A Way of Life for Students

The Internet is a way of life for college students in the USA，with research showing them to be one of the most connected groups．A recent study by Harris Interactive and ３６０ Youth found that ９３ per cent of American college students visit the Internet，and this market is expected to grow from １５．２ million in２００３to１６．４million in２００７．That is slow but could be the result of the already high number of college Internet users．     

Though Different,We are One

Coming from a country with a population of only 23 million, to a city of more than eight million people has been a stimulating and re-warding challenge for me. Since landing in Wuhan, the warm and welcoming feeling is overwhelming, making me feel so welcome. The shopping, sights and attractions are abundant in their numbers, while the hustle and bustle of traffic has left me in awe.     

Though Different, We are One

<正>Coming from a country with a population of only 23 million, to a city of more than eight million people has been a stimulating and re-warding challenge for me. Since landing in Wuhan, the warm and welcoming     

印尼“斗羊”(英文)

In West Java, Indonesia, ram fighting is popular and champions in such a fight would cost up to 30 million rupiah (approximately RMB 30,000)each.Indonesia celebrated its 57th Independence Day on 17th August 2002. The picture shows two rams in a head-to-head clash at a flora and fauna fair held in Jakarta as part of the celebrations.     

Montage in The Sound and the Fury

Montage is a term in French architecture originally. Visual media borrows it to refer to the pictorial technique in which cut—out illustrations and fragments are re-arranged, producing a new composite picture with several different images. Literary field applies this artistic technique as a vehicle to create works, especially for stream-of-consciousness fiction which flourished in the early 20 thcentury. This article turns to account for the similarity of montage and literature to divide the writing technique into narrative montage and space montage and dissect the montage use in William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury which is distinguished by its space-skipping and mixed-expression.     

危险推文

With over a billion registered users and over 300 million active users, Twitter is one of the world＇ s most popular social networks. It＇s fast and easy to use, with a limit of just 140 characters per message. But you have to be careful what you write, or you could end up in trouble.     

A Keen Perception of the Essay The Libido for the Ugly

The Libido for the Ugly is an impressionistic essay written by H.L Mencken.In this writing,the author has strongly expressed his impression on the town he witnessed in his tour by using a lot of rhetoric words.The paper is aimed at analysing the text from the perspec tive of both impressionism and rhetoric devices in order to present a clear picture of writer’s intention and purpose in his writing to the readers as well as to point out the importance of the style and discoure employed by the writer.     

A Brief Introduction to AES

This essay first gives a brief introduction to AES systems and the main approaches employed by AES,then talks about AES’limitations and recent development,and finally discusses the pros and cons on it.By reviewing previous literature,this paper intends to provide a brief picture of AES systems for Chinese researchers,in the hope that they will learn from foreign examples and succeed in building a valid AES system for learners at home.     

明星薪酬知多少

In Hollywood, payday is king-we show you which stars make more than $20 million and which are plying(辛勤工作) their trade for a paltry(无价值的) payday in the single-digit millionsIn the race to the top of the Hollywood heap, money and power go hand in hand. Anyone hoping to win, place, or show relies on both to get them across the finish line. Based on various reports, here' s a sampling(取样) of Tinseltown' s payday prizewinners and pacesetters(先导者). $20 MILLION AND ABOVEWhitney Houston More than $100 million for a new multi album deal with Arista     

Computer vision supported by 3D geometric modelling

This paper suggests four data structures, one based on the other, for a geometric modeller suitable for computer vision. The structures are the key to advance from two-dimensional to three-dimensional automatic picture processing. Three application areas are indicated： one in semisynthetic design of materials, another in measurements of large three-dimensional industrial constructions, and the third one in robotics. There are comments on the software development needed.     

THE 1ST ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE TEFL-CHINA TONGHUA, AUGUST 12-15, 2002

TEFL-CHINA is a national organization whose mission is to strengthen the effective teaching and learning of English as a foreign language in China while developing international connections. The 1st Annual International Conference offers TEFL professionals, domestic and abroad, opportunities for professional development through the exchange of ideas and practices in English teaching and research. Participants integrate knowledge of current trends in the TEFL field while developing a professional network. In today's China, 500, 000 teachers teach more than 60 million students English, within 4 years the number of children learning English will have become nearly 100 million. Therefore,this conference will allow ideas and suggestions to be discussed and we will hopefully be able to formulate a methodology to follow and improve TEFL in China. Recently, Prof. Bao Tianren, head of TEFL-CHINA and the English Coaching Paper Office, met Mr. Phillip Griffin, executive officer of IATEFL, to discuss how TEFL-China can work closely with its counterparts all over the world. We would like warmly to invite all foreign experts in the field of TEFL and TESOL to come and give presentations at     

Deletions in the genomes of fifteen inbred mouse lines and their possible implications for fat accumulation

Copy number variants (CNVs) are pieces of genomic DNA of 1000 base pairs or longer which occur in a given genome at a different frequency than in a reference genome. Their importance as a source for phenotypic variability has been recognized only in the last couple of years. Chromosomal deletions can be seen as a special case of CNVs where stretches of DNA are missing in certain lines when compared to the reference genome of the mouse line C57BL/6, for example. Based upon more than 8 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the fifteen inbred mouse lines which were determined in a whole genome chip based resequencing project by Perlegen Sciences, we detected 20166 such long chromosomal deletions. They cover altogether between 4.4 million and 8.8 million base pairs, depending on the mouse line. Thus, their extent is comparable to that of SNPs. The chromosomal deletions were found by searching for clusters of missing values in the genotyping data by applying bioinformatics and biostatistical methods. In contrast to isolated missing values, clusters are likely the consequence of missing DNA probe rather than of a failed hybridization or deficient oligos. We analyzed these deletion sites in various ways. Twenty-two percent of these deletion sites overlap with exons; they could therefore affect a gene's functioning. The corresponding genes seem to exist in alternative forms, a phenomenon that reminds of the alternative forms of mRNA generated during gene splicing. We furthermore detected statistically significant association between hundreds of deletion sites and fat weight at the age of eight weeks.     

On Relationship between Language and Culture from Pragmatic Perspective

The idea that language and culture are closely related is normally abstract for most people.From pragmatic perspective,it’ s noteworthy to reveal a clearer and more detailed picture of the relationship between language and culture.Taking speech act,sociocultural pragmatics,contrastive pragmatics and interlanguage pragmatics as four aspects to study,the features and realiza tion patterns of their relationship are elaborated.Besides,implications of this study lie in the usage of the relationship in second language teaching and learning.     

Translation As A Language Teaching Technique

This paper is an attempt to argue for the use of translation in second language instruction. It presents various attitudes, both pro and con, towards this teaching method. It also gives an overview of the historical role of translation in the language teaching community in order to give a clear picture of the development of this method. In the end, the paper explains how the use of translation can benefit second language learning activities. Introduction     

Literary Text Translation from Functional Perspective

Functional linguistics has become the most influential linguistic theory in the field of translation study since the last de cade of 20th century.However,for the complexity of the context,it is uncommon and insufficient to explore literary texts.Draw ing a general picture of literary text translation from functional perspectives aims to probe into the functional modes of translation.     

A Corpus-based Investigation of NEED in Written American English

As one of the most frequent words in the English language,the study of NEED has attracted the attention of linguists in the late decades.Nonetheless,none of the previous research had ever examined the diachronic variation of NEED in American English from 1810s to 2000s as this study did,thus not in a position to make a comprehensive observation of NEED variation.The present study is based on a well-balanced corpora-Corpus of Historical American English(COHAE)1 to investigate the diachronic change of NEED in written American English.Moreover,intra-linguistic and extra-linguistic factors were analyzed to provide reasonable explanations for the differences in frequency.The aim was to improve the understanding of the development and variation of NEED usage in American English.The study suggests that before the 1900s,NEED as a model and verb in American English shows a distinct and complex picture different from that in the British English,but it shows similar development since then.It also finds that need to is undergoing grammaticalization.Another finding worth noting is that NEED undertakes degrammaticalization on the one hand and experiences regrammaticalization on the other hand.     

Novel Sensorless Vector Control System of Induction Machine Based on Flux Observer in Field Weakening

A speed-sensorless vector control system for induction machines （IMs）is presented, According to the vector control theory of IMs, the rotor flux is estimated based on a flux observer,and the speed is estimated through the method of q-axis rotor flux converging on zero with proportional integral regulator, A 0.75 kW,50 Hz,two-pole induction machine was used in the simulation and experimental verification, The simulation model was constructed in Matlab. A series of tests were performed in the field weakening region, for both no-load and loaded operation. The estimated speed tracks the actual speed well in the based speed region and field weakening region （ 1 per unit value to 4 per unit value）. The small estimation error of residual speed is due to the existence of slip.     

Assessing graduate attributes for employability in the context of lifelong learning： The holistic approach

To promote economic and personal growth, higher education students＇ employability, ensuring their preparedness for the workforce, is emphasized. From the employer＇s perspective, judging whether a graduate is employable depends upon whether the graduate exhibits the attributes which employers value. Yet, with the growing emphasis on lifelong learning, it is important for higher education to re-consider and reframe the development and assessment of attributes of graduates in the context of lifelong learning. In this paper, these attributes will be explored in that context, and the issue of how assessment helps the development of graduate attributes is to be considered. Student engagement is proposed in this paper as the holistic, useful approach for the development of employability and lifelong learning. The holistic approach reflects the fact that what is required in a workforce is not the acquisition of knowledge, skills and dispositions per se, but the capability to make an engagement through which knowledge, skills and dispositions are connected as a whole. The lack of emphasis on students＇ engagement could lead to mistakenly selecting as important for the focus of assessment simply the acquisition of skills, knowledge or dispositions, rather than the holistic connection of these to their application in the workforce.