The New Oil Field The day was winding down in the desert community in Saudi Arabia. Men were resting, smoking their pipes and exchanging jokes. The women were sipping tea while the children were playing in the sand. Suddenly, Talib, one of the villagers and...
My New Teacher It would be hard to take over Mr. Singh’s place. He was our English Literature teacher and he often entertained us with his jokes. He had been transferred to another school, and we would be getting a new teacher. When she walked...
Advertising in Modern Life This present age has been called the Nuclear Age the Plastic Age, the Machine Era, etc. Another good description would be to call these modern times, the Age of the Advertisement. The ability of people to maintain generally higher standards of...
The Place of Color in Everyday Life. What constitutes the perception of color is not fully understood, though the quality of light coming from a colored object can be analyzed into electromagnetic radiations of various wavelengths. White light consists of a spectrum band of shades...
The Popularity of Detective Stories A small bookshop, a roadside stall, a railway or a bus stop bookstall is ordinarily well stocked with popular books and most of them are detective stories. Why is it that so many of us would have books as companions...
The Punishment Don had not meant to strike his wife. He loved her very much and told her this as many times as he could. What had happened that night was that he had lost his temper. He had been to an important meeting and...
The Qualities of A Good Teacher Every student has his or her favorite teacher, but that teacher may not be the best-qualified person on the teaching staff. In other words, although the mastery of the subject or subjects taught, plus an enthusiastic approach, is an...
The Realization Kung I-Chi was lying in hospital. He had been there for quite many hours but it was only now that he regained consciousness. He vaguely recollected being hit by something but after that it was blank. He slightly shifted his head to be...
The Importance senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell It is difficult to grade the senses in relative importance to mankind. Opinions vary particularly between sight and hearing. A person blind from birth has no concept of vision, so presumably does not `miss’ sight....
The Revolution in Transport and Communication The Renaissance gave the world an intellectual revolution, the 18th century an industrial revolution, and the 20th century is giving us a scientific revolution, of which the advances in transport and communications are a part. For the purpose of...
