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Paris is a city unlike any other. It is overflowing with culture, history, and beauty. And while people travel to Paris to see the Louvre, climb the Eiffel Tower, or see Notre-Dame, the real magic is found in the streets. Here, the ins and outs of daily life play out – chic women on bikes pedal their children to school, artists post up in cafés with a notebook, and both young and old line up morning and evening for a fresh baguette from the neighborhood boulangerie. It is likely everything you imagined, and then a bit more –because while Paris is a city with a strong cultural identity, it also houses people from all over the world who add their own culture and customs into the mix. This is why a visit to Paris’ top sights is simply not enough – to truly get a sense of the city, take to the streets where the essence and enchantment of Paris is most felt. As you explore the streets of Paris, you’ll find yourself walking the hills of Montmartre in search of that perfect crepe spot or meandering through Belleville, a Chinese neighborhood interspersed with hip, young Parisians and elaborate murals. Across the Seine, you might find yourself enjoying an all-tooearly verre du vin at a café in Saint-Germain-des-Prés or exploring the winding streets of the Latin Quarter. It doesn’t take much to find yourself fully immersed in this special city.
(Available at: https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/ile-defrance-paris. Adapted.)

According to the text, besides the iconic tours, postal cards and all the common sense that surrounds Parisians’ lifestyle, what should tourists do to enjoy the gist of Paris?

Diplomatic Concierge: Diplomat experiences contemporary luxury at its best in London’s most exclusive postcode at The Biltmore Mayfair
BACK IN OCTOBER 2019, The Biltmore Mayfair quietly opened its doors as Europe’s first LXR Hotels & Resorts property – Hilton’s top-tier collection of luxury hotels. The handsome 307- -room hotel is located on one side of Grosvenor Square –next door to the former Indonesian Embassy and US Embassy before it moved south of the river. Previously the site of the Millennium Hotel, and after a £60 million redevelopment, the property has been refreshed beyond recognition. Polished and sophisticated, The Biltmore combines high end contemporary accommodation, with stunning views across Grosvenor Square gardens. In prestigious Mayfair, the hotel unites twentieth century grandeur with modern architectural details. Perfect for visiting government ministers or VIPs are the 57 beautifully designed suites, in which guests can enjoy personalized embroidered pillowcases and monogrammed bathrobes. Even the hotel’s youngest residents will feel perfectly pampered in the signature suites with their own bathrobes and coloured toothbrushes. The 460 square foot King Grand Deluxe Grosvenor Square View room is luxurious, but practical: a vast super king bed, a comfortable seating area to watch the huge television, a desk to catch up on work and lovely views of leafy Grosvenor Square. Theopulent bathroom is an absolute treat: marble shower and separate bath, along with a cult Japanese toilet. This is a high-end business-friendly place, with irons and ironing boards in the rooms, so guests can be suitably attired for their next day of meetings. The Biltmore Mayfair is also home to restaurant concepts from world-renowned Michelin-starred restaurateur Jason Atherton. Cafe Biltmore is a relaxed restaurant with a pretty, al fresco space found at the heart of the hotel, surrounded by colorful artwork, sweeping greenery and glittering fairy lights, making it the perfect spot to drink and dine under the stars. A fine dining restaurant and new 1920s bar from Atherton is in the pipeline and will be opening shortly. People will be secretly delighted to have another reason to return to the property. Atherton also oversees food and beverage for the hotel’s extensive event spaces, including the impressive 500-square-meter ballroom, ideal for large-scale national day events, or receptions, with capacity for up to 700 guests. For more intimate functions, the Waterloo and Manhattan Suites can hold up to 80 and 100 guests respectively, while the Kendal Suite lends itself perfectly to up to 40 guests. Staff are warm, enthusiastic and untiringly polite. They are ready to welcome diplomatic guests, and indeed have had a few through the door already. Five minutes away is Hyde Park and Piccadilly, and Westminster just a short cab ride away, while the major London icons are nearby too: the Houses of Parliament, Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery and the Strand are close enough to walk to. But ultimately, The Biltmore is a luxurious sanctuary from where guests can be based, while they work, and experience the best of London.
(Available at: https://diplomatmagazine.com/diplomatic-conciergediplomat-experiences-contemporary-luxury-at-its-best-in-londons-mostexclusive-postcode-at-the-biltmore-mayfair/. Adapted.)



The Biltmore Mayfair is a luxury hotel that welcomes politicians and VIPs among its guests. Concerning the fashion guests are dealt with, what can confirm that it is ready to receive people at the highest level of society?

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Action on Smoking and Health’s (ASH)

Accomplishments

• 2019 Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe, coming out of discussion at our Global Forum that continued at the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention’s Conference the following days. • 2019 Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, co-hosted by the Romanian Presidency, Romania 2035 Tobacco-Free Generation Initiative, and theEuropean Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention with high level speakers such as the European Commissioner on Health and Food Safety and Princess Dina Mired of Jordan. • 2019 launch of ASH’s Tobacco and Human Rights Hub, a living repository of human rights resources to assist our allies in taking a human rights approach. • 2018 Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World, adopted by the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) and over 100 organizations worldwide, which states, “the manufacture, marketing, and sale of tobacco are incompatible with the human right to health”. • A successful campaign with the Danish Institute of Human Rights’ s which resulted in DIHR denouncing tobacco as antithetical to the work of a human rights organization. This campaign also resulted in a sign on letter from 123 organizations in 40+ countries to immediately cease all marketing and production of cigarettes to adhere to human rights norms. • A presentation before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, along with two of our partner organizations. This was the first time the Commission considered tobacco as a human rights issue and was an important victory. • An article in the American Bar Association’s International Law Newsentitled Tobacco Industry Marketing: A Violation of Human Rights in Latin America. The article was chosen by another ABA Publication, GP Solo Magazine, to be included in a “Best of the ABA” feature issue.
(Available in: https://ash.org/human-rights. Adapted.)
The text’s composition charcteristics and discourse resources cater to:

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The Unicorn in the Garden

 

(James Thurber.)

 

Once upon a sunny morning a man who sat in a breakfast nook looked up from his scrambled eggs to see a white unicorn with a golden horn quietly cropping the roses in the garden. The man went up to the bedroom where his wife was still asleep and woke her. “There's a unicorn in the garden, ” he said. “Eating roses.” She opened one unfriendly eye and looked at him. “The unicorn is a mythical beast, ” she said, and turned her back on him. The man walked slowly downstairs and out into the garden. The unicorn was still there; he was now browsing among the tulips. “Here, unicorn, ” said the man and pulled up a lily and gave it to him. The unicorn ate it gravely. With a high heart, because there was a unicorn in his garden, the man went upstairs and roused his wife a gain. “The unicorn, ” he said, “ate a lily.” His wife sat up in bed and looked at him, coldly. “You are a booby, ” she said, “and I am going to have you put in a booby-hatch.” The man, who never liked the words “booby” and “booby-hatch, ” and who liked them even less on a shining morning when there was a unicorn in the garden, thought for a moment. “We'll see about that, ” he said. He walked over to the door. “He has a golden horn in the middle of his forehead, ” he told her. Then he went back to the garden to watch the unicorn; but the unicorn had gone away. The man sat among the roses and went to sleep. And as soon as the husband had gone out of the house, the wife got up and dressed as fast as she could. She was very excited and there was a gloat in her eye. She telephoned the police and she telephoned the psychiatrist; she told them to hurry to her house and bring a straitjacket. When the police and the psychiatrist arrived they sat down in chairs and looked at her, with great interest. “My husband, ” she said, “saw a unicorn this morning.” The police looked at the psychiatrist and the psychiatrist looked at the police. “He told me it ate a lily, ” she said. The psychiatrist looked at the police and the police looked at the psychiatrist. “He told me it had a golden horn in the middle of its forehead, ” she said. At a solemn signal from the psychiatrist, the police leaped from their chairs and seized the wife. They had a hard time subduing her, for she put up a terrific struggle, but they finally subdued her. Just as they got her into the straitjacket, the husband came back into the house. “Did you tell your wife you saw a unicorn?” asked the police. “Of course not, ” said the husband. “The unicorn is a mythical beast.” “That's all I wanted to know, ” said the psychiatrist. “Take her away. I'm sorry, sir, but your wife is as crazy as a jay bird.” So they took her away, cursing and screaming, and shut her up in an institution. The husband lived happily ever after.

Moral: Don't count your boobies until they are hatched.

 

(Available in: http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us.)

 

 

The text above is a modern humorous short story which is meant to establish links with traditional fables, thus revitilizing the writing and reading of fiction. Point out the distracter that suits the moral of the story.

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Can a focus on playful learning be integrated in the

enabling environment?

 

“Enabling environment” refers to the broad set of interrelated national political, social and financial conditions that can either promote or hinder the successful functioning of the preprimary sub-sector. A supportive enabling environment is conducive to recognizing the importance of learning through play, and it can further strengthen this emphasis by fostering coordination with other sectors such as health, nutrition and social protection, which together can create a unified voice for play in children’s lives. The elements of the enabling environment, and how they can foster play-based learning, are:

1. Policies and legislation: Policies specific to the preprimary sub-sector are important because they can clearly affirm children’s right to play and can state that playbased learning is a distinctive and essential feature of effective early learning. Policies and directives can reflect a childcentred approach to learning and teaching; such policies create an expectation that playful learning will be taken seriously and implemented across levels of the sub-sector.

2. Public Demand: Support for pre-primary services among parents and caregivers is key and it should be informed by strong awareness of what quality means in pre-primary education. Awareness-raising should focus on young children’s unique learning needs, e.g., the need to make meaning through playful investigations supported by knowledgeable teachers. A key aspect of fostering public support and demand for learning through play is to ensure that parents recognize their role in providing meaningful play experiences in the home environment, and to empower them to do so. Garnering public support and demand for learning through play will enhance the pre-primary system’s commitment to and recognition of the benefits of play.

 

(Available in: https://www.unicef.org.)

 

 

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