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1、英语经典essay-RaisedinBoothbayHarbor导读:这一篇经典的英语essay文字运用得精彩,布斯湾港经作者的笔而变得不再平凡,其实在我们生活的地方同样和作者的家乡一样,只要我们心中有爱、只要我们能够包容它的不完美、只要我们永远不放弃让它变得更好、只要我们去体会与感悟,那么我们同样能写出一篇经典英语essay,这篇英语经典essay由留学作业网、英语经典essay中心essay范文频道整理推荐。Iamayoungwhitefemale,whowasraisedinBoothbayHarborasmalltowninMaine.Ih
2、avebeentheresinchttp://www.ukassignment.org/essayfw/19647.htmleIwassix,mygrandparentshavelivedthereforthirtyyears,soIspentmysummersheresincebirth.WhenIwasyoung,Icouldcountonbothhandsthenumberofpeopleinoutcommunitythatweredifferentrace,skincolorandethnicity.Iamnowtwenty-six,Iha
3、veleft,retunedandrepeatedthisprocesstwicemore.WhenIfinallyreturnedtomyhometownitwasbasicallythesameexceptithadbecomeaslightlymorediverseregion.Thereisonemorethingthathadchanged-Iwasgay.Thissmalltown,whereIhadgrownupandhadthousandofmemories,goodandbad,wasnowoneofthescariestplac
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5、hiteAmericansthananyotherethnicity.Nowwedohaveotherethnicitieshere,butitisjustacoupleoffamiliesthereareafewAsianAmericans,acoupleofHispanicAmericans,andafewmoreAfricanAmericans.Inthesummer,wealsohavelargeJamaicanpopulation."ThepopulationinJuly2007:1,276,malesmakeup576whichis45
6、.2%,femalesmakeup700which54.8%."ThetownIliveisatouristtownandsomebusinesseshavecontractswithcompaniestohireJamaicansandbringthemhereforthesummertowork.Inthesummertime,wehavefairamountoftouriststhatcomefromeverywhere.ThereareanumberofRussiansthatcometoworkhereinthesummertimeatt
7、helocalrestaurants,liketheJamaicans.Thisiscreatinganeconomicimpactnotonlyonourcommunity,butothersaroundus.Theseworkersarecomingaslow-wageworkersandtakingsomejobsthatcouldgotothelocalpeople,ourcommunityisstrugglingtofindwork,liketherestofAmerica.Leadersinmycommunitytreatpeoplea
8、speople.Itisaverysmalltown,wheremostpeopleknoweachother.Mosto