Thoreau’s philosophy of “simplify”

The essay expounds the philosophy of Thoreau’s "simplify" in aspect of meaning and reason.Closely connected with the relationship between human and nature,it enables us to see the point of a brooding,simple and sensible life of Thoreau.The end clarifies on a question:according to Thoreau,what is to have a simplify life? That’s to care for little,listen to one’s heart and do what one likes.The conclusion comes with an advocation that people keep a simple life with little greed,and take it as an ulti mate cure for the bothering life of today.     

Interpretation of Ecocriticism on The Call of the Wild

Ecocriticism is the combination of contemporary ecological thought and literary study,which has the double features of both literary and cultural criticism.The Call of the Wild is Jack London’ s masterpiece,and also one of his most successful animal novels.This paper attempts to interpret this novel from the perspective of ecologism to analyze the symbolic meaning of Buck’ s desocialization and his returning to nature.Also it emphasizes the theme that human beings should take their obligations seriously and live in harmony with nature.     

Guarding the Pure Land of the Heart—A Comparison of Outlooks on Life in Walden and Zhuangzi

Zhuangzi is the masterpiece of Zhuangzi, and Walden is the masterpiece of Henry David Thoreau. This paper intends to study the similarities of Zhuangzi’s and Thoreau’s outlooks on life by analyzing Thoreau’s origin with Taoism and the absorption from Taoism in Walden. By making a large amount of analysis and comparison of the texts in these two works, the paper comes to such a conclusion: both Thoreau and Zhuangzi advocate to simplify people’s material life and to seek voluntary poverty; they are willing to enjoy the solitude and pursue the spiritual independence and freedom; they prefer to return to nature, live harmoniously with nature and therefore reach the realm of"unity of heaven and humanity". They pay more attention to human existence and their spiritual state. In the complicated modern society, people devote themselves to seeking a materially rich life. However, they do not attach enough importance to spiritual richness. As a result, the whole human society is facing a serious spiritual crisis in modern times. Thoreau’s and Zhuangzi’s outlooks on life can lead people to go through various difficulties of life and guard the pure land of the heart.     

Confucianism in Walden—A Comparative Study of Walden and the Four Books

As is known to everyone, Henry David Thoreau was an outstanding American writer in the 19th century. However, he did not attract much attention at that time. In fact, Thoreau did not have a profound influence on American culture until the 20th century. It is generally acknowledged that his masterpiece Walden is one of the most outstanding literary works, in which the richness of thoughts contributes greatly to the spread of Thoreau's philosophy. Thanks to it, Thoreau's philosophy has attracted more and more attention. It is pleasantly surprised for a Chinese reader to find Confucianism in an American classical work of the 19th century. Many scholars have studied Confucianism in Walden in order to analyze how Confucianism influences Thoreau. However, these studies more or less overstate or understate the influence of Confucianism. Therefore, such a research does have great practical significance, that is, to objectively analyze how Confucianism influences an American writer and how it is repre?sented in his representative work.     

Shylock’s Tragedy in The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice is one of the most contradictory plays of William Shakespeare.Through presenting and studying the tragedy nature of Shylock,this thesis attempts to illustrate the tragic nature of Merchant of Venice.In this paper the author tries to reveal the significance of its tragic nature through thorough analyzing.Shylock’s tragedy is the tragedy of individual struggling,which shows in the aspects of family,money and religion.The profound reason for Shylock’s tragedy is his Jewish identity.Therefore,the author of this paper is enlightened hereby,turning to a lot of books and data,and then analyzes the origins of Jewish prejudice from two aspects,society and history.Christianity has dominated the west,with its doctrine mainly derived from the New Testament.Meanwhile,Judaism derives its doctrine from the Old Testament.Therefore,the pious Christians will be misled by the contents of libeling Jews and the murdering of Jesus Christ in the New Testament.So a kind of instinctive hatred toward Jews is generated.This kind of tendency is rather clear in the play The Merchant of Venice.In this play,Shylock mentions several times that Antonio has insulted him physically and mentally in the Rialto.Almost all the characters in the play humiliate Shylock.But,he just endures all these insults quietly,and then looks for the chance to revenge.In the end,under the delicate trap set by the authority,Shylock loses again.He loses everything he could lose,both materially and mentally.Nothing is more frustrating than that.However,the author of this paper believes that it is worth paying attention to in the present day.In this paper,the author chooses this topic,presents and analyzes the tragedy of Shylock,and reveals the positive significance of the tragic nature of the play for our time.     

The Eco-critical Study of Walden——Harmonious Relationship between Man and Nature

In recent years,human beings are facing the more and more deteriorating environmental problems,such as the sand storm,greenhouse effects,which are the nature’s punishment on human society.It’s self-evident that the relationship between human beings and nature is increasingly intense.Therefore,it’s essential for humans to consider how to establish the harmonious relationship between man and nature.Based on this problem,this paper intends to give a brief analysis of the Walden from the perspectives of"simplicity"and"equality"by using ecocriticism.The paper also gives the author’s personal understanding of the ecological thoughts embodied in Walden.     

Stylistic Analysis on English On-line Chat

Based on the fact that on-line chat has become the most developing language form in the information age, this article point out the stylistic features of on-line English chat. Though in written language form, such language is spoken language in nature, thus it is worthwhile to analyze this special phaenomenon in lexical and grammatical level.     

On the Rhetorical Charm in Walden

Thoreau expresses his love for nature and criticism of materialism in Walden,emphasizing the harmonious relationship between nature and human beings.Besides this significance,rhetorical devices like simile,metaphor,personification,parallelism,overstatement,irony and pun contribute to unique charm of this masterpiece’s language and thoughts.     

An Analysis of the Expectations Gap:Can it be eliminated?

The "expectations gap" signifies the differences between what the public expects from an audit and what the auditing profession prefers the audit objectives to be.Although the gap exists,it seems that the professions trust that it could be eliminated.In this paper,further evidence was provided to deny the above point by exploring the inevitability nature and the structure of the audit expectation gap.In addition,the author concludes that expectations gap cannot be eliminated;instead,the only thing can be done is to narrow down the gap.     

On the Relational Nature of Language System

Relational nature of language system is of vital importance in Saussure’s theory of linguistics.As philosopher Ernst Cassirer put that the crucial and revolutionary aspect of modern linguistics was Saussure’s affirmation of the primacy of relation and the system of relations.This paper is devoted to a clear elaboration of the relational nature of linguistic system in terms of three perspectives,namely the arbitrariness of sign,the nature of identity and the linguistic value.It is also suggested that profound understanding of this relational nature facilitate our understanding of its importance not only in linguistics but also beyond linguistics.     

A Brief Study on Discourse Hegemony and Social Integration Function of Legal Language

Legal terms is widely used in varied law-related activities.However,it can be easily found that it is the professionalism of legal language that have results into the appearance of its discourse hegemony and the social integration function regarding the nature of law’s social command and dispute settlement mechanism at large.Therefore,there is a need to analyze the operation of legal language and its whole influence upon individuals and certain human groups to figure out the means of improvement and optimization to better serve the Chinese rule of legal modernization drive plus the facilitation of social harmony.     

A Study on the Iconicity of English Language

Throughout the history, arbitrariness put forward by Saussure has been regarded as one of the most designing features of language. Saussure claimed that there is no interrelationship between the signifier and signified, or such relationship can’t be testified but conventional. Later, the famous linguists Peirce and Haiman, who have made great contribution to the ever-heated theory of iconicity, reveal another feature of the language. The purpose of this paper is not to deny the arbitrary nature of language, but to suggest that the nature of language is a combination of arbitrariness and iconicity.     

Scour and scour countermeasures at bridge sites

This paper examines scour and scour countermeasures at bridge piers and abutments. Abutment scour is by far more complex than its counterpart associated with piers because of the possibility of the presence of a floodplain. Notwithstanding this, the mechanism of scour at both piers and abutments is very similar; moreover, the failure mechanisms associated with both armoring and flow-altering countermeasures are not very different. In rivers with a floodplain, abutment scour becomes much more complex. In cases where the abutment ends at or near to the floodplain, it can initiate bank erosion, which clearly is an important erosion problem that is quite distinct from the customary scour at either an abutment in rivers without a floodplain or a pier. For this reason, abutment scour can be very site-specific while pier-scour is more generic in nature. To this end, the ability to identify the type of abutment scour that may form in a particular channel is closely related to an engineer＇s ability to propose devices for effective scour countermeasure.By summarizing research efforts on using riprap as a pier or abutment countermeasure over the past few decades, this paper highlights the deficiencies of riprap in arresting pier scour. To this end, different failure mechanisms are identified. They are shear failure, winnowing failure, edge failure, bedform-induced failure and bed-degradation induced failure. Each failure mechanism can singly or, more likely, combine to cause the eventual breakdown of the riprap layer. The study shows that a riprap layer is vulnerable to other failure mechanisms even though it is adequately designed against shear failure, rendering it ineffective in arresting scour.     

Tranquility and Passion——On Two Nature Poets Wang Wei and W. Wordsworth

Nature is the major theme that many poets deal with to express their sorrow and joy, loneliness and happiness; to seek liberty and freedom; to escape the sqalor of real life; or to reveal truth and philosophy. Nature lures many poets into it. Not only is nature the kingdom of poeple's pouring out their feeling, but also thc kingdom of beauty of all creatures——murmuring rivers, roiling hills, singing birds, and smiling flowers. Poets have endowed nature with life and merged themselves in it. Nature can purify souls and mould temperament.     

Wordsworth and Nature

William Wordsworth was England’s Poet Laureate. He is the Romantic poet who is most often described as a"nature"write, and he is always sensitive to every subtle change in the world around him. In my opinion, his love for nature is boundless. To him, nature acts as a substitute for imaginative and intellectual engagement with the development of embodied human beings in their diverse circumstances. It’s nature that gives him knowledge and strength. In this paper, I want to narrow Wordsworth’s conception of nature, and then we can find the harmony in the community of men and nature.     

Units13—22重点词汇回顾(英文)

Unit131.The young man had so much e____that he did the work of three men.2.Nobody is allowed to do anything to break the b____of nature.3.Your watch g____time,so you should try to make it slow down.4.This kind of dish is very t____;I want to eat it very much.5.The m____of this matter and that one gives off a terrible smell.6.As far as I know,this kind of ant has two____(胃),one for itself andone for carrying food for the others.7.The girl____(检查)her papers again and again to be sure all th…     

Antifreeze

An antifreeze is a liquid that is added to water to keep it from freezing. When water freezes and turns into ice, it expands. The force of water expanding is so great that it will break the hardest metal. Water is used in car engines to keep them cool while they run, and if this water is allowed to freeze in the winter, it can break the iron block of the engine. That is why antifreezes are necessary.     

Thoreau’s Walden:A Return to Human Kind

As a very significant part of Thoreau’s Walden, nature can never escape the discussion or any other critical analysis whenever and wherever this book is concerned. Nature for modern people is usually i...     

An Analysis of Buck in the Call of the Wild:Mirror of Jack London

The Call of the Wild is Jack London’s first bestseller and is one of the most popular novels during the early twentiethcentury in America. It is considered as a model of American literature. This novel depicts how Buck turns from a dog to a leading wolf that returns to the nature. Buck reflects not only the figure of the author but also his aspirations and pursuits. When comparing Buck with the author, it can be said that to a large extent Buck is the author himself-the combination of reality and ideal.     

Preservice teachers＇ use of spatio-visual elements and their level of justification dealing with a geometrical construction problem

The main purpose of this research is to elements and mathematical properties when they are axiomatic structure of the Euclidian geometry forms a determine to what extent preservice teachers use visual dealing with a geometrical construction activity. The coherent field of objects and relations of a theoretical nature; and thus it constitutes a favorable ground for the learning of the reasoning and justification. In geometry, even if the reasoning is assisted by concrete elements such as drawings, it is not based on actions or spatio-visual elements. Arguments based on mathematical properties are required in geometrical reasoning. A successful teaching of the geometry directly depends on the subject knowledge of the teachers. Another purpose is to map out the different kinds of justifications implemented by teachers related to such an activity. Analyses of the responses indicate that a large proportion of preservice teachers use visual elements for their geometrical constructions and they are tended to use naive empiricism concerning their justifications.