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QUESTION

Should countries with teacher shortages develop programs that recruit people from industries such as business, law and technology and retrain them as schoolteachers? Explain your answer.

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QUESTION
Explain how the man feels about the university’s plan to do away with the free shuttle service. State his opinion and explain the reasons he gives for holding that opinion.

READING PASSAGE
The university has decided to discontinue the shuttle service it provides students. University authorities believe not enough students use the service. Running costs are also very high. The current shuttle route includes the campus and neighboring suburbs. The university wants to use the saving on the shuttle service to build a central underground parking lot to alleviate the parking shortage that students experience.

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QUESTION

Explain Establishing shots and how the example used by the professor illustrates the concept.

READING PASSAGE
An establishing shot is used by film directors to briefly show the setting of a scene and give the viewer a larger context. The purpose of an establishing shot may be to give background information or provide a setting to the viewer. The context of the establishing shot will allow the viewer some unique knowledge about the characters or their circumstances.

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QUESTION

Using the main point and examples from the lecture, describe the two types of bird nests the professor explains that are not the typical bird nest that most people imagine.

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