Wednesday, April 17, 2013

It's times like these

 
 
It’s times like these …
 
time = period = (moment) = era = epoch = generation

My time to be happy, to do what I want to do, to live my own life (emphatic) Can you live another person’s life? You can try
It’s common for the mothers of beauty contest candidates or participants live their daughters’ lives.

In my time, …
We live in a time …
Now is the time …
It’s times like these …

 

In the past there was as much uncertainty, insecurity. violence, loneliness (solitude) as there is today
The neighborhood has a provincial. parochial style
People are more individualistic or selfish or egotistical or self-centered
We are living in our time
We live in a time ...
  • of uncertainty
  • when people are lonely
  • when people are individualistic
Now is the time for people to rethink or re-assess their values
to assess = to evaluate
assessment = evaluation
go once a year
a child would go to sleep early


Here is the original video for your enjoyment





The US is still in shock after the recent bombings in Boston during the yearly marathon.

How would you react if someone said a sentence like this:
"It's times like these I am so glad I am not American".

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