Scottish Cuisine, Whisky, and Global Impact
Scottish Cuisine: A Culinary Journey
From the sea and the rivers came fish, and from the land they got fruit, vegetables, and meat. And they got oats from the land too. They made their bread from oats, and they made porridge from oats and water for a hot breakfast. People still eat all of these things in Scotland today, but they eat new things too. From 1900 on, many people began to come to Scotland from countries like Italy and India, and they brought different food with them.
The Richness of Scottish
Read MoreMatthew Arnold: Criticism’s Role in Creativity
The Function of Criticism at the Present Time
Many objections have been made to a proposition that I ventured to put forth in some remarks on translating Homer: a proposition about criticism and its importance at the present day. More than one rejoinder declared that the importance I assigned to criticism was excessive, and asserted the inherent superiority of the creative effort of the human spirit over its critical effort.
The critical power is of lower rank than the creative. True; but in assenting
Understanding the Passive Voice and Relative Clauses
The passive:
| TENSE | ACTIVE | PASSIVE |
| Present Simple | Tourists visit the castle | The castle is visited by tourists |
| Past Simple | Tourists visited the castle | The castle was visited by tourists |
| Future Simple | Tourists will visit the castle | The castle will be visited by tourists |
| Present Continuous | Tourists are visiting the castle | The castle is being visited by tourists |
| Past Continuous | Tourists were visiting the castle | The castle was being visited by tourists |
| Present Perfect Simple | Tourists have visited the castle | The castle has |
Business Terms, Conditionals, and Grammar Exercises
Business and Finance Terminology
Back office / any department or office, as a private office or a department of record keeping that is not usually seen by customers/depart adm
Business process / any activity that is essential for a firm to conduct its business / proceso de neg
Database / a collection of related data, in electronic form that can be gathered, analyzed, or retrieved by a computer/ base de datos
Downsize / to make in a smaller size /reducir
Knowledge work / work that involves using knowledge
Read MoreDiego Alatriste: A Historical Fiction Summary
Diego Alatriste, a soldier wounded in Flanders (present-day Netherlands), abandons the war. He faces imprisonment for tax evasion.
Upon his release, Lieutenant Martín Saldaña informs Alatriste of an offer for his services, promising a substantial reward. Alatriste accepts, joining forces with Walter Malatesta to attack two Englishmen arriving from Madrid.
Fray Emilio Bocanegra, the president of the Inquisition, offers them more money to kill the Englishmen. They are ambushed at night, but Alatriste
Read MoreLazarillo de Tormes: A Picaresque Tale of Survival
The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
In this first treaty, we are introduced to Lazarus, a boy of low and shameful extraction, named after the river Tormes, where he was born. His father was a thief, and he lived with his mother in Salamanca. She married a Black man and had a son. One day, Lazarus, being older, finds his mother in the service of a blind beggar, beginning his first adventure. Like others, he has to look for food to satisfy his hunger and survive. The blind man was very greedy, and Lazarus
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