The Comparis on Between Chinese and Western Cultures——from the Full Name of Westerner

Full name is one of the similarities and differences between western country and Chi- na It is not only the language and symbol, hut also the reflection of rich history and culture. This passage will simply introduce the origin of family name, then combine the deriving of family name in the western country and several concerning factors of naming in the western country to com- pare Chinese and western cultures.     

Awareness of Cultural Differences in English Learning

This paper attempts to analyze the cultural difference in three perspectives.It is hoped that through what has been discussed,Chinese learners of English are made aware of the importance of studying the culture of the target country and of studying the language in the cultural context.     

Price leadership strategy or branding strategy:an empirical test of indigenous Chinese exporters

The effects of price leadership strategies and branding strategies on the export performance of indigenous Chinese exporters with a focus on developing country markets and developed country markets are examined based on the principles of strategy-environment co-alignment and marketing segmentation theory. Findings suggest that when focusing on developing country markets, the use of a branding strategy is more likely to enhance export performance. When focusing on developed country markets, neither the use of a price leadership strategy nor the use of a branding strategy enhances export performance. Finally, theoretical and managerial implications of the findings are discussed.     

n, Hubei Provinc

ntation of Chinese opening policy, more and more foreigners come to work, study and travel in China. Meanwhile, more and more nurses in our country go out to work in other countries. Because of the high level of our nursin     

A Comparison between Life of Chinese Women and That of American Ones

The United States is the largest developed country in the world and China is the largest developing country in the world. As America and China are playing increasingly important roles in the world, people are eager to learn more about these countries. This paper makes a comparison of the lives of Chinese and American women so as to give readers an idea of the cultures, customs and values of these two countries. The discussion of women’s lives in China and America is conducted from three aspects, namely, occupation, women and family, women’s education.     

Chinese Americans

For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurantsand laundres1.People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by theprejudice2 and discrimination that faced them in this country. The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush3 of 1849.Like mostof the other people there,they had come to search for gold.In that largely unoccupied land,the men staked4a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground.However.either because the Chinese were so     

Aplogizing Comparison between English and Chinese Culture

Language and environment influence each other crossly.Comparing Australian and Chinese culture and language environment,it is not hard to find that they belong to totally opposite different way.From the point of context,the former is low-context and the latter is a traditionally much high-context culture country.In this essay,the different ways and understanding of apology will be explored.Also,analysis of the types,influences,is involved the apologies and the differences in the selection of the apology strategies between English and Chinese.The interesting research is gender influencing the apologies choosing,which will be discussed at the last of assignment.     

A Glimpse to the Differences between Chinese and American Education——From the Perspective of Michael Phelps

Over the long process of history,education has always been considered as the reflection of civilization in any society.The first Chinese educational monograph On Learning states that "building a country,teaching for the first".In recent years,Chinese leaders even put forward the idea of "developing the country through science and education".It is clear that education is important for a country’s development.It plays a more strategically vital role in a world superpower like the United States.Chinese and American education,to some extent,represent eastern and western education.Under which,there are many different talents coming out.In 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics,his unprecedented achievement of eight gold medals makes Michael Phelps one of them.As an American legend,his education is a typical case,but also an epitome of American education.Based on Michael Phelps’s story and education,the thesis concentrates on differences between Chinese and American education.From his childhood education,performance before competitions,and his night life,the thesis analyses characteristics of American education,compares differences in Chinese and American primary and family education,educational essence and curriculums,and probes the causes and effects of those differences.In the end,the thesis puts forward some constructive advice for the reform of Chinese education under current condition in China.     

A Research on the Construction of University R＆D Management Team in China

The system of Chinese universities R＆D as a branch of the system of the whole country R＆D, has a great effect on the development and innovation of country＇s science and technique. Consequently, it＇s important to construct an effective management team with high diathesis for University R＆D management. Based on the statistics of the case study, this thesis finds out some problems of management team function, and other problems, therefore gives some proposals on R＆D management team construction.     

A Cross-Cultural Perspective: An Integration of Traditional Chinese Culture into College English Textbooks

Teaching language is teaching culture. English is an international language with local and global significance.In“New Horizon College English”, Chinese culture elements are deficient, which is not conducive to our country’s higher education and cross-cultural communication skills and to achieve the goal of innovation of Chinese culture. As an important part of world culture, Chinese culture should be integrated into college English education. College English teaching materials should include not only western cultural elements but also fully present Chinese culture elements.     

Good or Bad? : Learning Globalization, Postmodernity and a Changing China Education System

Under the setting of globalization, in the late 1970s, China began to carry out ’the reform and opening-up policy’. During 30 years reform process, Chinese economy has a great growth. The ’market mechanism’ and its effectiveness were adopted by Chinese people. With the deep reform of health system, Chinese government delegates more decision-making power to the hospitals, thus ’in employment terms, as two of largest industries (health and education) in every country’ (Meadmore P. 1999 p.91), the reform of education has become a hot topic in social debate. In other words, in the field of education in China today, marketization of education is highly focused, causing concerns of various social classes: What are the reforms? What are the results reforms bring about? On exploring the effects of globalization on Chinese education in modernity and presenting advantages and disadvantages in the process of the ’market mechanism’ working in and through education to reconsider a market education system creates an external competition for public schools.     

Chinese Cuisine Culture and Current Situation of its Translation

Chinese cuisine is the main reflection of our country’s cuisine culture.It contains profound historical and cultural background.Besides,it permeates folk-custom taste and local manners.Since the name of a cuisine is the first impression given to a dining person,undoubtedly,its translation is very important in cultural dissemination and communication.But actually,there are many problems exist in Chinese cuisine translation at present.This paper is based on a massive collection of Chinese cuisine’s translation,classification,analysis.Besides,it has found out cultural connotation,current situation and the causes from the cultural angle;discussed the basic requirements of translating Chinese cuisine.     

筷子的故事

China was the first country in the world to use chopsticks and has ahistory(历史) of more than(超过) 3,000 years eating meals with chopsticks. Chinese people usually usebamboo(竹子) orwood(木头) to make chopsticks. And it wascommon(普遍的) for rich people to use silver or gold chopsticks in the old days.     

A Tentative Study of Chinglish in Translation of Advertisement

Since the policy of reform and opening up began in 1978,the economy of our country has made rapid progress.While applauding the success achieved,we regret to see many problems still exist,among which Chinglish is a prominent one.It has not only hindered the international communication between China and foreign countries,even worse,spoiled Chinese image on the stage of globalization.This thesis chooses the field of advertisement as the topic and attempt to research for the causes and manifestations of Chinglish.At the same time,it is devoted to discussing ways to reduce Chinglish,with a view to bringing translation to a higher standard.     

International Migration for Educational Purposes——A Study of Chinese Students Studying for a Master Degree in the UK

This study was initiated by dramatic increase of international migration for educational purpose. The paper aims to investigate the reasons behind Chinesel students’ choice of studying in the UK from two different aspects of ’push’ factors and ’pull’ factors.The study was carried out among Chinese students studying in the university of Bristol, Cardiff University the University of Edinburgh. Both questionnaire and interview were used in data collection. The general findings showed that students’ study destination choice was influenced by ’push’ factors from students’ home country and ’pull’ factors from the host country.     

Comparison between Chinese and American Infant Family Education

I.Features of Chinese and American Infant Family Education
As we know, with the development of the world, the parents are required to establish a new scientific concept about family education of infants which includes the remodeling of par- ents＇ roles, proper construction of infants＇ in- telligence quality and proper attitudes towards infants＇ improper behaviors and habits. There are great different between Chinese and Ameri- can culture, thus the infant family education are also different. They have their own features in conception and educational ways. China is a long historical country, its deep educational culture influence the elements of infant family education. So the Chinese parents always em- phasis on social enlightenment, the parents take the social compatible enlightenment seriously. They often train their children under established forms, and lay down the broad road for their growth. Compared with Chinese, American par- ents provide the children an environment for growth resistant to them and foster their tena- cious capacity.     

Cultural Elements of English Movie Title

Movie title is the name of a movie which to some extent determines the audience’s choice to watch the movie or not.English movie title,as a special kind of English language,reflects language and culture of the specific English country.To better understand and appreciate the movie,it is essential to understand the cultural elements of the English movie title.The thesis with start with the introduction of movie title and its naming approaches,then analyze the three cultural elements that is historical,religious and linguistic cultural elements in English movie title in the hope of providing helpful background knowledge for Chinese audience to better appreciate the English culture.     

Abstracts of Major Papers in This Issue

On the new elucidation about socialism with Chinese characteristics （SCC） in the report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China by YAN Guo-hua, YU Ye-jun p. 5 Abstract ： The report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China has given a profound elucidation on the theory of socialism with Chinese characteristics （SCC） and eliminated some confusion. For ex- ample, the Party＇ s confidence in socialist path, its confidence in related theories and its confidence in systems lay a solid mass foundation for SCC; The report attaches great importance to developing legal system based on the ＂Five-in-One＂ principle ; The theory of core socialist values in such aspects as country, society and morality in the report is propitious to providing powerful intellectual impetus for SCC; The logical relation between the two theories of SCC shows clearly that the Party will neither implement the old and rigid closed-door policy nor take an erroneous path. Key words： the Communist Party of China; the Report to the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China; socialism with Chinese characteristics; understanding     

限时阅读理解五篇(英文)

A China protects heritage China is home to many folk arts hundreds or thousands of years old．But many of these arts are being threatened with extinction．The Chinese government is now working hard to keep the country’S traditions     

The Totem Culture of Chinese Dragon

This paper addresses the totem culture of Chinese dragon by introducing the origin of the Chinese dragon,exploring the totem culture by its social and folk customs and the relations with each country’s cultural features.