On the Disillusionment of Willy Loman＇s Dream in Death of a Salesman

Arthur Miller＇s masterpiece Death of a Salesman is regarded as American myth and a contemporary tragedy. Its theme is closely related to American dream. The leading character Willy Loman is a traveling salesman, who lives a life chiefly in pursuit of the dream. This paper mainly probes into the disillusionment of Willy Loman＇S dream from different roles he plays in society as a common people, and in the family as a husband and as a father.     

The Use of English in Public Life in China

English as a world language has been paid much attention not only by individuals but also by governments in metropolises as well as small cities in China.Both individuals and governments in Tianjin,one of metropolises and Jiaozuo,one of small cities in China have realized the importance of English.Such a realization has resulted in the wide use of English in public facilities,such as traffic signs and tourist indicators,and English banking service Also,individual Chinese of different ages have a strong desire to learn English.Through comparing the use of English in a public life in these two cities,the authors intend to show a wide use of English in public life in China.     

图片新闻(英文)

In contemporary usage,a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors,ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park,beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,and usually in summer.     

Names in Chinese and in English

Name is a sign as well as an information carrier through which people can better perceive a society and its culture in various aspects.This paper aims at making a general introduction about names in Chinese and English and some implications reflected in Chinese and English names so as to help enhance intercultural awareness and improve mutual understanding in communication.     

Reading and education for students of immigrant origin in some Swedish municipalities

Researchers from Mid Sweden University and Kalmar University organised surveys on reading skills in Swedish municipalities. This paper will focus on the surveys made in four municipalities between 2002 and 2007. All students in grade 8 in these four municipalities participated in the surveys--in total 16,287 students. These surveys included a reading test for the students and information about the students collected from the teachers, including participation in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in their mother tongues. Students of immigrant origin in Sweden are offered the possibility to participate in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in instruction in the student＇s mother tongue. No obvious trends over time in the participation in Swedish as a second language and mother tongue instruction were found in the four municipalities on the tests we gave, in spite of national trends. There was no difference in results on the reading tests in Swedish between those students who participated in mother tongue instruction and those who did not, but there was a difference in test results between those who participated in Swedish as a second language and those who did not. Those who did not participate （in Swedish as a second language instruction） did, on average, score higher on the test. When different language groups are compared, it can be noted that a majority in all groups of immigrant students neither participate in Swedish as a second language nor in mother tongue instruction. However, there are important differences between boys and girls and between language groups. Girls seemed to be more willing than boys to participate in voluntary mother tongue instruction, while boys more often than girls had to participate in compulsory lessons in Swedish as a second language.     

浅议二语习得策略中的性别差异(英文)

Sex has been studied as a factor of variation in sociolinguistics.Research in this field shows great differences in language use depending on the sex of the speaker and the listen- er.However,sex as a variable has not received much attention in the field of second language learning/teaching,studies specifically designed study sex as a variable in language learning strategies are few compared with research on other factors such as age,motivation,educational level and“good language learners”.The aim of thi...     

Graph rigidity and localization of multi-robot formations

INTRODUCTION In order for a team of mobile robots to navigateautonomously in some desired formations and fur-ther perform cooperative tasks, such as surveillanceand target acquisition, they must be able to localizethemselves in the formation as well as in a globalreference frame (Belta and Kumar, 2001; Das et al.,2002). Therefore, how to estimate the robots’po-sitions and orientations (poses) in a precise andefficient way is of particular interest. Our interestwas in localizing a team o…     

Study finds more giant pandas

Giant pandas may not be in as much danger of extinction as feared with a new British-Chinese study finding there could be twice as many living in the wild as previously thought, scientists said on June 19. "This finding indicates that the species may have a significantly better chance of long-term viability (生存能力) than recently anticipated, and that this beautiful animal may have a brighter future," the scientists said in a statement. Until now scientists thought there were about 1,590 giant pandas living in reserves in the mountains of China. But scientists from Britain's Cardiff University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences now think there could be as many as 3,000 there after a survey using a new method to profile DNA from panda faces revealed     

叔叔乔的牛车

MY dad had done wellin his end of schoolexams and got agood job in the civil servicein Dubfin.This allowed himto leave the small farm hegrew up on and move tothe city for a better life.Hisbrother Joe stayed on theland but he hated having towork in the same place allthe time.So his uncles andmy dad chipped in(筹集资金)and helped him to buy a cattletruck.It was a big truck,capable of holding up to a dozen bigcattle.You could also slide boards into the middle of thecontainer,making it a two tier carrier for sheep.Uncle loedrove his own animals to markets and fairs in the western andmidland towns and as fir as Dubhn,the capital on the eastcoast.He also carried animals for others in return for a fee.Inother words he became a haulier(货运车夫)as well as a firmerin his own right.In this way he soon became the wealthiestman in his parish(教区),as well as the happiest,because heloved the roads.He loved meeting difierent people all thetime     

咱们中国人飞上太空啦

Astronaut as role modelChina's first astronaut Yang Liwei returned to Earth on Oct. 16 after a historic manned space mission. Yang, 38, became an instant hero in China.Bom to a family, of teachers in 1965 in Suizhong County, northeast China' s Liaoning Province, Yang had a happy and tranquil childhood. , He was intelligent as a child and a good     

教你正确用(二十三) A Cup of English(英文)

Dos and Don'ts in America-美国文化点滴 Living in a different culture sometimes can be stressful. The term "Culture Shock" is often used to describe a person's excitement, confusion, frustration, and eventual adaptation when getting into a new culture from his home culture. "Culture" includes many aspects, which can range from things as small as the way people drink coffee in the morning, to how they design their houses, and to things as big as their perceptions on the world-their philosophies. Today, let's chat a bit about     

Reclusive Life

When I was a little girl,I would imagine myself being in a faraway island-like Robinson in the famous Robinson Crusoe.I figured,as long as I gain the skills of building,farming and the like,I will be able to live a happy reclusive life. The images of myself living in a small treehouse in a deep woods,an island in the sea,or even a waterhouse under the ocean,far from other human beings,come to my mind occasionally,always with a sense of     

A Tentative Study of Local Colorism Writing Style through Mark Twain’s Work

Local colorism as a trend first came to prominence in the late 19th century in America. The local colorists were devoted to capturing the unique customs, manners, speech, folklore and other qualities of a particular regional community, usually in humorous short stories. The most famous local colorist was Mark Twain. His fiction The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884, was regarded as"the first great novel in America", as well as the most classical work of local colorism.     

A Child Star will Grow Up

Not long ago, Jin Ming (金铭) , dressed as an adult, acted as ajudge in a competition for Super Star organized by Southeast TV (东南电视台) . She wore a low-necked dress in red, with a roll of hair and     

No Ideas But In Things—A study of 'The Revelation' by William Carlos Williams

This is the poet's business. Not to talk in vague categories but to write particularly, as a physician works upona patient. upon the thing before him, in the particular to discover the universal. —— William carlos williams Taken as a subject matter, dreams are found both in conventional poems and in modernpoems. Undoubtedly, as everyone dreams in life,dreaming is part of our life experience. How-     

Policy Metamorphosis in China: A Case Study of Minban Education in Shanghai

This is a book on policy study in the Chinese mainland by an insider with an outsider perspective.With contemporary policies on minban schooling in Shanghai as a case study,Ding illustrates and analyzes a case of policy metamorphosis in the contemporary Chinese mainland. The book is based on a well-designed qualitative study with 65 in-depth interviews in 2001 and 2004.Ding tries to figure out the logic of policy implementation in Shanghai as an "insider" while having a clear awareness of the dilemma of studying a policy issue in her own culture.She makes the best use of her identity as an insider,not only as a Chinese but as someone who knows some "inside" stories concerning the issue interviewed.As Ding pointed out,"I had obtained some firsthand information about minban education in Shanghai,so that when I sensed that the informants were talking superficially,I let them know that I had heard some inside stories (which usually had very different versions).In this way,sensitive data emerged." (Ding,2011,p.145).This is true,since the views expressed in most interview data Ding collected cannot be found in public or official documents,and are also rarely found in the academic literature.     

她命中注定英年早逝吗？(英文)

When you worry about your health,chances are you think about drinking more water or getting a Pap test.But in developing nations around the world,millions of young women are engaged in a battle against health problems that are shockingly simple to fight-health problems we don't even give a thought to. As mind-boggling as it is.approximately 3 million women and girl-in countries as far away as Bangladesh and as near as Mexico-could die this year of tuberculosis,pneumonia and other preventable diseases that doctors have known how to treat for decades. "There was a huge public outcry a few years ago when a young woman in Vermont died of malaria,"notes Nils Daulaire,M.D.,president and CEO of the Global Health Council "It was a tragedy,but one that happens every hour in the developing world."     

George Eliot’s Humanistic View and Feminist View

George Eliot is a great authoress in the Victorian age. She has made great contribution in many fields such as:philoso-phy, literature and humanism. However she is a controversial novelist as well not ...     

关于幸福生活的50个建议(英文)

In my opinion,these things matter... 1.Listening enough to care and caring enough to listen. 2.Being a dreamer but not living in a dream world. 3.Saying“It doesn’t matter”and mean- ing it. 4.Being a positive influence in any way possible,to as many as possible,for as long as I possibly can.