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The Effect of languages on nature تأثير اللغات على الطبيعة

The effect of languages on nature There is no doubt that learning languages is very interesting and essential in our everyday life. As a language lover myself, I have always been interested in the connection between nature, language and culture as well. Can you imagine that my friend, who is Japanese, and I could be listening to the same exact thing, but hearing it differently? What is the reason of this? Let me explain it to you by giving you an example - from the nature around us- and then maybe things will be clear and understandable to you. If I asked you now, "What sound does a cat make?" what would you say? I mean, if a cat "meowed" in front of you, you clearly hear the cat saying "meow meow", right? Now, can you imagine that Japanese people do not hear the cat saying "meow meow"; instead they hear cats saying "nya nya にゃーにゃー ". Is this not crazy? The exact same thing happens with the sound that dogs make. An American person...

What goes around comes around (Story) // كما تدين تدان - مسرحية مكتوبة

Hey everyone! It's me, Shouq. This is the project for an English class called First Year Composition - ENGL106 - English2 that I toke in Spring 2016 in the American University of the Middle East (AUM). Dramatic  Persona JASMINE: A beautiful, kind, unmarried hardworking woman who cares about others more than herself and seeks other people's happiness.   She is 29 year old. Mrs. SMITH: the poor widow neighbor with three children, she is 45 year old. MARIAM: The poor homeless girl with old clothes that lives in Jasmine's street. She is 16 year old. DIANA: The selfish friend that thinks helping others is a waste of time and money, she   is 30 year old. Mrs. TALIA and Mrs. SARAH: they are both an old ladies who live at the elderly care house, and were abandoned by their own kids. They are 72 and 70  year old.   WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND Scene 1 ( JASMINE is watering the flower inside her house in a hurry to give h...