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2022-03-01 20:01:51
#Mario_Cuomo:_'Speech_about_fairness'_(3)

To new frontiers of education, housing, peace. The whole family aboard, constantly reaching out to extend and enlarge that family. Lifting them up into the wagon on the way. Blacks and Hispanics, people of every ethnic group, and native Americans - all those struggling to build their families and claim some small share of America.
For nearly fifty years we carried them to new levels of comfort, security, dignity, even affluence.
Some of us are in this room today only because this nation had that confidence.
It would be wrong to forget that.
So, we are here at this convention to remind ourselves where we come from and to claim the future for ourselves and for our children.
Today our great Democratic Party, which has saved this nation from depression, from Fascism, from racism, from corruption, is called upon to do it again ... This time to save the nation from confusion and division, from the threat of eventual fiscal disaster and most of all from a fear of a nuclear holocaust. . .
We must win this case on the merits.
We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship ... to reality, to the hard substance of things. And we will do that not so much with speeches that sound good, as with speeches that are good and sound ...
We must make the American people hear our 'tale of two cities.' We must convince them that we don't have to settle for two cities, that we can have one city, indivisible, shining for all its people...
To succeed we will have to surrender small parts of our individual interests, to build a platform we can all stand on, at once, comfortably - proudly singing out the truth for the nation to hear, in chorus, its logic so clear and commanding that no slick commercial, no amount of geniality, no martial music will be able to muffle it.
We Democrats must unite so that the entire nation can. Surely the Republicans won't bring the convention together, their policies divide the nation ... into the lucky and the left-out, the royalty and the rabble.
The Republicans are willing to treat that division as victory.


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@Practice_English Open / Comment

2022-02-28 20:01:14

Words of the article:

False: خَطأ , مُزَيَّف
Overall: إجمالي , في النِهاية
Literary: أدَبي
Critics: مُعارِض , ناقِد
Phrasing: صِيَاغَة
Ungrammatical: غير رسمي
Omit: يَحْذُف
Prose: نَثر
Athletics: ألْعاب القُوى , رياضي
Scholarship: مِنْحة دِراسِيّة
Flawless: مُتْقَن
Enthusiasm: حَماس
Ceasing: يوْقِف
Criticize: يَنْقُد / يَنْتَقِد
Symptoms: عَرَض
Criticizing: يَنْقُد / يَنْتَقِد
Procedures: إجراء
Personnel: أفراد / طاقِم العاملين
Personality: شَخْصيّة , شَخْصِيّة مَشْهورة
Genuine: أصْلي / حَقيقي
Conflicts: صِراع / خِلاف , يَخْتَلِف مَع / يَتَعارَض مَع
Resolve: يَحِلّ , يُقَرِّر / يُصَمِّم
Discernment: نُبْه



ملاحظة: الترجمة آلية وقد لاتكون في سياق المقالة, نرحب بمساهماتكم في التعليقات Open / Comment

2022-02-28 20:01:13

Words of the article:

False:
[adjective] adopted in order to deceive
[adjective] inaccurate in pitch

Overall:
[noun] a loose protective coverall or smock worn over ordinary clothing for dirty work
[adjective] including everything

Literary:
[adjective] appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
[adjective] knowledgeable about literature

Critics:
[noun] anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
[noun] a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

Phrasing:
[noun] the manner in which something is expressed in words
[noun] the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line

Ungrammatical:
[adjective] not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage

Omit:
[verb] leave undone or leave out
[verb] prevent from being included or considered or accepted

Prose:
[noun] matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
[noun] ordinary writing as distinguished from verse

Athletics:
[noun] a contest between athletes
[noun] an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

Scholarship:
[noun] profound scholarly knowledge
[noun] financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

Flawless:
[adjective] without a flaw

Enthusiasm:
[noun] overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
[noun] a feeling of excitement

Criticize:
[verb] find fault with; express criticism of; point out real or perceived flaws
[verb] act as a critic

Symptoms:
[noun] anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence
[noun] (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

Procedures:
[noun] a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work
[noun] a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program

Personnel:
[noun] group of people willing to obey orders
[noun] the department responsible for hiring and training and placing employees and for setting policies for personnel management

Personality:
[noun] a person of considerable prominence
[noun] the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual

Genuine:
[adjective] being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
[adjective] not fake or counterfeit

Conflicts:
[verb] go against, as of rules and laws
[noun] an open clash between two opposing groups (or individuals)

Resolve:
[verb] find the solution
[verb] reach a decision

Discernment:
[noun] perception of that which is obscure
[noun] the trait of judging wisely and objectively


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2022-02-28 20:01:13 #Vocablary_Levels


Level7
Ungrammatical

Level5
Prose , Discernment

Level4
Omit , Scholarship , Flawless

Level3
False , Overall , Literary , Critics , Phrasing , Athletics , Enthusiasm , Ceasing , Criticize , Symptoms , Criticizing , Procedures , Personnel , Personality , Genuine , Conflicts , Resolve

Level2
Library , Commenting , Referring , Improve , Improvement , Examine , Sentences , Identify , Improved , Entire , Poetry , Individual , Admire , Performance , Energy , Habit , Example , Emotional , Stress , Root , Satisfied , Popular , Warning , Role , Policies , Products , Manners , Ignore , Requires , Prayer , Attention

Level1
As , I , Was , Sitting , In , The , Reading , Room , At , A , Man , Got , Up , And , Left , It , Could , Be , Whole , Lot , Better , Wasn , T , Sure , Whether , He , To , World , About , Or , Something , Else , Replied , Without , Thinking , That , S , Always , True , What , Meant , Is , Possible , Make , Little , Changes , Things , But , Isn , Clear , Ahead , Of , Time , These , Will , Big , Anything , Years , Ago , Used , Great , Writers , Very , Closely , Find , Bad , They , Would , Look , Play , By , Lines , Didn , Think , Were , Good , Sometimes , Suggest , Added , Another , Writer , Had , Written , This , Part , Quickly , Much , Consideration , On , Doubtful , Any , Plays , Actually , An , Needs , High , Points , Low , Thing , Greater , Than , All , Its , Parts , Changing , Couple , May , Not , Same , Many , Other , Areas , Music , Probably , Everyday , Living , Singer , Musician , Who , We , Most , Person , Whose , Perfect , Puts , Special , Feeling , Into , Their , Work , Can , Add , Difference , Your , Life , Lives , People , Around , You , Giving , Smoking , For , Family , Member , Important , However , Are , Only , Looking , Larger , Problem , Nearly , Everyone , Agree , Idea , If , Our , Related , Problems , Then , Us , Feel , Even , Worse , Necessary , Deal , With , Happen , Too , Being , Out , Ways , Become , Itself , Perfectionism , Means , Never , Especially , Enough , Saying , North , Ain , Broke , Don , Fix , Position , Involves , Making , Continuous , Drive , Change , More , Concern , Real , Often , Clearly , Apparent , Like , Hunger , Poor , Levels , Service , Kinds , Troubles , Hard , Also , Difficult , Perhaps , One , Reason , Why , Some , Which , Hardly , Anyone , Except , Themselves , Yes , Them , Takes , Usually , Experience , Know , How , Particular , There , So , Use , Where , Start , Thought , Mention , Study , Asking , See , Maybe , Might , Employed , Elsewhere




@Practice_English Open / Comment

2022-02-28 20:01:08
#It_Could_Be_a_Whole_Lot_Better

As I was sitting in the reading room at the library, a man got up and left, commenting, "It could be a whole lot better." I wasn't sure whether he was referring to the reading room, the world he was reading about, or something else. I replied without thinking, "That's always true, and always false." What I meant was that it is always possible to make little changes to improve things. But it isn't clear ahead of time that these changes will make a big overall improvement in a library, in the world, or in anything else.
Years ago, literary critics used to examine great writers very closely to find bad phrasing or ungrammatical sentences. They would look at a play by Shakespeare and identify lines that they didn't think were very good. Sometimes, they would suggest that these lines were added by another writer, or that Shakespeare had written this part quickly without much consideration. Sometimes, they would omit or improve on the lines. It is doubtful that any of Shakespeare's plays were actually improved by these critics. An entire play needs high points and low points, poetry and prose. The whole thing is greater than all its individual parts. And changing a couple of these parts may not improve the whole thing.
It is the same in many other areas - music, athletics, scholarship, and probably everyday living. It is not always the singer or musician who is flawless that we admire most. Sometimes, it is the person whose performance is not perfect, but who puts a special energy, feeling, or enthusiasm into their work that we admire.
It is true that little things can sometimes add up to a big difference. Changing a bad habit can make a difference in your life, and in the lives of people around you. Giving up smoking, for example, or ceasing to criticize a family member can make an important difference. Sometimes, however, we are only looking at the symptoms of a larger problem.
For example, nearly everyone would agree that giving up smoking is a good idea. But if our smoking is related to emotional problems or stress in our lives, then giving up smoking may make us feel even worse. It may be necessary to deal with the root problem.
It can happen too that being always on the look-out for ways to improve things may become a problem in itself. "Perfectionism" means never being satisfied with things as they are. Especially if we are always criticizing people around us for not being good enough, this can become a bad thing.
A popular saying in North America is, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." This is a warning to people who feel that their role or position involves making continuous changes in policies, procedures, products or personnel. Sometimes, the drive for change can be more of a personality problem than a genuine concern to make things better.
Real problems are often clearly apparent. Problems like world hunger, personality conflicts, policies that don't work, poor levels of service, bad manners, and all kinds of troubles are hard to ignore. They are also difficult to resolve. Perhaps that's one reason why some people identify things as problems which are of concern to hardly anyone except themselves.
Yes, we can make the world, and the reading room, better. But, we can also make them worse. It takes a lot of discernment and usually some experience to know how to make a particular thing better. There are so many things that could use improvement that it is difficult to know where to start. This too requires some thought, not to mention prayer and study. We can start by asking whether the thing we see as a problem is also a problem for other people. If it isn't, then maybe our energy and attention might be better employed elsewhere.


#level4
@Practice_English Open / Comment

2022-02-27 20:01:23

Words of the article:

Frequently: تَكْرارًا
Ordeal: خَطْب , فِتْنَة
Civil: مَدني , مُهذَب
Athlete: رِياضي
Teller: أمين صُندوق
Mid: منتصف
Legislature: السلطة التشريعية
Integrity: نَزاهة
Expansion: تَمَدُّد
Debates: نِقاش / جَدَل / مُناظَرة , يُناقِش , يُناقِش
Candidate: مُرَشَّح , مُرَشَّح , مُمْتَحِن
Prominent: بارِز / مَشْهور , بارِز , بارِز
Secede: تأمين
Federal: فيدِرالي , فيدِرالي
Gradually: تَدْريجيّاً
Emancipation: عِتْق , تَحَرَّرَ , تَحْرِير
Proclamation: إعلان
Urged: حث
Assassin: قاتِل مُستَأجَر (الذي يقوم باغتيال شخص ما)
Critics: مُعارِض , ناقِد
Mourned: يَنْدُب
Criticized: يَنْقُد / يَنْتَقِد
Defended: يُدافِع عَن , يُدافِع عَن
Humane: إنساني , بِشَكل إنساني



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2022-02-27 20:01:22

Words of the article:

Frequently:
[adverb] many times at short intervals

Ordeal:
[noun] a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence
[noun] a severe or trying experience

Civil:
[adjective] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
[adjective] of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals

Athlete:
[noun] a person trained to compete in sports

Teller:
[noun] someone who tells a story
[noun] United States physicist (born in Hungary) who worked on the first atom bomb and the first hydrogen bomb (1908-2003)

Mid:
[adjective] used in combination to denote the middle

Legislature:
[noun] persons who make or amend or repeal laws

Integrity:
[noun] an undivided or unbroken completeness or totality with nothing wanting
[noun] moral soundness

Expansion:
[noun] adding information or detail
[noun] a discussion that provides additional information

Debates:
[noun] a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
[verb] have an argument about something

Candidate:
[noun] someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
[noun] a politician who is running for public office

Prominent:
[adjective] conspicuous in position or importance
[adjective] having a quality that thrusts itself into attention

Secede:
[verb] withdraw from an organization or communion

Federal:
[noun] any federal law-enforcement officer
[adjective] being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

Gradually:
[adverb] in a gradual manner

Emancipation:
[noun] freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child

Proclamation:
[noun] a formal public statement
[noun] the formal act of proclaiming; giving public notice

Assassin:
[noun] a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
[noun] a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

Critics:
[noun] anyone who expresses a reasoned judgment of something
[noun] a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art

Humane:
[adjective] pertaining to or concerned with the humanities
[adjective] marked or motivated by concern with the alleviation of suffering


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2022-02-27 20:01:22 #Vocablary_Levels


Level11
Secede

Level7
Teller , Emancipation

Level6
Ordeal , Humane

Level4
Mid , Legislature , Integrity , Proclamation , Assassin , Mourned

Level3
Frequently , Civil , Athlete , Expansion , Debates , Candidate , Prominent , Federal , Gradually , Urged , Critics , Criticized , Defended

Level2
Presidents , United , States , President , Received , Ill , Laborer , Excellent , Borrowed , Politics , Elected , Lawyer , Opposed , Slavery , Western , Famous , Election , Southern , Northern , Skill , Determination , Slaves , Speech , Suffering , Bitter , Forgive , April , Generations , Approach , Brave , Period

Level1
When , Historians , Are , Asked , To , Choose , The , Greatest , In , History , Of , One , Names , Most , Mentioned , Is , Was , During , That , Ever , Faced , War , Born , State , But , He , A , Child , Family , Moved , S , Parents , And , Were , Farmers , Who , Very , Poor , They , Only , Few , Years , Education , Nine , Old , His , Mother , Became , Died , About , Year , Later , Father , Remarried , As , Young , Man , Continued , Work , On , Farm , Also , Worked , This , Time , Known , Local , People , An , Story , Educated , Himself , By , Reading , Many , Books , Which , From , Neighbours , Interested , Studied , Law , Soon , Called , Honest , Because , Personal , Married , Woman , Named , Strongly , Into , Parts , Held , Several , Against , Supporter , For , Issue , Its , Won , After , Decided , Form , Their , Own , Country , Months , Fighting , Started , Between , Those , Government , Supported , Managed , With , North , Began , Win , Made , Freed , Gave , Address , Had , Brought , Terrible , Wanted , Become , Again , However , Ended , Shot , Killed , Even , Death , Have , Passed , Since , Has , Be , Viewed , Great , Some , Not , Being , More , Others , Him , Saying , Realistic , Nearly , All , Agree , Leader , Difficult




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