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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 8 Lesson 3 A Mother In Mannville

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 8 Lesson 3 A Mother In Mannville A Mother In Mannville The orphanage is high in the Carolina mountains. I was there in the autumn. I wanted quiet, isolation, to do some troublesome writing. I wanted mountain air to blow out the malaria from too jong a time in the subtropics. I was homesick too, for the flaming of maples in October, and for corn shocks and pumpkins and black-walnut trees.... I found them all living in a cabin that belonged to the orphanage, half a mile beyond the orphanage farm. When I took the cabin, I asked for a boy or man to come and chop wood for the fireplace...  I looked up from my typewriter one late afternoon, a little startled. A boy stood at the door and my pointer dog, my companion, was at his side and had not barked to warn me. The boy was probably twelve years old, but undersized. He wore overalls and a torn shirt, and was barefooted. He said, "I can chop some wood today." , .... 'You? But you...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 8 Lesson 1 Family Relationship

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 8 Lesson 1 Family Relationship Family Relationship The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said, ‘Humans are by nature social animals.’ What he meant was that human beings, by instinct, seek company of others and establish relationships, much Iike most animals of the wild, for companionship and for physical and emotional support. Unlike the animals however, human relationships give meaning to their existence and inspires them to do well in education, in workplace or in a profession. Relationships are of different kinds. Some are familial and intimate, formed by blood and by marriage; some are social like the ones we have with friends and some are made in schools where we form close bonds with classmates and teachers. Relationships can also be fostered in workplaces, which may quickly change from professional to social. There are relationships also between human beings and animals, between children and their toys that they cannot part with...