[00:10.05]UNIT13 [00:13.77]Norman Bethune: a Canadian Hero in China [00:18.69]Norman Bethune was born in Gravenhurst, [00:23.72]Ontario, Canada in 1890. [00:26.02]His family had a long history [00:29.52]of human service, a fact [00:31.49]that undoubt...
[00:00.00]One evening a sea breeze [00:02.29]was causing a window [00:03.50]on a campus dormitory [00:04.70]to crash repeatedly as the [00:06.88]clasp on it had been broken. [00:09.84]The Duct tape put a swift [00:12.02]end to the nuisance [00:13.56]...
[00:00.00]One of the typical uses [00:01.96]of the duct tape is to [00:03.60]repair a leak in [00:04.69]a faucet or water tap. [00:06.55]If the hose of a vacuum [00:09.07]cleaner has a hole in it, [00:10.92]The duct tape will [00:12.13]come to rescue...
[00:00.00]Ingenious people have found many [00:02.61]alternative uses for this tape. [00:05.02]The binder on the tape [00:06.99]is of good quality and it [00:08.74]will stick to most surfaces. [00:10.92]The tape is of great strength. [00:13.12]It is...
[00:07.21]UNIT12 [00:12.03]The Duct Tape [00:14.00]Among the contents of [00:16.62]the toolboxes of most people [00:18.92]in the western world [00:20.23]you would expect to find [00:21.76]a hammer and nails, a drill, [00:24.17]screwdrivers and some s...
[00:00.00]Hurricanes seldom reach Ontario, [00:02.72]Canada, but in 1954 [00:05.02]Hurricane Hazel exposed the residents [00:09.07]of Toronto to an awful night [00:11.47]of flooding and terror. [00:13.45]Responding to the disaster [00:15.96]required...
[00:07.32]UNIT11 [00:11.91]Sky Watch [00:13.88]Today the wind and rain drove [00:17.71]fiercely against my apartment window. [00:20.99]It was the tail end of a typhoon. [00:24.06]Every year, as the [00:26.90]calendar indicates the approach of autumn,...
[00:00.00]Canadas becoming a nation [00:02.06]was not an easy road. [00:04.25]Canadas remaining a nation [00:06.44]has perhaps been [00:07.96]an even harder road. [00:09.61]There were many challenges [00:11.14]facing it over the first [00:12.89]one h...
[00:00.00]The development of the country, [00:02.83]as we know it today, [00:04.47]was an evolutionary process [00:05.89]over more than eight decades. [00:08.63]Manitoba became a province [00:11.69]after some controversial events [00:13.88]involving...
[00:00.00]After much complicated debate [00:02.18]at another convention in Quebec City [00:05.13]that same year, the delegates [00:07.21]submitted a draft of an agreement [00:08.96]for the formation of [00:10.82]the Dominion of Canada. [00:12.68]The...
