SUK3 Part3 Before and After Summary Henry

BEFORE

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in The Telegraph of October 23, 2013, analyses the Europe’s deflation crisis and policy error.

The author believes if this policy error continues, Europe will be trapped in deflation as Japan is now. Besides, debt ratios in Europe are soaring up. Nevertheless, the EU authorities linger to deal with the problems. Deflation causes dramatic debt rise which is lethal once it exceeds 300pc. The situation is getting only worse.

Furthermore, the Europe’s debt crisis strategy is contradictory. The states suffering from deflation are coerced to ultra-austerity to offset lost competitiveness against Germany. The author considers such policy to be brutal, self-defeating and ineffective. 

To make things worse, deflation influences private debt even more; here not only debt shoots up, but liquid assets come into play, so that small firms could stay afloat.

Debt dynamics depends on inflation. According to Mr Darvas, the only way to escape the deflation grave is to let the inflation grow. The ECB should implement all possible measures to keep inflation rate at 2pc point at least. However, the ECB stays inactive.

The author sees the way out from deflation in the Club Med allies’ teaming up and forcing the reflation policy.

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AFTER

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, in The Telegraph of October 23, 2013, analyses Europe’s deflation crisis and policy error.

The author believes if this policy error continues, Europe will be trapped in deflation as Japan is now. Besides, debt ratios in Europe are soaring. Nevertheless, the EU authorities delay dealing with the problems. The situation is getting worse.

Furthermore, the Europe’s debt crisis strategy is contradictory. The states suffering from deflation are coerced to ultra-austerity to offset lost competitiveness against Germany. The author considers such policy to be brutal, self-defeating and ineffective. To make things worse, deflation influences private debt even more; here not only debt shoots up, but liquid assets come into play, so that small firms could stay afloat.

Debt dynamics depends on inflation. The only way to escape the deflation grave is to let inflation grow. The ECB should implement all possible measures to keep the inflation rate at 2pc point at least. However, the ECB stays inactive.

The author sees the way out from deflation in the Club Med allies’ teaming up and forcing the reflation policy; but they are paralysed and afraid of Germany’s walking out and reverting to the D-Mark. Therefore, Europe is in a terrible plight.

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How is my Academic Paper Project Going? SUK3 Part2 Hendrik

Working on My Academic Paper

Right now I am working on the academic paper 'Shortcomings of the scholarships for obtaining master’s degree in the EU universities for non-EU students'.

At the moment, I am looking through all possible scholarships in search of any suitable options in the field of translation. In fact, I am surprised that so little is to be found. So I am going to concentrate on the alternatives and all the ensuing consequences.

In order to structure my essay properly, the following links come in handy: Using Academic Language and Paragraph Structure.

My Pronunciation Hendrik SUK3 Part1

Improving my Pronunciation

Pronunciation is as important as grammar, in my opinion, especially for those who have chosen languages as their future profession. You can use the most sophisticated grammatical constructions and fancy words to express yourself, but one thing that matters is how you present them, that is the way the words come out of your mouth and the way other people hear them. If your pronunciation is bad, it spoils almost everything. Moreover, it can often lead to misunderstanding, for example, if you pronounce the words 'ship' and 'sheep' with no difference.

When you've decided to work on your pronunciation, it is better to choose a specific accent and stick to it. In my case, it is British accent. To begin with, it is better to learn thoroughly the articulation of every single sound of the language.  Here you can practice the pairs of similar, but different sounds which make great difference.

Then, you could read about some peculiarities of how to speak in a British accent.

It is efficient to listen to native speakers talking and try to imitate them. I really like this woman and I am doing my best to sound like she.

One more tricky thing about pronunciation is intonation, it is, by far, the hardest thing to acquire.

P.S. If you never give up, you'll be successful ;-) 

Dan O'Brien