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The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004
History & The Arts

The Empties Generation: Why did we hit peak booze in 2004

...sang along, even if we didn’t know for ourselves. There wouldn’t have been many smileys in the boardrooms of the drinks companies, because ravers didn’t want beer when they had ecstasy. That’s probably part of the reason pub attendance fell 11% between 1987 and 1992. The industry’s solution wasn’t long in coming, however. It began when the government used new...
Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant
Money & Business

Gweithio hybrid: llesiant a chynhwysiant

...DU yn eu defnyddio i fesur llesiant pobl ifanc, sef: personol perthynol seiliedig ar iechyd galwedigaethol amgylcheddol ariannol addysgol/seiliedig ar sgiliau. Os ewch ati i ymchwilio i ddimensiynau llesiant (y cyfeirir ato hefyd fel 'lles' ar adegau), byddwch yn gweld categorïau eraill sy'n amrywio o bum elfen (sy'n nodweddiadol ynghlwm wrth fodel PERMA a ddisgrifir yn...
Getting started with French 1
Languages

Getting started with French 1

...du – doux [some/soft] bu – bout [drank/end] su – sous [knew/under] ...Week 1: Say hello: ‘Bonjour!’: 8 Practising ‘u’ and ‘ou’ sounds - In the next activity, you’ll have a go at practising your pronunciation of the two sounds ‘u’ and ‘ou’ . Activity 9 Listening to the pairs of words given below, then record yourself and listen to the playback....
Level 1: Introductory 6 hrs
Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution
History & The Arts

Simone de Beauvoir and the feminist revolution

...Le deuxième sexe II: 13/267) is for her, a philosophical platitude. But Beauvoir also rejects the anti-essentialist view: Being a woman is, at least in our world, not a casual fact, irrelevant to a person’s core identity - any more than is being Jewish or black or old. Nor is being a woman simply a matter of one’s own choice: precisely how you are a woman may be up...
Advanced German: Language, culture and history
Languages

Advanced German: Language, culture and history

...du ein Nest mit goldenen Eiern finden; dies ist dein, brauche es wohl!„ Als Knappe am Morgen erwachte, erinnerte er sich des Traumes und ging hinaus in den Wald, das Nest mit den goldenen Eiern auszunehmen. Bald hatte er die Tanne […] gefunden und kletterte rasch in ihren Ästen bis in den höchsten Wipfel hinauf, fand aber nichts. Traurig, daß ihn der Traum...
Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Composition and improvisation in cross-cultural perspective

...sang from the printed notation for demonstration purposes. Example 3: How Veena Sahasrabuddhe sang the same phrase in performance, without reference to the notation. Activity 4 Compare the notations in Examples 1 and 2 (above). How you would describe the relationship between the printed version and version sung from it? What does this suggest about the status of notation...
Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course
Languages

Beginners’ Chinese: a taster course

...le gu ku hu wo yi You will then hear some consonants, or initials, combined with the final i. Listen and repeat. ji qi xi zi ci si zhi chi shi ri You will now hear six single vowels known as finals in Chinese. Repeat after each sound. a e i o u ü Now we will combine these vowels with some consonants known as initials in Chinese. Note how similar they sound to some...
Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi
Money & Business

Defnyddio gwaith gwirfoddol i gamu ymlaen yn y farchnad swyddi

...DU Gwirfoddolwyr Gwasanaeth Cymunedol Clwb Rotari Rhyngwladol (55,000 o aelodau yn y DU) Canolfannau gwirfoddoli lleol Dewch o hyd i'r ganolfan agosaf atoch chi ar Do-it. Y wasg leol, radio lleol Dewch o hyd i'r hyn sy'n digwydd yn eich ardal - darperir manylion cyswllt fel arfer. Adnoddau'r Brifysgol Agored Yr adran gwaith gwirfoddol ar wefan Gwasanaeth Cyngor Gyrfaoedd...