How to Make a Fire?

Long, long ago people made fires from lightning(闪电). But they had to keep the fire burning, for they couldn't start it again if there was no lightning. Later, they found out hitting two pieces of stones together could make a spark(火花). The spark could fire dry leaves. In this way they could make the fire again if it went out. Then people also learned to make a fire by rubbing. They made a hole on a big piece of wood and put a smaller stick into the hole. They turned the stick again and a…     

Aestheticism and Morality in The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest is a comedy of manners set in the Victorian age. During this period, the rapid develop-ment of science and technology made people ignore the spiritual pursuit and leads to a society full of hypocrisy. In this comedy, Os-car Wilde satirizes the hypocrisy and repression of the Victorian morality under the veil of the aestheticism.     

Exploration of Speech Planning and Producing by Speech Error Analysis

Speech error analysis is an indirect way to discover speech planning and producing processes.From some speech errors made by people in their daily life,linguists and learners can reveal the planning and producing processes more easily and clearly.     

联合国安全理事会

International security(安全）means protecting the international community from harm and danger and maintaining world peace.Looking after matters that affect international security is the main job of the UN Security Council(SC).At present,the SC is made up of 15 people representing 15 member countries.     

A Famous Magician

Magician Liu Qian has made "magic" a hot word.His two shows for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala(春节联欢晚会)left people amazed and curious.     

Dolores Claiborne:Domestic Abuse is the Result of a Patriarchal Society

Dolores Claiborne is one of Stephen King’s finest works.It gives a comprehensive and stunning view at the judiciary and social corruption on domestic violence issues.And it has been made into a movie.The movie precisely describes the life of an abused woman.Dolores,the main character,covers all the characteristics of a typical abused housewife.Even the child molesta tion and the domestic cold violence typical in a domestic abuse family are presented in the movie.This movie pays much atten tion to the reality and is from the perspectives of females tells people the misery of women in the man’s world and tells people that the domestic abuses are the result of a patriarchal society.     

Being Aware of Sino-west Cultural Differences in the Teaching of English

This is an attempt to analyse the cultural differences between China and those countries whose people speak English as their mother tongue.The analysis is made here to caution that enough emphasis should be placed on this very difference in the teaching of the English language.     

浅析中英问候语文化差异(英文)

Daily Greetings may be the commonest expressions between people.Recently,a lot of scholars have begun to analyze the differences in greetings between English and Chinese.But they seldom explore the cultural factors that influence the differences in greetings.From the cultural points of view,this paper had made a comparative study of greetings in English and Chinese.Discussion focuses on the differences and similarities existing in greetings of the two languages and the culture factors that influence the differences.     

The relationshipbetween haze and the pursuit of wealth

In recent years,China’s economic construction has made unprecedented achievements in development.People’s living standards have been effectively improved,however,along with a wealth of material life,the quality of our environment has significantly decreased,especially in winter in north China,where the haze phenomenon is particularly serious,not only affecting people’s travel and health,but also reducing people’s happiness index.Focusing on the relationship between the haze and the pursuit of wealth,this article will try to explore how to coordinate the relationship between the development of the socio-economy and natural environment.     

快乐英语运动操

一、The Purple Martin Day(燕子节) Flies and other insects were all around.Theywere outside.They were inside.Some people triedto kill these insects with sprays.But the sprays didnot kill all the insects.And the sprays made plantsbed for wild birds to eat.     

学生习作点评(英文)

December 15,2001 Dear Tom,Glad to get your letter on December 12. Thank you for tell1 me about Martin Luther King.I have known the civil rights in the US better.Now I'll answer your question in your letter which is about the civil rights in China.There is a population of 1.26 billion and the population is made up of Han people and minority     

Cultural Differences between China and America

The Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English gives an explanation that culture is the customs,beliefs,art,music,and all the other products of human thought made by particular group of people at a particular time.Different nations have differ ent cultures.Various cultural factors result in different language forms.China and America are distinct in languages,customs,be haviors,values and many other aspects.It is the many differences between Chinese and Americans that constitute their own dis tinct cultures.We can see that people bring along their culture with them and stick to their cultural norms in their daily life.     

Oral English and the Characteristics of the Study

Oral English is widely used by the English national people of oral communication language form. Oral English, more flexible and changeable for occasions and speakers are free to use different. In addition, often appear pause, repeat phenomena, still can add some expression, posture, gestures and so on, to strengthen expression effect. In this paper, through the analysis of the characteristics of oral English, and targeted made the corresponding practice.     

A Bird Made of Grass

Today I go to the book shop with my classmate. On the way to shop①,beside the street we meet some people.They are selling manned birds.The birds are made by themselves with grass.I can’t help taking one of them.Oh,it's so beautiful and vivid.It have②two wide winas and a long     

Social Conventions and Human Tragedy in Richard Jefferies “the Acorn Gatherer”

Social conventions sometimes are regarded as valuable treasure in some culture. But it can also lead to human tragedy. The Arti cle here tried to look into the social and religious conventions behind the human tragedy in Richard Jefferies’ short story "the Acorn Gath erer" and how those conventions and people’s belief affect the relationship between the grandmother and her grandson in the short story. The article discussed the underlying causes to the tragedy from three aspects, the outside pressure, the inner factors and the problem of the society. It attempted to explain how the social pressure influenced the attitude and action of the grandmother, how her inner belief com pelled herself to maltreat the boy and how the social convention and religious belief made the society seemingly pitiless and indifferent. It is also indicated that social and religious conventions still have a lasting effect on how people think and act in today’s world.     

Intercultural Communication From an Interdisciplinary Perspective

The need for effective communication among the people of the world has never been more pressing than it is at the start of the 21 st century in this post-911 world. Recent breakthroughs in the fields of transportation, computing and telecommunications have combined to increase the ease and frequency of communication among members of different cultures. At the same time, developments in world politics have made the need for meaningful communication among different people a necessity for the survival of everyone on the planet. This paper describes a course that prepares students for global citizenship. The course helps students develop an informed understanding of global challenges and the skills to address those challenges. The paper offers specific teaching strategies and assignments that can be adapted to many disciplines.     

首字母填空型完形填空专练(英文)

阅读下列短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示填入所缺单词。AInthenineteenthcentury,peoplem1many inventions.For example,the camera,theelectric light and the radio.These all b2a big part of our life today.People made more great inventionsd3the first part of the twentieth centu-ry:films w4sound in1926,the com-puter in1928and jet(喷气)planes in1930.This was also a time when a new material wasfirst made:nylon came out in1935.Itc5the kind of clothes people wear.The middle part of the twentieth centuryb6ne…     

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Maybe few people saw the film before, but Ibis time you must go and see it.Because, it is one of the most classic animated cartoon and was made by Tim Burton in 1993, one of famous directors in Hollywood of America. And now the new 3-D （ Three-dimensional ） version of The Nightmare. Before. Christmas is ho! showing![第一段]     

The Smile Economy

Once upon a time,there was a king.His people thought too much about money,and this made him worried."What we really want is happiness.If so,why do we use money?" said the king.So he decided to make a change:use the Smile Economy.     

CPI,Cost of Living and Politics

All economic decisions are made based upon statistics, which are supposed to come from facts in real life. However, people are sometimes baffled by the conclusions drawn from different statistics, which present different pictures of our lives and society.