1.

  Iwa sridingab icycl

ea ndwhe nIr e
acheda taro undab
out,ahugel orr
yc arr
yingti
mb e
r
camespe eding.Is tartedtopa ni
candf el
lofft heb i
cycl
e.Thelorr
yra novermypr eci
ous
bic
ycl
ec rushingi tintopieces.Thelor
rydrive
rt hens ho
utedthroughthewi ndow,“youidi
ot!Do
youthinkt hisroadb elo
ngst ob i
cyc
leride
rs?”Ine verrepl
iedbuto nl
ywa tc
he dinsil
enceas
thelo
rrys peed e
da wa yleavi
ngac lo
udo fdustb ehind.Igotup,liftedtheb i
cycl
ea ndwept.
Howwa sIgo ingtoe xplai
nt omyF ather
?I tisonee xperi
encethatwillbee t
chedinmy
me mor
yf o r
e ver
.

2. 
 Do lphinsarer egardeda sthef riendl
ie s
tc r
eat
uresinas eaa ndstori
eso fthem he l
ping
drownings ail
orsha veb eenc ommo ns inc
eRo mantimes.Themo rewel ear
na boutd ol
phins,t he
morewer e a
li
zet ha tthe res oci
etyi smo rec ompl
exthanpe opl
epr ev
iousl
yima gined.Theyl ook
aftero therdol
p hinswhe nt heya reill
,ca reforpr
egnantmo thersandprotectt hewe akestin
thec o
mmuni tya swed o .So mes cientis
t sha v
esuggestedthatd ol
phi
nsh aveal anguageb uti t
ismuc hmo reprob abl
et ha tthe ycommuni catewit
he achotherwithoutneed i
ngwo rds.Coul d
anyo ft hesema mma lsb emo reintell
igentt hanman?Ce rt
ainl
yt hemo stcommo na rgume ntin
favouro fma ni ss uperiori
t yo verthemt hatwecank i
llthem mo r
ee asi
lythant heyc ankillus
isthel eastsatisfactory.Ont hec ontrary,themo r
ewed is
coverabouttheser emarkabl
e
cre
a t
ur es,thele sswea ppe arsupe r
iorwhe nwed estr
oyt hem.

3.  Thequesti
on,”wha twouldId oifIf oundsomeonepractic
ingfavourat
ism?”Greatl
y
pique’smyc o
ns ci
ence.Besidesvehementl
yc urs
ingandha t
ingthepe r
son,Iwo ul
dhumb l
ytalk
toh i
m.E ve
nIme antt ofalloutwithhim,Iwo uldsti
lla
d v
isehimt odother i
ghtthi
ng.This
isb e
causefavourati
sm noto nlyencour
ageslazi
nessbuta l
sobreed
sho pel
essnessamongthose
whoa reunfavoured.Sinc
eo nef avo
urd es
ervesanot
her,onema ygoa sfarasd emand
ingf o
r
sexi nre
turnhe nceinfec
tingt heotherwithAIDSaswe l
l.SoIwo uldbed a
mne dtoletonego.

4. 
 At eacherfavouringmei st helastthingIwo ul
de v erwanttoha ppe n.Itissohorri
b l
et hat
itb r
ingsdiscomforta ndlosso fconcentra
t i
oni ncla
ss .Ho wev
e r
,Ib el
ie v
ei tismy
responsi
b i
li
tyt ogainc onfid
enc eandf i
ghti tthoughi ti sno tas i
mpl et a
skt odo.Iwo uld
fir
s tofa l
lho l
dat alkwi t
hhi mo nwha thei sdo i
ngno tne cessar
il
yc onfrontinghimb utwo uld
passo nt h
ed utie
sa l
l
o c
a t
edi nf a
vouro fmet ootherpe ople
.T hi
swo uldb ea nind
ire
ct
diversi
ono fhisfocusf rom meb eca
us eams urehewo ul
dno tp e
rsi
sti nf rontofthewho le
cla
s s.Forthi
sr eas
o n,otherswo uldal
soga ine qualoppo r
tuniti
estoget herwi t
hme .

5.
  Somes tude
ntst endtocomple
tet he
irgive
na ssi
gnmentsa tdi
nnertimehe ncebooksare
sc
attere
do nthetable-sea
tsthussomee nduph avi
ngnos eat
s.Laptopsareespeci
a l
l
yus e
db y
for
eignstudent
ssuc haswhitestr
yingtos t
ayi ntouchwit
ht hei
rrel
a t
ive
si ntheUnited
Ki
ngdoma ndUnite
dSt a
tesofAme r
icawhil
eo ther
slis
tentomus i
co ntheirphones.Thi
sina
wayleadssometos peakandsingal
oudwhi c
hd is
ruptstho
sewhopr efertoeati nas i
le
nthall
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6.
  T hetaxiIo nceb o
arde
dwa sfro
m Muk o notownt omyho medis
tric
t.Itwa sascro
wd e das
adiscohallandi t
sb ei
ngc r
owd edcausedt hewho l
eo fi tst
enchwhichmadeo neofthe
pass
e nger
sr ea
ctb yv omi
tingt othema ximum.T hisma dethesi
tuati
onworseb e
causet hebad
smellcoul
dno tha veitswayo utandt hisma deusd isgustedandfedupoft hewho l
ethi ng.
Thed is
gustedpa sse
ngersbecameb itt
e randf el
tlikes wal
lo
wingupt hedr
ive
ra ndthet urnb o
y
whoha dcauseda llthi
stoha ppen.