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              Questions and Answers of 'The Case Against Air Conditioning ' Comprehension 1.      What does Cox think is wrong with air conditioning? Ans: Cox says that air conditioning uses a lot of energy; running air conditioners burns fossil fuels, which emits greenhouse gases that raise global temperatures, which in turn increases the need for air conditioning. He believes that air conditioning should be used more sparingly. 2.     According to Cox, what would be the results of a largely “A.C.-free Washington” (3)? Does the scenario he outlines apply only to Washington, DC? Only to urban areas? Does it apply to other parts of the countries as well? Ans: cox says that reduced air conditioning use in Washington would result in more flexible work schedules (business, including governmental ones, closing and adjusting for heat), renovation for buildings to better accommodate heat, decreased use of heat-gen...

  The Case Against Air Conditioning The author’s message is that A.C. keeps us inside and away from interacting with one another. We shouldn’t be trapped inside everyday but we should be out and about to enjoy the world around us. This essay is about why Washington/America should stop using air conditioners in everyday life with the expectation of hospitals, archives, and cooling centers. The author supports his argument by providing examples of wat Washington would look like without air conditioners at work, at home, and around town. Cox’s starts out with using modern day examples of people using air conditioning to beat the Heat and why it is bad. Cox’s wants readers to turn down, turn off, or just complete eliminate air conditioning use. He believes that it will benefit us by making neighborhoods more friendly, laws more lax, and climate change less of an issue. People in Washington didn’t have to experience extreme heat because their houses were equipped with air condi...

  Questions and Answers of ‘My Mother Never Worked’ Comprehension 1.      What kind of work did Martha Smith do while her children were growing up? List     some of the chores she performed.        Martha Smith worked very hard at raising her children, doing farm chores, and               maintaining a household, but she did not work outside the home for pay-the only              kind of work recognized by the government.   2.      Why aren’t Martha Smith’s survivors entitled to a death benefit when their mother dies?     According to the government, Martha Smith is not eligible for a death benefit because she was never employed.   3.      How does the government define work?       The government defines work as an activity performed for compensation.   ...

About the Author Sandra Cisneros the writer of the essay ‘Only Daughter’ was born into a working-class family in 1954. She was the daughter of a Mexican-American mother and a Mexican father. She spent much of her childhood shuttling between Chicago and Mexico City. She was a lonely, bookish child who began writing surreptitiously at a young age but only began to find her voice when she was a creative-writing student at Loyola University and later at the University of lowa Writers’ Workshop. Her best-known works are the novel The House on Mango Street (1983) and the short-story collection Woman Hollering Creek (1991); she has also published several collections of poetry. Cisneros’s latest novel, Caramelo, appeared in 2002. Background on gender preference In the following essay, which originally appeared in Glamour magazine in 1990, Cisneros describes the difficulties of growing up as the only daughter in a Mexican-American family of six sons. Historically, sons...

What is the central idea that Chaudhary presented in her essay 'How sane Are we?' itemizing the seven most significant bits of information describe it in detail. The title of this essay itself is a question: How Sane Are We? To that Anuradha Chaudhary has given positive and negative answers. It is an expression of hopelessness due to environmental problems. It is negative attitude of human that has brought serious problem in environment that human are knowingly damaging it. Being irresponsible to nature, Ozone layer is damaged with polluted environment so that the ultraviolet radiation causes various diseases and dangers. CFCs (Chlorine, Fluorine and Carbons) affects badly to the environment. Although in 1990 the world's nations did agree to stop the production of CFCS by 2000 the condition is more serious by now. The essayist claims that how can human call themselves sane since they are careless in natural destruction and production of CFCs. If fundamental changes...

Curbing the One-Eyed Monster Fiona C. Jenkins New Zealand (1947-) So please, oh, please, we beg, we, pray, Go throw your TV set away, and in its place, you can install a lovely bookshelf on the wall. Write four levels of meanings to "Curbing the One-Eyed Monster" Literal Comprehension:   This essay is written in the American context in particular and all over the world in general. Few rich people control most American TV stations. They have TV as a means to earn money by presenting different false advertisements. By using TV they are elected giving false ideas to people. Though some educated Americans oppose TV they can’t do so because they think TV is a hurricane, which can't be escaped from. TV only shows about junk food, false ideas, half-information, or reality in pieces. By using TV programs rich people make people think about what they want. By using money they give false ideas and earn more money. Any type of people can't be free from the false pro...