Innovation is like a bamboo shoot,a bamboo shoot spends many years underground and then it just peaks its head up like a seedling and it just shoots up very quickly.
I'm a great believer that almost everything you achieve in life in down to your attitude,if I have an employee who is magnificently gifted,but has a stinking attitude,I won't waste my time on them.
With record personal debts,tens of thousands of bankruptcies and sharp interest rate declines,economists and bankers have warned that Canadians face financial hardships which could threaten economic growth.
In Europe,26% of school children aged five to nine years old spend time on computers in 2007,yet very little research has been conducted to examine what impact computers have on children's cognitive and emotional development.
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Passage 1
If you are required to give a presentation or speech, just remember: make the structure and points of what you are saying obvious to the audience. Don’t be afraid to rephrase and summarize your main points to make sure that you get them across. But make it enjoyable for the audience too, by being amusing if it’s appropriate, or by perhaps illustrating points you make with an anecdote or an analogy. Something that is too abstract and theoretical can be a bit tedious to listen to for too long. Anyway, we can discuss that in great detail when you’ve got your subject chosen.
Passage 2
According to the latest report issued by the Department of Health, there are now 13 states where more than a quarter of the adult population is overweight or obese. Nevada is the only state that saw a decrease in the percentage of obese adults compared to last year’s report. Overall, adult obesity rose from 15% in 1985 to 32% in 2007. Taken together, individuals who are either overweight or obese comprise 64% of the US adult population. Obesity among children is increasing at an even more alarming pace, having more than tripled in the past four decades.
