2nd most spoken language all over in the world?
a. chinese
b. english
c. spanish

It was said that my new york license plates would arouse interest and perhaps questions, since they were the only outward identifying marks i had. and so they did – perhaps twenty or thirty times in the whole trip. but such contacts followed an invariable pattern, somewhat as follows: local man: “new york, huh? ” me: "yep." local man: “i was there in nineteen thirty-eight – or was it thirty-nine? alice, was it thirty-eight or thirty-nine we went to new york? " alice: "it was thirty-six. i remember because it was the year alfred died.” local man: "anyway, i hated it. wouldn't live there if you paid me.” what is the purpose of this conversation in travels with charley? to show that most people in the united states hate new york to show that most people in the united states visit new york to show that most people do not treat the author differently because he is from new york to show that being from new york disrupts the author’s relationships with the people he meets

Jeremy planned to read the following poem aloud: wisdom by sara teas daleit was a night of early spring, the winter-sleep was scarcely broken; around us shadows and the wind listened for what was never spoken.though half a score of years are gone, spring comes as sharply now as then— but if we had it all to doit would be done the same again. it was a spring that never came; but we have lived enough to know that what we never have, remains; it is the things we have that go. jeremy interpreted this poem to mean that certain people, places, 'and things are important to us in our lives. but as time passes, we lose those things. what technique could jeremy use when reading the poem to emphasize this idea for listeners? a.he could read the poem rapidly to show how quickly people lose what’s important to them. b.he could emphasize the rhyming pattern in each stanza to represent patterns in life. c.he could read the poem slowly to represent the changes that happen over a lifetime. d.he could raise and lower his voice to represent the good and bad things people face in life.

Which sentence uses the denotative meaning of the word blue? i was feeling pretty blue when i lost my favorite earrings. i wore a blue scarf to complement the color of my eyes. the characters in the book all seemed rather blue. the movie’s ending always puts me in a blue mood.