浅谈大学英语教学中中国传统文化的教学

当今,中国传统文化的教学在大学英语教学中起到非常重要的作用,同时,中国传统文化也在慢慢的缺失,这直接导致了大学生思想观念上的改变,不仅影响学生学习英语的实际运用能力,也影响了各国文化间沟通能力的发展。由于大学生缺乏保护和传播传统文化的能力,所以在大学英语教学中一定要重点开展中国传统文化的教育工作,从而培育更多具备中国传统文化内涵的高端人才。当今的大学生有责任和义务去传播中国的传统文化,向世界展示中国博大精深的历史文化,因此必须重视大学英语教学中中国传统文化的教学。     

大学英语教学中的文化双向交流——大学英语四六级考试新题型的思考

大学英语教学中文化导入是一项重要的内容。大学英语四六级考试中翻译新题型的出现,反映了教学中文化双向交流的必要性。本文旨在指出教学中中国文化导入的缺失,探讨了文化双向交流的方法。     

大学英语教学中的文化双向交流--大学英语四六级考试新题型的思考

大学英语教学中文化导入是一项重要的内容。大学英语四六级考试中翻译新题型的出现,反映了教学中文化双向交流的必要性。本文旨在指出教学中中国文化导入的缺失,探讨了文化双向交流的方法。     

关于高职英语教学中引入圣经宗教文化的思考

文章以高职英语教学文化教学的缺失性为切入点,从圣经词汇习语、名著中的圣经现象、西方宗教节日等三个方面入手,尝试在大学英语教学中适当融入圣经宗教文化的教学,作为大学英语教学的补充或以此为内容开设圣经文化选修课,取得了较好的教学效果。     

大学英语教学中中国传统文化渗透途径探索——以《“文化体验”大学英语》系列教材为例

长期以来,我国大学英语教学中文化知识的传授主要集中在英语国家的文化上面,对于中国文化却很少涉及。本文作者探讨大学英语教学中中国传统文化渗透的途径,希望能够为大学英语教学和改革的顺利进行提供一定的借鉴。     

高师英语专业教学中中国文化输入反思及对策

近年来,在大学英语教学中目的语文化的输入已得到充分的重视,通过研究已取得很大成果,但现阶段,在大学英语教学中加强输入中国文化还是一个新的理念和构想,本文结合师范英语教育的特点分析中国文化输入在大学英语教学中实施的情况,以此反思,探索适当的途径,加强中国文化输入进而更好实现跨文化交际的双赢。     

高师英语专业教学中中国文化输入反思及对策

近年来,在大学英语教学中目的语文化的输入已得到充分的重视,通过研究已取得很大成果,但现阶段,在大学英语教学中加强输入中国文化还是一个新的理念和构想,本文结合师范英语教育的特点分析中国文化输入在大学英语教学中实施的情况,以此反思,探索适当的途径,加强中国文化输入进而更好实现跨文化交际的双赢。     

浅论大学英语教学中中国文化的导入

语言是文化的载体,文化是语言的内容。大学英语教学的根本目的是为了培养学生的跨文化交际能力,这已成为英语界的共识。然而,在大学英语教学中积极输入英语国家文化的同时,学生的中国文化意识却日益淡薄,由此却妨碍了其跨文化交际能力的形成。本文主要分析大学英语教学中中国文化导入的必要性、导入的原则和导入的内容。     

从中国文化失语症看大学英语教学中的中国文化教育

中国文化失语症是我国外语教学中的一大缺陷,在大学英语教学中我们要通过中国文化教育弥补缺陷,完善英语教学。     

高校英语教学中母语文化缺失现象及应对

<正>目前,英语教学中过于注重对英语的单向学习,而忽视母语文化的融入。将母语文化融入到当前的高校英语教学中是目前教育教学亟待落实的任务,是促进中国传统文化对外交流的重要方式。为此,笔者对高校英语教学中母语文化缺失现象进行了调查,并对高校英语教学如何融入母语文化问题进行讨论。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

Low doses of a red wine ingredient figh diabetes in mice

Aresearch group led by Prof. ZHAI Qiwei from the Institute for Nutritional Sciences under the CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences has discovered that even relatively low doses of resveratrol--a chemical found in the skins of red grapes and in red wine--can improve the sensitivity of mice to the hormone insulin, according to a report in the October,2007 issue of Cell Metabolism. As insulin resistance is often characterized as the most critical factor contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes, the findings“provide a potential new therapeutic approach for preventing or treating” both conditions, the researchers said.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Molecular motor assembly of a biomimetic system

Active biological molecules and functional structures can be fabricated into a bio-mimetic system by using molecular assembly method. Such materials can be used for the drug delivery, disease diagnosis and therapy, and new nanodevice construction.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence