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English Week Competition:
Read the text and write its summary:
298 years ago today, Samuel Johnson was born. The literary lion and titan of lexicography left a legacy of wisdom in words; today we look at his words on wisdom and on cunning.
"Every man wishes to be wise," observed that 18th century great; "and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning." What's the difference? Quite a bit, according to Doctor Johnson. "Cunning," he wrote, "differs from wisdom as twilight from open day. He that walks in the sunshine goes boldly forward by the nearest way . . . but the traveler in the dusk fears more as he sees less . . . he knows there may be danger, and therefore suspects he may never be safe."
What more can we add to Johnson's metaphoric distinction? Just this. Someone considered wise is notable for his or her great understanding of people and of situations and for unusual discernment and judgment in meeting with them. The adjective cunning suggests the inventive use of a sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing.
Then there are the nouns wisdom and cunning. Wisdom, of course, names a wise attitude or course of action and implies sense or judgment far above average. We've mentioned before that cunning has an ancestor in the Old English word for know; a person who possesses cunning knows how to incorporate ingenuity and subtlety in devising, inventing, or executing.
Business Correspondence
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1103 West Glen Cove
Round Rock, Texas 78677
August 5, 2007
Personnel Assistant
TG Employee Credit Bank of Texas
P.O. Box 112335
Austin, Texas 78715
Dear Personnel Assistant,
I am writing about your newspaper ad in the August 1 Austin-American Statesman concerning your need for an experienced programmer in the database environment. I believe that I have the qualifications and experience that you are looking for.
As for my experience with database programming, I have worked for the past year as a programmer/analyst in the Query database environment for Advanced Software Creations. In that capacity, I have converted a large database that was originally written in a customized C language database into the Query database environment. I am currently working on a contract with Texas Parks and Wildlife to make major modifications to its existing Query database application. On both of these assignments, I have also served as customer contact person.
Related to this database-programming experience is the work I have been doing to write and market an automated documentation utility for Query database applications. This product was written using a combination of C, Pascal, and Query programming languages. I was responsible for the authorship of the Pascal and Query programs. The Pascal programs are completely responsible for the user interface and system integration management.
Enclosed you will find a resume, which will give you additional information on my background and qualifications. I would welcome a chance to talk further with you about the position you are seeking to fill. I can be reached by phone between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. at (513) 545-1098.
Sincerely,
Virginia Lopez
Encl.: resume
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Mice, mice - they're everywhere!
They're on the table and under my chair.
Mice, mice - at half past two
I saw one sitting in my shoe.
Mice, mice - running along
My garden wall, singing a song.
Mice, mice - just last week
I found them playing hide and seek.
Mice, mice - on Tuesday morning,
I saw one in my cupboard, yawning.
Mice, mice - beside my bed,
I felt one jump over my head!
Mice, mice - oh, why don't you
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