W: Good morning. I’m calling to inquire about your bookshelves.
M: Oh, yes. What would you like to know
W: Well, I’d like to check on the size first.
M: The standard unit is 3.2 meters wide, 1.8 meters tall and 30 centimeters deep.
W: Thanks. That’s the dimension I need. How about the colors
M: We have four choices, white, black, brown and gray.
W: I think brown is okay. Now what about the charge of the delivery
M: Well, it depends on how far you are from our factory.
W: We’re about five miles from your factory.
M: I see. That’s in our free delivery area.
Not so long ago I found myself in characteristically pugnacious discussion with a senior human rights figure. The issue was privacy. Her view was that there was an innate and largely unchanging human need for privacy. My view was that privacy was a culturally determined concept. Think of those open multiseated Roman latrines in Pompeii, and imagine having one installed at work. The specific point was whether there was a generational difference in attitudes towards privacy, partly as a consequence of interact social networking. I thought that there was. As a teenager I told my parents absolutely nothing and the world little more. Some girls of that era might be photographed bare-breasted at a rock festival, but, on the whole, once we left through the front door, we disappeared from sight.
My children--Generation Y, rather than the Generation X-ers who make most of the current fuss about privacy--seem unworried by their mother’s capacity to track them and their social
A. Protection of personal information is the web’s latest ethical battleground.
B. Generational difference in attitudes towards privacy should be the focus of attention.
C. Online truth is much more important and valuable than privacy.
D. The value of the internet lies in keeping both privacy and truth.
The Visa Office,
Enclosed is my completed application form for an entry visa to enable Professor Smith, the head of the delegation, to visit Singapore.
Professor Smith will be leaving Hong Kong on 5th May for a business tour of the southeastern Asia and, subject to issue of the necessary visa, proposes to arrive in Singapore on 8th or 9th May and to stay for about seven days, and then he will leave for Kuala Lumpur ( 吉隆坡).
The purpose of Professor Smith’s visit to Singapore is to join the Annual Conference. He intends to visit departments of philosophy and education. We would guarantee Professor’s financial security during his stay in Singapore and payment of all expenses he may incure(招致).
I enclose the following supporting documents:
(1) Professor Smith’s passport.
(2)A cheque for the visa fee of $ 100.
(3) A registered stamped, addressed envelope for return of the passport.
Should you require any
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