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People may wonder different words are used to describe these four countries England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can clarify this questionyou study British history.
First there was England. Wales was linked to it in the thirteenth century. Now when people refer to England you find Wales included as well. Next England and Wales were joined to Scotland in the seventeenth century and the name was changed to "Great Britain". Happily this without conflict when King James of Scotland became King of England and Wales as well. Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by getting Ireland connected in the same peaceful way. However, the southern part of Ireland was and broke away to form its own government. So only Northern Ireland joined with England, Wales and Scotland to become the United Kingdom and this was shown to the world in a new flag the Union Jack.
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Bad News for Apple; Good News for Humanity
When Apple cut its revenue estimate(收益预期) for the last quarter of 2018 because of unexpectedly slow sales of iPhones, markets trembled. The company's share price, which had been for months, fell by a further 10% on January 3rd, the day after the news came out. Apple's suppliers' shares were also hit.
Analysts assume that the number of smartphones sold in 2018 will be slightly lower than in 2017, the industry's first ever annual decline. All this is terrible news for investors who had on continued growth. But step back and look at the bigger picture. That smartphone sales have peaked, and seem to be off at around 1.4billion units a year, is good news for humanity. The slowdown is actually the result of market saturation (饱和), which hits Apple the hardest because, despite a relatively small market share (13% of smartphone users), it captures almost all of the industry's . But Apple's pain is humanity's gain. The fact that the benefits of these magical devices are now so widely is something to be celebrated.
Now many phones are used for longer than three years, often as hand-me-downs. Replacement cycles are lengthening as new models offer only improvements. So even with flat sales, the longer between upgrades mean people who already have phones benefit. For all but the most addicted device fans, the slowing pace of upgrades comes as a welcome .
Does that mean innovation is slowing? No. As computers become smaller, still more and closer to people's bodies, many technicians expect that wearable devices, from smart watches to AR headsets, will be the next big thing. Even so, finding another product with the scope of the smartphone is a tall order. The smartphone holds its as the device that will make computing and communications worldwide. The recent slowing of smartphone sales is bad news for the industry, obviously. But for the rest of humanity it is a welcome sign that a transformative technology has become almost universal.
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The term 'dark tourism' is far newer than the practice, which long predates Pompeii's emergence as a dark attraction. Dr. Philip Stone, perhaps the world's leading academic expert on dark tourism, considers the Roman Coliseum to be one of the first dark tourist sites, where people travelled long distances to watch death as sport. Later, until the late 18th century, the was crueler still in central London, where people paid money to sit in grandstands to watch mass hangings. Dealers would sell pies at the site, which was roughly where Marble Arch stands today.
It was only in 1996 that \dark tourism' entered the vocabulary when two academics in Glasgow applied it while looking at sites associated with the murder of John F. Kennedy. Those who study dark tourism identify plenty of reasons for the growing phenomenon, including awareness of it as an identifiable thing. to sites has also improved with the arrival of cheap air travel. It's hard to imagine that the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial and museum would now welcome more than two million visitors a year were it not for its nearness to Krakow's international airport. Peter Hohenhaus, a widely travelled dark tourist in Vienna, also points to the broader rise in off-the-beaten-track tourism, beyond the territory of popular guidebooks and TripAdvisor rankings. "A lot of people don't want tourism and that often means engaging with places that have a more recent history than, say, a Roman ruin," he says. "You go to Sarajevo (萨拉热窝) and most people remember the war being in the news so it feels closer to one's own ."
Hohenhaus is also a fan of 'beauty in decay', the contemporary cultural movement in which urban have become subject matter for expensive coffee-table books and a thousand Instagram accounts. The crossover (糅合) with death is clear. "I've always been to ruined things," the 54-year-old says. But while, like any tourism, dark tourism at its best is educational, the example of Grenfell Tower (a London tower block, destroyed by a fire in 2017 with 71 deaths) hints at the unease felt at some sites. "I remember the Lonely Planet Bluelist book had a chapter about dark tourism a while ago and one of the rules was 'don't go back too early'," Hohenhaus says. "I'll be interested to see Grenfell Tower up close. I can see the . But I would not stand in the street taking a selfie merrily."
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The meaning of silence varies among cultural group. Silence may be , or they may be empty when a person has nothing to say. A silence in a conversation may also show stubbornness, uneasiness, or worry. Silence may be viewed by some cultural groups as extremely uncomfortable; therefore attempts may be made to fill every with conversation. Persons in other cultural groups value silence and view it as necessary for understanding a person's needs. Many native Americans value silence and feel it is a basic part of among people, just as some traditional Chinese and Thai persons do. Therefore, when a person from one of these culture is speaking and suddenly stops, what may be is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing. In these cultures, silence is a call for .
Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power. For example, Russian, French, and Spanish persons may use silence to show between parties about the topic under discussion. However, Mexicans may use silence when instructions are given by a person in authority rather than be rude to that person by arguing with him or her. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.
Nurses and other care-givers need to be aware of the meanings of silence when they come across the personal anxiety their patients may be experiencing. Nurses should recognize their own personal and cultural construction of silence so that a patient's silence is not too early or allowed to go on unnecessarily. A nurse who understands the healing of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.
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When Michael Wong was young, he was sensitive and shy. It was a huge task for him to talk to a stranger or go downstairs to the shops. But he found 27 through playing the piano.
Recently, the Malaysian piano star his latest album "Never Apart". It's made up of ten catchy songs the title song with the same name. Never Apart tells the story of a couple who are to separate for a while, but they still cherish the beautiful memories they had.
"Music sounds better when it to true feelings" he says
Now, Michael has grown, up to be one of the most popular singers in Taiwan. His slow love songs including First Time and Fairytale are hits with heartbroken young people.
Over the years, he has become bolder and learnt to voice opinions in his music. Once, he was to sing a song someone else wrote. But he didn't like the song lyrics, so he argued they should be changed. "If I broke up with someone, I don't think I would have reacted in the same way the story in the song," he said. I want to tell people how I will behave. "And it works. He says the song sounds better when he can sing it his own way.
Michael is often called the piano prince. He's elegant when he plays and sings along. ＂When I play, inspirations to me like continuous streams. It no effort. ＂ But he still works hard to make his songs appealing. "I'll go over every tiny detail to make the song worth listening to."
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As you may know, coral(珊瑚)is not a plant, but an animal. However, coral reefs(珊瑚礁)around the world are in. Here is a piece of bad news. Thailand will close one of its beaches to protect its coral business activities for tourists. The beach is so famous that of tourists put it on their wish lists. More than 5,000 visitors visit it a day. They arrive by boat. This does harm to the coral reefs. Most of the coral has died. The beach will be closed between June and September to let the coral cometo life.
Experts(专家)say that 80％of Thailand's coral reefs have been. Too many tourists a lot of pollution to these beaches. An expert said the biggest problems were hotels by the beaches, boats, and plastic waste in the sea. He believed the choice was to close the beaches forever. He said, "I hope the can take steps to protect the coral reefs. At the same time, I also hope all of us shouldour best to protect the environment around us."
