before. Talking with people is one of my favorite activities, so being able to speak a new language lets me meet new people, participate in conversations, and form new, unforgettable friendships. Now that I speak a foreign language, instead of staring into space when English is being spoken, I can participate and make friends. I am able to reach out to others and bridge the gap between my language and culture and theirs

Translation( Chinese to English Unit 1 1.等我赶到顶楼会议室时,他们已经离开了。( by the time By the time I got to the meeting room on the top floor, they had already left. 这一节目迎合大众的许多不同的兴趣和品味。( cater)

When Laura reached school-going age the discussions about moving became more urgent Her father did not want the children to go to school with the village children and for once her mother agreed with him. Not because, as he said, they ought to have a better education than they could get at Lark Rise; but because she feared they would tear their clothes

Testing for AR(IS eria Correlation Want to be able to test for whether the errors are serially correlated or not Want to test the null thatp=0 in u,=pu, 1 +et=2.. where u is the model error

Ch. 17 Maximum likelihood estimation e identica ation process having led to a tentative formulation for the model, we then need to obtain efficient estimates of the parameters. After the parameters have been estimated, the fitted model will be subjected to diagnostic checks This chapter contains a general account of likelihood method for estimation of the parameters in the stochastic model

Elements of Designing an Experiment Goal is to assess your hypothesis The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing-[Tom Curran, AFRL] The design goal for your experiment is to achieve your objective and satisfy your success criteria. Your HOS are the touchstones for your experimental design

Some key facts 2. 8 billion people two in five--stil struggle to survive on less than $2 a dav In 2000, 1. 1 billion people did not have reasonable access to safe drinking water World population will increase from 6.4 billion today to 8.9 billion by 2050

1. due: (showing arrangements made in advance) expected; supposed (to) Examples: The next train to London is due here at 4 o 'clock. The plane that was due to arrive at 10 has been delayed for 2 hours by a heavy fog

Ch. 13 Difference Equations 1 First-Order Difference Equations Suppose we are given a dynamic equation relating the value y takes on at date t to another variables Wt and to the value y took in the previous period: where o is a constant. Equation(1)is a linear first-order difference equation a difference equation is an expression relating a variable yt to its previous values