优化Let’s say教学效率初探

Let’s say教学是每个单元中主要的部分,也是教学方法上最难处理的一部分,优化Let’s say教学效率,对于提高整体教学效率是非常有利的。     

谈英语词汇间的语义关系及其对英语教学的意义

本文以令人发笑的几件事为引言，揭示了英语词汇之间的语义关系，对同形同音异义关系、总义与特义关系以及同义关系和反义关系做了比较详尽的说明，并指出了研究这些语义关系对于英语教学的意义。     

A Comparative Study on David Hawkes and Xianyi/Gladys Yang’s Translations of Chinese Common Sayings in Hong Lou Meng

Honglou Meng is an encyclopedia of Chinese language in which includes many different Chinese linguistic features, e.g. idioms, common sayings, poems etc. There are 109 Chinese common sayings in the first 80 chapters of the novel. Most Chinese common sayings contain figurative meanings and the images involved are usually vivid and culture-specific; therefore it is very difficult to translate them. It is found that David Hawkes is more creative and use more free translation while the Yangs use more literal translation. This supports Feng Qinghua’s suggestion that the Yangs prefer to use literal translation while David Hawkes is inclined to use free translation.     

Dialogism and the Evolving Self in Burger’s Daughter Acknowledgement

As a Jewish woman writer from South Africa,Nadine Gordimer is a typical post-colonial novelist in the world history of literature.Her masterpiece Burger’s Daughter has shown us her deep thinking about the relation between the blacks and the whites in the revolution for the blacks’ freedom.The thesis focuses on identity issue and analyzes how Rosa achieves self evolvement in different dialogues and her different life experiences.     

Can Pragmatic Competence Be Taught in an EFL Classroom?

An L2 learner’s pragmatic competence is an inseparable part of his communicative competence.Large quantities of aspects of pragmatic competence are teachable.Classroom is the place where an L2 learner’s pragmatic competence can be developed.Though classroom instruction has some negative effect,efforts could be done to arrange relevant awareness-raising and communication-practice activities.     

Reflections on English Classroom Teaching Management

This thesis makes a preliminary probe into the present English classroom teaching in China.The problem of classroom management,accompanied by classroom teaching,has long existed in the teaching field,and has become increasingly complicated with the social development.This paper studies the problem from the aspects of theoretical foundations,the management in language classroom,suitable English teaching for Chinese students and so on.     

Introduction of Rhetorical Situation to the Analysis of President Bush's Address on September 11

The theory rhetoric situation put forward by Bitzer is applied to the analysis of President Bush’s address on September 11. Such these essential elements as the exigence, audience and constraints will be illustrated to reveal the cultural and religious roots behind the September 11 terrorist attack.     

Analysis of the Tragic Female Images in Eugene O'Neill's Plays

Ruth and Mary are two heroines in Eugene O’Neill’s plays Beyond the Horizon, and Long Day’s Journey into Night. They have some similarities: when they are young, they are beautiful, native and full of hope towards the future life, but both make wrong choices; in the following years, both suffer a lot from these wrong choices, and feel regretful. This paper tries to explore these two tragic female images.     

Pilgrim's Progress, Progress of Salvation

Through a comparative analysis of The Pilgrim’s Progress and The Journey to the West, the paper aims to reveal what common ground is shared by the two novels and what light is thrown on the theme of spiritual salvation. The fruit of the study leads to a conclusion that both novels have employed religious doctrines and social criticisms to make the theme of spiritual salvation more palatable for their readers.