The Translation Comparison of Nicknames in Shui Hu Zhuan

Shui-Hu-Zhuan is one of the four masterpieces in China.The translation of this masterpiece plays an important part in enhancing the culture communication between the East and the West.This paper discusses the translation of nicknames in Shui-Hu-Zhuan.The author believes with the development of the culture communication,Shui-Hu-Zhuan will be accepted by more and more translators and will be widely spread all over the world.     

The Hong Kong Chinese University Document Retrieval Database——The Hong Kong Newspaper Full-text Database Projeet

This project is to collect, organize, index and store full-text and graphics of selected Chinese and English newspapers currently published in Hang Kong. The end product will be an electronic database available to researchers through local area network, Internet and dial-up users. New items of the day before and up to six months will be available for online searching, via key word or subject, Earlier cumulated nateriats alone with the same indexing and searchmg software will be archived to optical media (CD ROM disks). As Itong Kong experiences rapid social, financial, conmtercial, political, educational and cultural changes, our state-of-the-art comprehensive coverage of local and regional newspapers will be a landmark contribution to information industries and researchers internationally. As the coverage of the database will be comprehensive and centralized, retrieval of news items of major Hang Kong newspapers will be fast and immtediate. Users do no need to look through daily or bi-monthly indexes in order to go to the newspapers or cuttings to obtain the hard copy, and then bring to the photocopier machine to copy,At this stage, we are hiring librarians, information specialists and support staff to work on this project. We also met and work with newspaper indexing and retrieval system developers in Beijing and Hang Kong to study cooperative systems to speed up the process. So far, we have received funding support from the Chinese University and the Hong Kong Government for two years. It is our plan to have a presentable sample database done by mid 1995, and have several newspapers indexed and stored in the structure arid for mat easy formigration to the eventual database system by the end of 1996.     

A Look at The Syllabus of New Headway Intermediate Students’book and Its Implementation on Chinese Middle School Students

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the course book New Headway intermediate students’book.The teaching context of using this book will be described clearly before discussing the syllabus terms and types which are related to the course book.In addition,the selection and ordering of elements in this course book will be analyzed,the problems and solutions of using this book in teaching context will also be discussed.     

It works in practice

More tested lessons, suggestions, tips and techniques which have all worked for ETρreaders. Try them out for yourself - and then send us your own contribution.All the contributors to It Works in Practice in this issue of ETρwill receive a free copy of The Language Teacher's Voice by Alan Maley, published by Macmillan. Macmillan have kindly agreed to be sponsors of It Works in Practice for the coming year and contributors will be given copies of books in their Teacher Development Series.     

Road or Lu, Is It Still a Question?—On Translation of Road and Street Names from the Perspective of Functional Theories

The translation of road names from Chinese into English applies no specific standards up to date. Whether the roads should be re ferred in accordance with the nearby position or some symbolic buildings or simply be represented by a phonetic pronunciation which has no specific meaning in English has provoked some heated discussion. In this paper I employ the skopos theory and other relevant theories to put forward a new perspective of translating road and street names, with same emphasis on that of generic name and on specific name. Some illustrations will be made on the defects of the writing standard set by relevant Chinese laws and regulations as well as resolutions of the United Nations Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names, i.e. the adoption of a Single Romanization System, and Lu to be the generic name in China’s case. Also, I will further probe the existing translations of road and street names in major Chinese cities, most of which to be Road, either go against relevant laws or fail to inform foreign visitors. Finally, I will come up with the suggestion of ap plication of a combination of Lu and Road in translation of road and street names in accordance with functional approaches.     

Critique of What Children Think of Animals' Need: Aesthetic and Psycho-social Conceptions

This essay aims to present the strengths and weaknesses of the research in detail. The research problem and the research background will be given. The essay will also comment on the methods employed in this research in respect to interview, sampling, data collection and its analysis. Its validity and reliability will be discussed and the appropriateness of results, weaknesses and ethical problems will be pointed out. At the end it will show the findings and implications of this critique and its further development.     

Meanings in Sonnet 60 by Shakespeare——by Analyzing Rhetorical Devices and Sounds

The theme about the cruelty of time frequently appears in Shakespeare’s sonnets including the 60 th one. In this sonnet,rhetorical devices contribute to vividly express the meanings of the poem. That is time is cruel and ravaging and it destroys everything, but this poem will enable the young man’s worth or beauty to be free from the mighty power of the“bloody tyrant”time and to live forever. In addition, these meanings are reinforced by the sounds and rhythms.     

Globalization in Developing Countries

Globalization, like all important concepts, currently has many meanings and connotations. To most de- veloping contries, cultural imperialism has become the most important problem in their process of participating in glo- balization. In this article, issues in China will be analyzed in order to find the benefits and costs of the globalized media in developing countries. Culture imperialism and Americanization will be deeply concepted and argued by some strong statistics and examples. In addition, some valuable comments will be mentioned not only for China but also for most other developing contries.     

Analysis of Science Makes Sense from the Perspective of Thematic Structure

For each coherent passage, the ordering of sentences is governed by the topic. By identifying the sequencing pattern of sentences, the main point of a text will be clearly presented. Science Makes Sense is analyzed in this paper from the perspective of thematic structure to emphasize the importance of theme progression in English reading and writing.     

The Pursuit of Identity in Invisible Man

Invisible Man is a representative work of black literature in America.In this novel,the writer Ralph Ellison depicts the hero’s growth experience in the white dominated society with his unique narrative techniques.As an individual in a society,the hero in this novel gradually realizes that he is an invisible man in the white dominated society and he doesn’t have the social sta tus which can be recognized by the white at all.To change this situation,the hero in this novel suffers many difficulties and hard ships with an attempt to prove his existence in front of the white and the numerous black fellows and obtain his own identity as a black man which will be recognized by others.This paper tries to explore African American’s pursuit of identity in Invisible Man by interpreting Ellison’s Invisible Man.     

Observation and Feedback

Observation and feedback plays an important part in guiding normal teaching and especially contributes to achieving educational purposes in an organization.In this article,the role of observation and various kinds of observation will be clarified;the effectiveness of observation will be illustrated and the strengths and shortcomings of the existing system will be pointed out objectively.     

Observation and Feedback

Observation and feedback plays an important part in guiding normal teaching and especially contributes to achieving educational purposes in an organization.In this article,the role of observation and various kinds of observation will be clarified;the effectiveness of observation will be illustrated and the strengths and shortcomings of the existing system will be pointed out objectively.     

Vocabulary Learning Under New Curriculum——Grade Nine student in a Junior high school

1.Introduction This thesis focuses on the real situation of vocabulary learning in a Junior high school,located in countryside.First,this thesis will review some research conclusions on vocabulary learning.Then the author tries to explore the real situation of vocabulary learning in the high school,by analyzing the data collected from the questionnaire done by Grade Nine students.     

An Analysis of Symbolism in The Unicorn in the Garden

The Unicorn in the Garden,written by James Thurber,is an ironic short story.It is believed that this short story can be considered as a representative of the war between men and women.The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the use of symbolism in this short novel and therefore reveal the indifferent relationship and marital conflict between the husband and the wife.By the interpretation of the symbolic meanings of several images,this thesis will explore the humor,theme,as well as the characters of the husband and the wife.     

How to Promote Chinese Traditional Handicraft to Western Children

When discussing Chinese traditional handicraft, the definitions of the terms "Chinese culture" and "Chinese traditional handicraft " need to be understood. Then, considers literature survey of Chinese culture and Chinese traditional handicraft. It is useful to expand the background of Chinese culture and Chinese traditional handicraft. After it, the methodology of this research will be discussed. They will be presented in chapter 1.In the design of children’s book, it is worth noticing that the children’s interests. What are the classical cases and why they are successful. They will be presented in chapter 2.During the research, the fact that there are aesthetic appreciation for boys and girls that different is examined. Findings on this aspect will be presented in chapter 3.Gathering theories and findings for this research are placed within my own practice. And discussed the results and findings. They will be presented in chapter 4.Finally, it has a conclusion. It will evaluate the solved issue and forecast the developing trend of children’s book in future.     

Semantic support environment for research activity

Scholarly activities are a collection of academic related activities such as research, teaching and consultation work which result in research outputs such as journals, theses and articles in proceedings. The output will then be disseminated to researchers all over the world by means of the WWW. The four pillars of this scholarship i.e. discovery, teaching, application, and integration of knowledge are supported by research activities which often start with the process of identifying key research questions. The ocean of information available on the interact could sometimes cause the scholars to be ＂lost in Cyber Ocean＂ Thus, this study aims at recognizing the key research questions and suggesting a support environment for scholarly activities for novice researchers. A structured interview was conducted among researchers to capture three pertinent aspects of research activities： becoming proficient in the new field of research, reviewing a research paper and identifying special research interests in specific research areas. The analysis of the interview shows pertinent questions that scholar make while carrying out their research. The feedback provides an overview of the range and altitude of support needed by scholars in seeking information especially in the electronic joumal environment. Based on the result of the study, a proposal for system prototype and future work will be discussed.     

Bearing capacity and load transfer mechanism of a static drill rooted nodular pile in soft soil areas

The static drill rooted nodular pile is a new type of pile foundation consisting of precast nodular pile and the surrounding cemented soil. This composite pile has a relatively high bearing capacity and the mud pollution will be largely reduced during the construction process by using this type of pile. In order to investigate the bearing capacity and load transfer mechanism of this pile, a group of experiments were conducted to provide a comparison between this new pile and the bored pile. The axial force ofa precast nodular pile was also measured by the strain gauges installed on the pile to analyze the distribution of the axial force of the nodular pile and the skin friction supported by the surrounding soil, then 3D models were built by using the ABAQUS finite element program to investigate the load transfer mechanism of this composite pile in detail. By combining the results of field tests and the finite element method, the outcome showed that the bearing capacity of a static drill rooted nodular pile is higher than the bored pile, and that this composite pile will form a double stress dispersion system which will not only confirm the strength of the pile, but also make the skin friction to be fully mobilized. The settlement of this composite pile is mainly controlled by the precast nodular pile; meanwhile, the nodular pile and the surrounding cemented soil can be considered as deformation compatibility during the loading process. The nodes on the nodular pile play an important role during the load transfer process, the shear strength of the interface between the cemented soil and the soil of the static drill rooted pile is larger than that of the bored pile.