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Dear Mr. Jones

1. T, T, F, F, DS
2. On 28th July at 11 pm.
3. Because they arrived late, their room wasn’t available. / There were no rooms available.
4. The hotel regulation: guests must pay for the room in advance if they want the hotel to keep the room after the expected arrival time.
5. The price was £100 more than the Lotus Hotel.
6. Pay compensation for the trouble and expense.

Vocabulary Exercise 1

1. I worked a lot of overtime last month.
2. Some people don’t like to be asked their age.
3. Don’t leave your bags or luggage unattended.
4. We spoke to the manager about the rude hotel staff.
5. The job pays a voucher salary of £50,000 a year.
6. The hotel has got a restaurant on its premises.
7. We asked Kate to help, but she refused.
8. I’m thinking of accompanying Jenny.

Vocabulary

English Exercises

Grammar

1 - D. 2 - B. 3 - B. 4 - D. 5 - A. 6 - C. 7 - B. 8 - B. 9 - A. 10 - B.

Vocabulary

• Get married
• Leave work
• Start school
• Settle down
• Have children
• Become a grandparent
• Grow up
• Pass away
• Retire from work
• Raise a family

Reading

1 - TRUE. 2 - FALSE. 3 - FALSE. 4 - TRUE. 5 - TRUE.

6 - TRUE. 7 - TRUE. 8 - FALSE. 9 - TRUE. 10 - FALSE.

Business Correspondence Examples

Business Loan Inquiry for a New Company

Subject: Business Loan Inquiry for My New Company

Dear Sir/Madam,

I hope this letter finds you well. I am writing to inquire about obtaining a business loan to finance my new company. Here are the details:

1. Business Type: I plan to start a small technology consulting firm specializing in providing IT solutions and services to local businesses.

Phrasal Verb Examples

1. Break Down

   Tina's computer broke down in the middle of her paper.

2. Turn Down

   She turned down all the men who asked her to marry them.

3. Look Up To

   That teacher is someone I look up to.

4. Get On With

   Does Sheila get on well with her parents?

5. Look Into

   Have scientists ever looked into the way animals communicate with humans?

6. Get By

   It is difficult for the family to get by on the money they have.

7. Look Forward To

   The girls are looking forward to seeing their grandparents again.

8. Come Up With

   The inventor came up with a solution to the problem in a dream.

9. Put Off

   They have put off the meeting until next Friday.

10. Work Out

    It was difficult to work out what was happening in the story.

11. Look Up

    Will you look up this word in the dictionary?

12. Drop Out

    I didn't know

Chapter 7: Picking and Order Fulfillment

Picking Process: Managing inventory demands efficiently, delivering the correct quantity and quality to minimize costs.

Types of Picking

• Case Picking: Using equipment like forklifts to handle items in boxes or drums.
• Pallet Picking: Retrieving whole palletized units.
• Broken Case Picking: Selecting individual items from opened cases, suitable for smaller orders.

Picking Technologies

• Pick to Light: Lights indicate item locations, potentially integrated with weight checks.
• Voice Recognition: Headsets provide picking commands; verbal confirmation is used for accuracy.
• RF-Directed: Uses RFID scanners for item verification.
• AS/RS and AGVs: Automated systems that reduce manual travel and picking time.

Chapter 8: Distribution

Understanding Operating System Memory and File Structures

Virtual Memory Concepts

Virtual memory is a fundamental concept in modern operating systems, offering several key advantages:

1. There are many cases where an entire program is not needed in main memory at a given time.
2. Even when the entire program is needed, it may not all be required simultaneously.
3. Application programs always perceive the availability of a contiguous working address space due to the concept of virtual memory.
4. Actually, this working memory can be physically fragmented and may even overflow onto disk storage.
5. This technique makes programming of large applications easier and utilizes real physical memory more efficiently than systems without virtual memory.
6. Although an executing

Animal Classification

Vertebrates: Possess an endoskeleton and belong to the phylum Chordata. They are divided into 5 main groups:

• Mammalia (Mammals)
• Aves (Birds)
• Reptilia (Reptiles)
• Amphibia (Amphibians)
• Pisces (Fish)

Invertebrates: Often possess an exoskeleton or lack a backbone. Examples include:

• Cnidarians (e.g., jellyfish)
• Arthropods (e.g., insects, spiders)
• Molluscs (e.g., snails, clams)
• Worms (various phyla)

Kingdom Monera

Monera: Consists of prokaryotes (organisms lacking a true nucleus).

Plant Biology Basics

Vascularity refers to whether plants have specialized tissues (veins) for transporting water and nutrients.

• Xylem: Transports water and minerals upwards from the roots.
• Phloem: Carries glucose (food produced during photosynthesis) around the plant.

Present Continuous

The present continuous, also known as the present progressive, is a verb tense used to describe actions happening now, or around now.

Affirmative, Interrogative, and Negative Forms

• Affirmative: Subject + am/is/are + verb (present participle -ing)
• Interrogative: Am/Is/Are + subject + verb (present participle -ing)?
• Negative: Subject + am/is/are + not + verb (present participle -ing)

The Snail and the Squirrel Race

Once upon a time, there was a squirrel who constantly made fun of the snail's slowness. The snail, tired of the teasing, challenged the squirrel to a race. The squirrel, confident in his speed, accepted the challenge immediately.

The snail, although he knew he was slower than the squirrel, accepted the challenge with humility. The race began, and the squirrel took a big advantage at first, running fast along the road. However, as the race progressed, the squirrel felt confident and stopped to rest under a tree. "There's no way the snail will reach me now!" the squirrel thought while picking fruits to eat.

Meanwhile, the snail continued to advance step by step, without stopping or losing its rhythm. Although it was... Continue reading "The Snail and the Squirrel: A Tale of Perseverance" »

This video follows the lives of Emily, a 16-year-old girl from Sydney, and Harry, a 16-year-old boy from Perth. Harry admits to stealing, lying, and being violent. Emily also displays violent tendencies. At 13, when left alone at home while her mother worked, she would invite friends over for parties with alcohol. Both Emily and Harry are sent to Whitechurch for seven days to live with Mary, John, and their five children, a strict Catholic family.

In this family, violence, television during the week, and cell phones at night are prohibited. Drinking and smoking are also forbidden. Emily and Harry must respect the family's rules and change their ways of thinking.

Ultimately, they respect the rules, despite initial difficulties, and return home... Continue reading "Teen Redemption: A Week of Transformation in Whitechurch" »