Term test in English
Task 1
The major issue in the film Blood Diamonds are the families that are torn apart because of the wars about diamonds. The reason for why they are torn apart are so the RUF (Revolution, United, and Front) can obtain these diamonds more efficient. They want the diamonds because of the value of them; diamonds has been popular ever since Marilyn Monroe started singing about diamonds in 1953 (Lillian Balsvik, 2015). The reason for why diamonds are so valuable are because of the way you obtain a diamond. It is extremely difficult in certain scenarios to obtain diamonds, and even when you obtain a raw diamond, you have to construct the diamond so that it is how you want it to be. To make it worth selling.
The story that we are shown is told from Solomon's
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The military is what can make Mandarin Chinese a viable threat to the English language. How did English become so big in the first place? By taking over countries. Forcing them to speak it. If they could do something similar with the Chinese military, that is most likely the only way for them to actually make Mandarin Chinese a viable threat against the English language. A reason for why this might be a possibility is that China has a lot of power, generally in Asia. They are one of the strongest Asian countries today. In addition, they have a very strong relationship with North Korea, those two alone has the power to take over most of Asia. Which might be one of the reasons for why English might have less impact in the future.
Another reason for why China has the possibility of making the English language lose some of its value is the population of Asia compared to some of Europe and America. Chinas population equivalent to America and most of Europe. China is already as big as most of Europe and America, the only thing that the Chinese does not have compared to them are the