversible and is accompanied ___________________ - Прочитайте текст
The first generation of computers, which used vacuum tubes, came out in 1950. These computers could perform thousands of calculations per second. About 1960, the second generation of computers was developed and these could perform work ten times faster than their predecessors. The reason for this extra speed was the use of transistors instead of vacuum tubes. Second-generation computers were smaller, faster. One of the best of these second-generation computers is the Soviet BESM-6 (big electronic counting machine).
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The first generation of computers came out ______________________ - Прочитайте текст
The idea of the Olympic Games absolutely captivated the modern 19th century nationalities.
A Frenchman called Baron de Coubertin may be the famous person behind the actual revival of the modern Olympic Games as we know them today. At the end of nineteenth century he had an idea to bring the Olympic Games back to life. Following his suggestion, fifteen nations met at an international congress in 1894. Two years later, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens. Since then they have been staged every fourth year, except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the main difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that for the ancient Greeks the Games were a way of saluting their gods, when the modern Games are a manner of saluting the athletic talents of people of all nations.
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For the ancient Greeks the Olympic Games were a way of saluting their ___________________ - Прочитайте текст.
How about soups? There are plenty of them. Fresh cabbage shchee, borshch, kidney and cucumber soup (rassolnik), and soup in season – okroshka.
For the main course you can order fish and meat dishes to your taste: fried pike-perch or carp in thick sour cream sauce, beef-Stroganoff and mashed potatoes, stuffed cabbage-rolls (golubtsy), Siberian pelmeni, etc.
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Baseball is the most popular sport in America. It is played throughout the spring and summer and professional baseball teams play well into the autumn. Not only boys, high school and college teams play baseball in the spring, but it is played by grown men as amateurs and by professionals organized into major and minor leagues. Every autumn there is the World Series, a play-off for the professional championship between the two top-ranking teams of the nation, one the winner of the National league competition and the other of the American league. Heroes in baseball are talked about and remembered as perhaps in no other sport.
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Baseball is the most popular sport __________________ - Прочитайте текст
Such notions as luck and fortunes, as well as the risk the owner of an enterprise runs when organizing his business play a great role in business. These notions also depend on the company’s adequate behaviour (a good driver can predict the behaviour of his automobile on steep turns of the road). Sometimes we try to combine these two completely different technologies in one person: both properly constructed and adequate management system and successful realization of risky business operations. However, we should not do that, as each of them is a sort of a talent, which does not directly depend on the other one. They form a tandem, which leads to the success and prosperity of companies and even states. Someone creates a scheme of a plane, while another one constructs it.
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Such notions as luck and fortunes, as well as the risk the owner of an enterprise runs when organizing his business _____________________ - Прочитайте текст
The British have a reputation for being mad about sports. In fact they like watching sports more than playing them. The British are spectators and the most popular spectator sports are cricket and football.
Football is the most popular game. Football, or soccer, is an example of a professional game. The game of football was first played in Britain, and later people began to play football in other countries.
There are many amateur soccer players in Britain who play the game on Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Amateur clubs often play against professionals.
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The British have a reputation for being mad ___________________ - Прочитайте текст.
Infection diseases can be classified by their means of transmission or by the area of the body they attack. For example, tuberculosis is a respiratory disease and it is transmitted through airborne droplets spread by sneezing and spitting. Hepatitis is a gastrointestinal disease which is acquired through contaminated food and water. Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease which travels to a new host via bodily fluids and it is possible to pick up meningitis, which is an inflammation of the brain and spinal cord, by touching a contaminated object such as a doorknob.
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Hepatitis is acquired through … - Прочитайте текст
Marketing research involves the use of surveys, tests, and statistical studies to analyze consumer trends and to forecast the quantity and locale of a market favourable to the profitable sale of products or services. The social sciences are increasingly utilized in customer research. Psychology and sociology, for example, by providing clues to people’s activities, circumstances, wants, desires, and general motivation, are keys to understanding the various behavioural patterns of consumers.
Coupled with applications from the social sciences has been the introduction of modern measuring methods when surveys are made to determine the extent of markets for a particular product. The modern measuring methods include the use of statistics and the utilization of computers to determine trends in consumers’ desires for various products.
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The modern measuring methods include the use of statistics and the utilization of computers to determine trends in consumers’ desires _____________________ - Прочитайте текст.
Pneumonia is an acute inflammation of the lung. It may be caused by bacteria or viruses. It may follow a cold and bronchitis, or may come on suddenly. It may also be a complication of measles or whooping cough. The child looks ill, has fever, cough, and very rapid breathing. He may also complain of pain in the chest. A doctor should be consulted, and depending on the severity the child may be treated at home or admitted to a hospital. If his breathing is very rapid, he may need oxygen. Most pneumonias can be treated with antibiotics. Pneumonia can be dangerous in a malnourished child, or in very young children, especially if it is due to an organism called staphylococcus.
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Some of the most common methods of inputting information are to use punched cards, magnetic tape, disks, and terminals. The computer’s input device (which may be a card reader, a tape drive or disk drive, depending on the medium used in inputting information) reads the information into the computer.
For outputting information, two common devices used are a printer which prints the new information on paper, or a CRT display screen which shows the results on a TV-like screen.
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The computer’s input device reads the information ___________________ - Прочитайте текст
The ML9927 semiconductor laser works in the 1.55 µm band, produces a single wavelength and transmits to points 100 km away. The laser will work in advanced optical communication networks that transmit data at 2.5 Gbps. In constructing the device, the engineers applied a multiple layer quantum well (MQW) structure to the active layer of the lightemitting section, using an optimum number of quantum wells. By limiting the wavelength modulation to 0.3 nm during signal modulation at 2.5 Gbps the ML9927 achieves long-distance transmission up to 100 km. Previously, the longest possible distance was 30 km at a 1nm wavelength modulation. Tests of the product show a service life at 50˚C of 100,000 hours (about 12 years).
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The laser will work in advanced optical communication networks that transmit _________________ - Прочитайте текст
There are not so many companies in the world, which have the rules of control system usage. It is quite clear, that a skilled manager, using his own experience, applies principles of management style variation. However, it is rather dangerous to make a manager the only one responsible for it, as it has often caused the crash of many companies. The manager accepts a wrong decision, and using the authoritative principle, forces the whole company’s structure to work accordingly (“They misunderstood me, so they made it all wrong” – how often we hear it). On the other hand, if we use the consensus principle, a sluggish decision-making can provoke an effect of delay. In this case no one will be responsible for the company’s crash – it will be regarded as a bad destiny. It is necessary to mention that while creating management algorithms it is important to determine the management concepts accepted in the company, i.e. one staff member can understand something well, while for another one it may be so apparent.
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It is rather dangerous to make a manager the only one responsible for it, as it has often caused the crash ______________________ - Прочитайте текст.
When you are in office, you should be very polite and friendly with your customers. When you are a customer, you will be pleased not to give anyone serious trouble. Everyone must try to use tact in all human contacts and to make people feel at ease in your company. All students of English are anxious to learn “English conversation”. But there are no reasons why you should not become a good and interesting conversationalist in English. Here are some tips on the art of talking.
– Overcome embarrassment and fear of making mistakes in English.
– To chat is to exchange ideas. Mental vitamins are important as other kind.
– Silence is the essential part of conversation.
– If you do not like what a person is saying, change your point of view or change the subject.
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Perhaps nothing is more conducive to the success of a firm than the image that it conveys of itself to the public. The marketing activities of a company, because they act directly on the consumer, do most to shape this image and thus must be developed with great care. As marketing has become increasingly more complex, a need has arisen for executives trained in the social sciences who also possess statistical, mathematical, and computer backgrounds. Many colleges and universities now have programs designed to train marketing executives. Courses are offered at the undergraduate and the graduate level in such specialized fields as advertising, administrative practices, financial management, production, human relations, retailing, and personnel administration.
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Many colleges and universities now have programs designed to __________________ - Прочитайте текст
Management plays a vital role in any business or organized activity. Management is composed of a team of managers who have charge of the organization at all levels. Their duties include making sure company objectives are met and seeing that the business operates efficiently. Regardless of the specific job, most managers perform four basic functions. These management functions are planning, organizing, directing, and controlling.
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Most managers perform _________________ - Прочитайте текст
The efficiency of management and accordingly the efficiency of business depend entirely on a properly constructed and organized control system in the company, on effective and well-created management tree. Adequate reaction of all the branches of management and execution is an important factor from the point of view of decision-making. Before giving an order it is necessary to have a certain idea of how it will be carried out on the bottom of the hierarchy. Otherwise it will be impossible to plan something, to expect certain economic results, or to control the production. Here it is important to take into consideration the factor of equal understanding and interpretation of any orders, assignments and commands. Thus, the management technology should imply that the results of the company’s activity as less as possible depend on a specific person occupying a specific position.
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It will be impossible to plan something, to expect certain economic results, or ___________________ - Прочитайте текст
To protect an IC from static surge invasion, the Emi Guard electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter provides a surge-absorbing function. Use of a proprietary three-terminal capacitor structure for the varistor allows it to absorb the static surge that invades the I/O pins of a semiconductor IC; this prevents IC destruction. ICs that static surges of 1 kV normally destroy will withstand static surges of 15 kV. The filter provides a static capacity of 130 pF + 20 per cent (at 1 kHz), a DC resistance of 200 to 500, a rated voltage of dc 25 V, a rated current of DC 20 mA, a surge withstanding current of 15 A (twice in 8/20 µs) and operating temperature range of – 25 to 85˚C.
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Use of a proprietary three-terminal capacitor structure for the varistor allows it ___________________ - Прочитайте текст
A compact noise filter for large equipment accommodates currents as large as 100 A or more because it incorporates flat, vertically wound copper wire. Samples will be available in October. To wind the straight copper wire, the engineers used an automatic winder, creating double coils adjacent to each other. This raises the density of the electromagnetic coupling and results in 5-to-10-fold improvements in the current super-position characteristics of inductance. For easy assembly, the coil combines with UU or UI ferrite cores. Offering voltage rating for AC 250 V single-phrase or AC 450 V triple-phase, the filters attain a current rating of 50 to 150 A. The 80 A version measures 150 €240 €90 mm.
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For easy assembly, the coil combines with __________________ - Прочитайте текст.
To be effective as a leader, you must develop skills in strategic thinking. Strategic thinking is a process whereby you learn how to make your business vision a reality by developing your abilities in team work, problem solving, and critical thinking. It is also a tool to help you confront change, plan for and make transitions, and envision new possibilities and opportunities.
Strategic thinking is like making a movie. Every movie has a context (or story), which it uses to get you to experience a certain outcome (an emotion, in this case) at the end of the movie. Strategic thinking is much the same in that it requires you to envision WHAT you want your ideal outcome to be for your business and then works backwards by focusing on the story of HOW you will be able to reach your vision.
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Strategic thinking is a process whereby you learn how to make your business vision a reality by developing your abilities in team work, problem solving, and … - Прочитайте текст
We all need to exercise. Even if you don’t plan to make a career in sport you still have to practice. Regular exercises give you more energy. That is why many people who suffer from general tiredness should take more exercise than more rest. Exercise makes you feel and look better. The best exercise is one which involves in repeated movements, those are: walking, jogging or swimming. Bending and stretching will add flexibility and feeling of lightness.
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Regular exercises give you ____________________ - Прочитайте текст
The forerunner of modern lawn tennis was introduced into England from France in the 15th century and a “tennis court”, built by Henry VIII, is still in use at Hampton Court. The modern game, first played in England in 1873, quickly became very popular; in 1877 the words “lawn tennis” were added to the title of the All England Croquet Club at Wimbledon, near London, and in the same year the first championships were played. The Lawn Tennis Association, the controlling body of the game in Britain, was founded in 1888. The governing body of the game in the world (the International Lawn Tennis Federation, with headquarters in London and Paris) was founded in 1913.
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The Lawn Tennis Association, the controlling body of the game in Britain, was founded ____________________ - Прочитайте текст
The Latin word for valency is valere, which means “to be strong”. The “strength” divides the elements into classes. The elements of class one have a valency of one: hydrogen and chlorine belong here. One packet of each can join to make hydrochloric acid. But to combine with one packet of oxygen which is in valency class two, there must be two packets of hydrogen (H2 + O H2O - water).
Valency does not depend on size or weight of the element. It is its “strength of joining” (combining capacity).
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The “strength” divides the elements _________________ - Прочитайте текст
Physical training is a very important subject at school, high school and college. Preference is given to team games, such as American football, football (called soccer by Americans), baseball, and basketball. In every city one may find a cafe with a dozen of large TV sets showing different sports events. People go to those cafes to route for their favorite team and to talk to friends. It is a very popular way to spend an evening.
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Physical training is a very important subject at school, ____________ - Прочитайте текст
The third-generation computers began to appear in 1965. These computers could do a million calculations a second, which is 1000 times as many as first-generation computers; they are controlled by tiny integrated circuits and are consequently smaller and more dependable. Fourth-generation computers have now arrived. They are based on ICs greatly reduced in size due to microminiaturization, which means that the circuits are much smaller than before. As many as 1000 tiny circuits now fit onto a single chip. Fourth-generation computers are 50 times faster than third-generation computers.
The most recent mainframe computers based on very large scale integration are becoming available in the mid-1980’s.
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Fourth-generation computers are 50 times faster than _______________________ - Прочитайте текст
After serious disturbances involving English supporters at European Cup Final in Brussels in 1985 which led to the death of 38 spectators, English clubs were withdrawn from European competitions for 1985-1986 season by the Football Association.
The final of the football competition takes place every May at famous Wembley stadium in London. The Cup final at Wembley remains an event of national importance.
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The final of the football competition takes place every May ________________________ - Прочитайте текст
The ЕАС1 field computer was designed to be used in harsh environments. It is waterproof, sand and dustproof and will withstand a 2-metre drop onto a hard surface. It operates in a wide temperature range of -20˚C to +60˚C (- 4˚А to +140˚F). It can be carried in the bend of one arm; the other arm is left free to operate the system with either the pen or keyboard. The field computer gives users a choice of the best data entry methods, both pen-based and key-board. Pen input is the fastest and most intuitive way of accessing software functions and selecting attribute choices in the field. In addition, a full alphanumeric keyboard is standard and allows entering large amounts of feature and attributes text data. The display is protected from scratching by a replaceable transparent polycarbonate shield.
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The display _________________ - Прочитайте текст.
Three strategies that have been especially popular with advertisers can be classified as slogans, rational appeals, and emotional appeals.
Advertisers often use slogans that sound great but mean little or nothing. Yet, advertisers seem to feel that such slogans, when repeated often enough, do increase sales.
Rational appeals rely upon logic or reason to convince the consumer to buy a product.
Emotional appeals rely upon the use of psychology.
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Christmas Day (Xmas), a Christian holy day held on December 25th in honour of the birth of Christ, is usually an official holiday. It is marked by special church services, gift-giving and feasting. Most churches have Christmas Eve services.
Christmas is a family holiday. Stores, post offices, banks and business houses close for the day. Schools and colleges close between Christmas and New Year’s Day. The people stay at home and spend the time with their families.
People send cards or Christmas greetings to family and friends, away from home. They wish their friends “a merry Christmas” and “a happy New Year”.
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A Christian holy day held on December 25th in honour of the birth of Christ, is usually ______________ - Прочитайте текст
There are different kinds of computers. Some do only one job over and over again. These are special-purpose computers. But there are some computers that can do many different jobs. They are called general-purpose computers. These are the “big brains” that solve the most difficult problems of science. .They answer questions about rockets and planes, bridges and ships - long before these things are even built. Computers help our space program, our business and industry, medicine and education. They are powerful tools which help to change our life and the world around us.
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Rugby Football (“rugger”) is played under the auspices of the Rugby Football Union, established in 1871. The rules of the game are completely different from those that govern soccer, and there are 15 players, instead of 11, in a side. International matches between England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and France are played regularly at the leading rugby football grounds of each country, including Twickenham, London - the headquarters of the Rugby Football Union - and there are tours by international teams to and from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. Other important rugger matches are the county championship competitions, the annual match between the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Hospitals’ Cup final, and the Inter-Service tournament.
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Have you got a mobile phone?
Before mobile phones were developed, you could only call someone with a phone which was connected to a phone line. That problem meant that it was often difficult to contact people, particularly if you were on a bus or in a car.
Before mobile phones, people didn’t send text messages to each other. Since they were introduced, text messages have changed the way we communicate. With text messages, you don’t need to actually call someone. You simply type a short message and send it, being careful, of course, to send it to another mobile and not to a home phone.
Mobile phones used to be big and heavy. Now, they’re small and light. The chances are that they will become even smaller and lighter in the future.
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Before mobile phones, people didn’t send text messages to …