From where the second and third paragraph begins? The museum will be closed for two months from the 1st July while we carry out key improvements. We apologise for any problems caused during this time. The changes we are making to the museum will be quite major. We are opening two new rooms and adding many more exhibits. We are also planning to open a new café for our visitors. Do please come along to our grand reopening on the 1st September. We have arranged a visit from a well-known TV personality and, for this day only, all tickets will be half price.

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modal auxiliary. an auxiliary verb characteristically used with other verbs to express mood, aspect, or tense. in english, the most common modal auxiliaries are can, could, may, might, must, ought, shall, should, will, and would. also called modal .

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”