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What I enjoy about Netflix is that there is a huge choice of series ! The ones I am really crazy about are horror series. I am a great fan of The Walking Dead.This series is so captivating and fascinating that I have become totally addicted to it ! I can watch 4 or 5 episodes in a row when I get caught up in it! And at the end of each season, I feel so low...
I am also fond of teen series, and my favourite one is ... Stranger Things, of course ! It is both sentimental and gripping, and it can be hilarious, too. What I also like is that I can sometimes identify with the characters and their emotions.

Government and expertise rely on each other, especially in a democracy. The technological and economic progress that ensures the well-being of a population requires a division of labor, which in turn leads to the creation of professions. Professionalism encourages experts to do their best to serve their clients, respect their own knowledge boundaries, and demand that their boundaries be respected by others, as part of an overall service to the most important client, which is society itself.Dictatorships, too, demand this same service of experts, but they extract it by threat and direct its use by command. This is why dictatorships are actually less efficient and less productive than democracies (despite some popular stereotypes to the contrary). In a democracy, the expert’s service to the public is part of the social contract. Citizens delegate the power of decision on many issues to elected representatives and their expert advisers, while experts, for their part, ask that their efforts be received in good faith by a public that has informed itself enough –a key requirement –to make reasoned judgements.This relationship between experts and citizens rests on a foundation of mutual respect and trust. When that foundation erodes, experts and laypeople become warring factions and democracy itself can become a casualty, leading to mob rule or elitist technocracy. Living in a world filled with gadgets and once unimaginable conveniences and entertainments, Americans (and many other Westerners) have become almost childlike in their refusal to learn enough to govern themselves or to guide the policies that affect their lives. This is a collapse of functional citizenship, and it leads to a flood of other terrible consequences.In the absence of informed citizens, for example more knowledgeable administrative and intellectual elites do in fact take over the daily direction of the state and society. It has been said that the greatest danger to liberty today comes from the men who are most needed and most powerful in modern government, namely, the efficient expert administrators exclusively concerned with what they regard as the public good.There is a great deal of truth in this. Unelected bureaucrats and policy specialists in many spheres expert tremendous influence on the daily lives of Americans. Today, however, this situation exists by defaultrather than by design. And populism actually reinforces this elitism, because the celebration of ignorance cannot launch communications satellites, negotiate the rights of U.S. citizens overseas, or provide effectivemedications. Faced with a public that has no idea how most things work, experts disengage, choosing to speak mostly to one another.Meanwhile, Americans have developed increasingly unrealistic expectations of what their political and economic systems can provide, and these high expectations result in continual disappointment and anger. When people are told that ending poverty or preventing terrorism or stimulating economic growth is a lot harder than it looks, they get bored and roll their eyes. Unable to comprehend all the complexity around them. they choose instead to comprehend almost none of it and then resentfully blame elites for seizing control of their lives.

Experts can only propose; elected leaders dispose. And politicians are very rarely experts on any of the innumerable subjects that come before them for a decision. By definition, nobody can be an expert on China policy and health care and climate change and immigration and taxation, all at the same time. That is why during, say congressional hearings on a subject, actual experts are usually brought in to advise the elected laypeople charged with making sound decisions.Americans too easily forget that the form of government under which they live was not designed for mass decisions about complicated issues. Neither, of course, was it designed for rule by a tiny group of technocrats or experts. Rather, it was meant to be the way by which an informed electorate could choose other people to represent them, come up to speedon important questions, and make decisions on the public’s behalf.The workings of such a representative democracy, however, are many times more difficult when the electorate is not competent to judge the matters at hand. Laypeople complain about the ruleof experts and demand greater involvement in complicated national questions, but many of them express their anger and make these demands only after giving up their own important role in theprocess: namely, to stay informed and politically literate enoughto choose representatives who can act wisely on their behalf. Ignorant voters end up punishing society at large for their own mistakes.Too few citizens today understand democracy to mean a condition of political equality in which all are able to vote andare equal in the eyes of the law. Rather, they think of it as a state of actual equality, in which every opinion is as good as any other, regardless of the logic or evidentiary basebehind it. But that is not how a republic is meant to work, and the sooner American society establishes new basic rules for productive engagement between educated elites and the society around them, the better.Experts need to remember, always, that they are the servants of a democratic society and a republican government. Their citizen masters, however, must equip themselves not just with education but also with the kind of civic virtue that keeps them involved in the running of their own country. Laypeople cannot do without experts, and they must accept this reality without getting angry. Experts, likewise, must accept that they get a hearing, not a veto, and that their advice will not always be taken. At the present time, the bonds tying the system together are dangerously weakened. Unless some sort of trust and mutual respectcan be restored, public discourse will be polluted by unearned respect for unfounded opinions. And in such an environment, anything and everything becomes possible, including the end of democracy and republican government itself.

society: a large group of people who live together
We live in an Islamic society.

ability: the physical or mental power or skill to do something
Human’s ability to talk makes him different from animals.

vary: to be different from each other
In some cities, prices vary from shop to shop.

make up: to form a thing, amount or number
China makes up 18 % of the world‘s population.

despite: without taking any notice of
I enjoy the weekend, despite the bad weather.

We’ve made some changes to the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy to make sure more businesses can reopen their doors and rehire their workers - we’ve extended the program until December 19th, made it more accessible to support more businesses, and created a top-up for employers who were hit the hardest.

On Monday, applications for the next period will open up. If you’re a business owner planning to apply, use the updated and improved calculator so you know how much support you can expect to receive. To make sure you have all the information you need.

Where are the old cars?
Where are hers?
Aren't you cold?
They won't stop to wait for you.
Where's my shirt?
She's a teacher.
There aren't many opportunities in my country.
How long did it take you?
I saw him in the middle of the crowd.
Are you sure?
Write to me more often.
The bank is near here.
That's what I thought.
These figures are wrong.
He's with a tall man.
You shouldn't talk like that.
Mine aren't young.
Where are those people from?
There are a lot of cases like this one.
We'll learn this process step by step.
You're a friend of hers.
We're going to need a lot.
If it's not there, then where is it?
Where is the teacher?
Are there many opportunities in your country?
My boss is crazy.
How often do you see her?
If it doesn't work I'll kill myself.
I don't want to cause any more problems.
What are those?
Tell him to call me.
Does it rain much here?
What are you laughing about?
Your address isn't on the list.
Your sister is very young.
There aren't many birds in this area.
Their salaries are high.
Where's mine?
Mine are short.
You didn't bring what I brought.
When do you plan to renew your permit?
Why are you the boss?
These results are bad.
You're going to regret it.
There's a little water in the glass.
Mine and hers are similar.
This isn't my address.
Tigers are dangerous animals.

Yours are over there.
They're tired.
This is for him.
The teacher is here.
I completely forgot (about) it.
Hers are the cheap ones.
Theirs are the blue ones.
Who's the boss here?
The glasses are empty.
You're wrong.
Park wherever you can.
You didn't hear what I heard.
These words are German.
The list is long.
My house is in a small town.
Who's calling me?
These lists are long.
There are never any people in that shop.
They're friends of ours.
Are you there?
You didn't see what I saw.
I'm always hungry.
It's not the only solution.
I need your authorisation before making the payment.
Don't carry heavy things.
The Earth is round like an orange.
Almost everyone was surprised.
Where's that actor from?
It's worse than I thought.
Those flowers are beautiful.
What was he doing when you saw him?
Attend all the classes.
Congratulations!
That list is very long.
I want to take this occasion to express my gratitude.
Leave a message with my secretary.
Tell him I've gone to the beach.
It's not for her.
I'm looking for a new house.
I usually smoke Spanish cigarettes.
Which one is yours, this one or that one?
It's going to cost much more this time.
I'm the new teacher.
The magazine is new.
There is some important news today.
It's not necessary.

He is wearing a red cape and a blue bodysuit. His belt is yellow. He is wearing yellow boots. He has a silver helmet on his head. He has a big hammer to fight his enemies. Who is he?

He is wearing a bodysuit. It is red. He has a hood on his face. On his bodysuit, there is a yellow lightening. He is wearing yellow boots too. Who is he?

She is wearing a golden tiara with a red star and golden bracelets. She is wearing red and white boots. She is also wearing a body suit: the top is red and gold, the bottom is blue with white stars. Sometimes, she is wearing a blue skirt with white stars. Who is she?

She is dressed in red. She is wearing a long red cape. She has a kind of red tiara on her head. She is wearing a long red skirt and a red tank top. Who is she?