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IT italiano
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JA 日本語
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AM አማርኛ
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BS bosanski
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What do you do for a living?
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My husband is a doctor.
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I work as a nurse part-time.
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We will soon receive our pension.
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But taxes are high.
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And health insurance is expensive.
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What would you like to become some day?
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I would like to become an engineer.
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I want to go to college.
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I am an intern.
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I do not earn much.
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I am doing an internship abroad.
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That is my boss.
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I have nice colleagues.
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We always go to the cafeteria at noon.
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_ن_ ا_ظ_ر ن_ه_ ج_ي_ا_ إ_ى ا_م_ص_/ ا_م_ع_ ف_ ا_ش_ك_
e_n_ a_z_h_ n_d_h_b j_y_a_n '_i_a_ a_m_q_f_/ a_m_t_a_ f_ a_s_a_i_a_
عند الظهر نذهب جميعاً إلى المقصف/ المطعم في الشركة
eind alzuhr nadhhab jmyeaan 'iilaa almaqsfa/ almuteam fi alsharikat
___ ا____ ن___ ج_____ إ__ ا______ ا_____ ف_ ا______
e___ a_____ n______ j______ '_____ a________ a_______ f_ a_________
عند الظهر نذهب جميعاً إلى المقصف/ المطعم في الشركة
eind alzuhr nadhhab jmyeaan 'iilaa almaqsfa/ almuteam fi alsharikat |
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I am looking for a job.
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I have already been unemployed for a year.
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There are too many unemployed people in this country.
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Long words, short wordsThe length of a word is dependent upon its informative content. This has been shown by an American study. Researchers evaluated words from ten European languages. This was achieved with the help of a computer. The computer analyzed various words with a program. In the process, it used a formula to calculate the informative content. The results were clear. The shorter a word is, the less information it conveys. Interestingly, we use short words more often than long words. The reason for this could lie in the efficiency of speech. When we speak, we concentrate on the most important thing. Therefore, words without much information mustn't be too long. This guarantees we don't spend too much time on unimportant things. The correlation between length and content has another advantage. It ensures that the informative content always remains the same. That is to say, we always say the same amount in a certain period of time. For example, we can use a few long words. But we can also use many short words. It doesn't matter what we decide: The informative content remains the same. As a result, our speech has a consistent rhythm. This makes it easier for listeners to follow us. If the amount of information were always varied, it would be difficult. Our listeners couldn't adapt well to our speech. Comprehension would thus be made difficult. He who wants the best chance of being understood should use short words. Since short words are better comprehended than long ones. |
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