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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government. It sits atop Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Though not at the geographic center of the Federal District, the Capitol forms the origin point for the District's street-numbering system and the District's four quadrants.

The original building was completed in 1800 and was subsequently expanded, particularly with the addition of the massive dome, and expanded chambers for the bicameral legislature, the House of Representatives in the south wing and the Senate in the north wing. Like the principal buildings of the executive and judicial branches, the Capitol is built in a distinctive neoclassical style and has a white exterior. Both its east and west elevations are formally referred to as "fronts", though only the east front was intended for the reception of visitors and dignitaries.

Prior to establishing the nation's capital in Washington, D.C., the United States Congress and its predecessors had met in Philadelphia (Independence Hall and Congress Hall), New York City (Federal Hall), and a number of other locations (York, Pennsylvania; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Maryland State House in Annapolis, Maryland; and Nassau Hall in Princeton, New Jersey). In September 1774, the First Continental Congress brought together delegates from the colonies in Philadelphia, followed by the Second Continental Congress, which met from May 1775 to March 1781.

1. When was the original Capitol Building finished?
2. Did they add on?
3. What did they put on top?
4. What did they make chambers bigger for?
5. What are the two parts of that?
6. Who got the south side?
7. Where did the Senate go?
8. What is the full name of the Capitol Building?
9. Where is it?
10. Where is that?
11. What city?
12. How many quadrants does the Federal District have?
13. What starts at the Capitol?
14. Is it in the middle of the Federal District?
15. Did they congress meet in only one place before they had the capitol?
16. Did they only use one city?
17. Where did they meet in NYC?
18. What about in Philadelphia?
19. When was the First Continental Congress?
20. What about the Second?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. 1800
2. yes
3. the massive dome
4. for the bicameral legislature
5. the House of Representatives and the Senate
6. the House of Representatives
7. the north wing
8. The United States Capitol
9. Capitol Hil
10. at the eastern end of the National Mall
11. Washington, D.C.
12. four
13. the District's street-numbering system and the District's four quadrants
14. no
15. no
16. no
17. Federal Hall
18. Independence Hall and Congress Hall
19. September 1774
20. May 1775 to March 1781.

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The Han Chinese, Han people or simply Han (; ; Han characters: (Mandarin pinyin: "Hanren"; literally "Han people") or (pinyin: "Hanzu"; literally "Han ethnicity" or "Han ethnic group")) are an East Asian ethnic group. They constitute approximately 92% of the population of China, 95% of Taiwan (Han Taiwanese), 76% of Singapore, 23% of Malaysia and about 17% of the global population, making them the world's largest ethnic group with over 1.3 billion people.

The name "Han" was derived from the Han dynasty, which succeeded the short-lived Qin dynasty, and is historically considered to be the first golden age of China's Imperial era due to the power and influence it projected over much of Asia. As a result of the dynasty's prominence in inter-ethnic and pre-modern international matters, many Chinese began identifying themselves as the "people of Han" (), a name that has been carried down to this day. Similarly, the Chinese language also came to be named the "Han language" () ever since. In the "Oxford Dictionary", the Han are defined as "The dominant ethnic group in China". In the "Encyclopedia of the Peoples of Asia and Oceania", the Han are called the dominant population in "China, as well as in Taiwan and Singapore." According to the "Merriam-Webster Dictionary", the Han are "the Chinese peoples especially as distinguished from non-Chinese (such as Mongolian) elements in the population."

1. Where do the Han originate?
2. What part of Asia are they from?
3. Are they considered a race or ethnic group?
4. Where does their name come from?
5. What was the dynasty before that one/
6. Was the Han a powerful dynasty?
7. What did some Chinese begin calling themselves?
8. What did they start calling the Chinese language?
9. How much of the population in China is made up of Hans?
10. What about Singapore?
11. Taiwan?
12. In Malaysia?
13. How many are there in the whole world?
14. How many people is that?
15. Where do they rank among the world's ethnic groups?
16. What are they called in Taiwan?
17. In Mandarin pinyin?
18. What does that mean?
19. What are they called in pinyin?
20. In regular pinyin?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. unknown
2. East Asian
3. ethnic group
4. Han dynasty
5. Qin dynasty
6. yes
7. people of Han
8. Han language
9. 92%
10. 76%
11. 95%
12. 23%
13. 17%
14. over 1.3 billion people
15. world's largest
16. Han Taiwanese
17. Hanren
18. Han people
19. Hanren literally Han people
20. Hanzu

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There seems to be a general assumption that brilliant people cannot stand routine ; that they need a varied , exciting life in order to do their best . It is also assumed that dull people are particularly suited for dull work . We are told that the reason the present-day young complain so loudly about the dullness of jobs is that they are better educated and brighter than the young of the past .

Actually , there is no evidence that people who achieve a lot desire , let alone live , colorful lives . The opposite is nearer the truth . Einstein worked out his theory of relativity while serving as a clerk in a Swiss patent office . Immanuel Kant's daily life was a dull routine . The housewives of Konigsberg set their clocks when they saw him pass , on his way to the university . He took the same walk each morning , rain or shine . The greatest distance Kant ever traveled was sixty miles from Konigsberg .

It may be true that work on the assembly line dulls the abilities and empties the mind , and the cure is only fewer hours of work at higher pay . But during fifty years as a workingman , I have found dull routine coexisting with an active mind . While doing dull , repetitive work by the water , I could talk with my partners and compose sentences in my mind , all at the same time . Chances are that had my work been too interesting I could not have done any thinking and composing at work or even on my own time after returning from work .

People who find dull jobs unbearable are often dull people who do not know what to do with themselves at leisure . Children and mature people will get used to dull routine , while the adolescent , who has lost the child's ability for concentration and is without the inner resources of the mature , needs excitement and novelty to get rid of boredom .

1. Who needs excitement and novelty?
2. What is the general assumption?
3. What else?
4. Do you think it is true?
5. What is true
6. Who is someone that proves this?
7. How?
8. How long did the author work?
9. What did he find out?
10. What could he do while working?
11. What else?
12. What does he say about people that find dull jobs bad?
13. Who can get use to it?

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A:
1. adolescent
2. brilliant people cannot stand routine
3. dull people are particularly suited for dull work
4. No
5. The opposite
6. Einstein
7. worked out his theory of relativity while serving as a clerk in a Swiss patent office
8. fifty years
9. dull routine coexists with an active mind
10. I could talk with my partners
11. compose sentences in my mind
12. dull people who do not know what to do with themselves at leisure
13. Children and mature people