Cultural Imagination and Daily Life——Shanghai Architectural Aesthetics and Humanistic Reflection

Since the opening -up of Shanghai,various kinds of architectures have reflected a city with unique fascination.Those houses in close connection with our daily lives are just like works of art,implying complicated cultural imagination through different kinds of forms.In the last two decades,there has been a large scale of urban renewal in Shanghai.Nowadays,Shanghai,a modern and fashionable metropolis is standing in front of the public.However,from my point of view,the urban renewal of Shanghai is not very successful for it is cutting apart its real history little by little in its dreamlike modern imagination,which does not actually meet the real needs of humanity.     

English Advertisement and Its Translation

The English advertisement is a lively and distinctive field. What are the features of English ads at a linguistic dimension and how to translate them well into Chinese? All this is given a careful discussion and a detailed study in this paper.     

Metaphor and Foreign Language Learning

Metaphor is an important teaching tool in our teaching history. In this essay, I try to explain how to play a lesson around metaphor, and how to use metaphor for students' memory aids or vocabulary learning.     

Posts and Telecommunications, Beij

3G (third generation), a new dynamic load-balancing algorithm is proposed. It bases on dynamic feedback and imports the increment for admitting new request into the load forecast. It dynamically adjusts the dispatching probability according to the remainder process capability of each node. Experiments on the per- formance of algorithm have been carried out in GMLC and the algorithm is compared with Pick-KX algorithm and DFB (Dynamic FeedBack) algorithm in average throughput     

Tourism English and its Translation

Tourism English has its own characteristics which the paper tries to reveal with some case studies ．It generalizes the features the tourism English shows in both written translation and oral interpretation.     

Distinction Between Variable Norm and Invariant Norm and Its Academic Significance——A Study Based on the Opposition Between Pragmatics and Norm

There have always been two opposite opinions on the relationship between pragmatics and language norm.Some scholars hold the opinions that language norm is not the shackles of language use,so language users can break the norm occasionally in order to achieve the purpose of communication.Other scholars believe that sticking to the norm is the presupposition of successful communication.According to them,the violation of norm is the negation of the function as well as the necessity of language norm.     

Heaven and Man Integrating each other Or Man and Nature Being in Harmony——and Discussion of Different Times for Different Emphases

中国天人合一这一古老哲学命题,在当代社会理应起到它应有的启示作用。不论古代天人合一论有几多庞杂的内涵,也不论生态价值在古代天人合一论诸多内涵中地位多么次要,只要能体恤当代人在对对象、现实、感性所进行的感性活动或实践的理解,他们就一定会想到天人合一。这并非迎合时尚、随意发挥,而是因顺时势有所侧重,是思维理路和论说视阈之别。     

Rush to the border? Market liberalization and urban- and rural-origin internal migration in Mexico

In this study we examine the social and economic factors driving internal migration flows in Mexico. We pay particular attention to the effect that economic liberalization has had in encouraging migration to border cities. Our analysis of the origin and destination of migrants is carried out at a finer level of geographical detail than ever before. Microdata files from the 2000 population census allow us to distinguish urban- and rural-origin migrants to the largest 115 cities and metropolitan areas in the country. Our results indicate that economic liberalization, measured by the level of foreign investment and employment in the maquiladora export industry, strongly influences migrants’ choice of destinations. However, economic liberalization fails to fully account for the attraction of the border, as do the higher emigration rates to the United States from border cities. Our analysis also reveals that migrants to the border region and to cities with high levels of foreign investment are younger, less educated and more likely to be men than migrants to other parts of Mexico. Rural migrants are significantly more likely to move to the border and to cities with high levels of foreign investment than urban migrants. The results of our study have important implication for other countries opening their economies to foreign investment and international trade.     

Exchange and cohesion in dyads and triads: A test of Simmel’s hypothesis

This paper uses social exchange theory to address a classic question posed by Simmel (1964) regarding dyads and triads. The question is whether exchanges in a triad will generate more cohesion at the group level than exchanges in an isolated dyad. The main hypotheses, integrating several ideas from Simmel and social exchange theories, are as follows. First, triads generate less variability of behavior than dyads; that is, there is more uniformity or convergence in triads. Second, in the context of repeated exchange, we predict higher levels of cohesion in triads than in dyads. Third, positive emotion or affect has a stronger impact on cohesion in dyads than in triads, whereas uncertainty reduction has a stronger impact on cohesion in triads. To test these hypotheses, an experiment compared isolated dyads to dyads nested in a triadic exchange network. Subjects engaged in exchanges across a series of distinct episodes, using standard experimental procedures from research on relational cohesion (Lawler and Yoon, 1996) and exchange networks (Molm and Cook, 1995, Willer, 1999). Consistent with the hypotheses, the results reveal more convergence of behavior and higher cohesion in triads than in dyads; moreover, uncertainty reduction is the primary basis for cohesion in the triad, whereas positive affect was the primary basis for cohesion in the dyad. These results are discussed in relation to Simmelian dyad–triad dynamics and the theory of relational cohesion.     

The Relation Between Buddhism Secularization and Jiangnan Folk Faith——Focusing on the Custom of Guan Yin and Cheng Huang in Ming and Qing Dynasties

明清时代宗教的发展越来越突出其实用性与功利性的价值,越来越趋向平民化、内容世俗化。宗教的世俗化意味着传统教义中的神圣性质在逐步地淡化和减少,传统宗教的仪式及组织也日趋简化,传统宗教放下身价主动向民间信仰靠拢。从江南地区观音信仰及城隍崇拜的盛行,可以看出明清时期佛道发展的这一世俗化趋势。明清时期的城隍神最初是由官方赋予的官僚形式,成为神道设教与打击淫祠的象征,但是苏州民众却将其逐渐演变成富有特色的民间宗教信仰活动,包含进丰富的民生内容。最终使得城隍信仰活动演变成为苏州城乡民众的狂欢节日。     

Hu Shi and the Continuation of the Revolution of1911——Discussing Intellectuals and Social Revolution

Hu Shi is regarded as one of the most important intellectuals after the Revolution of 1911,and he has a far- reaching influence in 20th century.In the perspective of Hu Shi,the contribution and continuation of the Revolution of 1911 has some inspiration for us to analyze the relationship between Chinese intellectuals and social revolution.     

Exploring Listening Comprehension Tactics and Interaction Patterns

IntroductionThispaperusesastrategyframeworkforexplainingthecomprehensionprocessesthatoccurduringlearnerlis tening .Examiningtheuseofstrategiesduringthelisten inghasatleasttwobenefits .Firstly ,comparedwithexam iningtheproductofcomprehension ,aninvestigationofprocessesduringlisteningcanhelpusdeterminedirectlythosementalbehavioursthatmayimpedecomparehen sion .Compringtheseprocessescouldalsoshedlightonthecognitivedifferencesbetweenlearnerswithdifferentlisteningabilities .Secondly ,itsupportsthec…     

Black and white homebuyer,homeowner, and household segregation in the United States, 1990–2010

As homeownership has been expanding in the United States over the past several decades, residential segregation between blacks and whites has been declining in most metropolitan areas. However, the degree to which the residential patterns of new homebuyers have mirrored these overall trends in segregation and how the massive increase in home buying has related to changes in segregation has remained largely unexplored. This paper examines the segregation of new black homebuyers from white households, new white homebuyers from black households, and black and white households from each other using Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data from 1992 to 2010 merged with data from the Census and ACS. I find that black homebuyers are less segregated from white households than black homeowners overall and black households in general, providing evidence in support of the spatial assimilation model that would predict better outcomes for homeowners. Also consistent with the spatial assimilation perspective, I found in the multivariate models that increased income parity between blacks and whites and growth in black lending are associated with average declines in black/white household segregation from 1990 to 2010. Although subprime lending was not associated with overall changes in segregation, metropolitan areas with higher percentages of loans to blacks from subprime lenders experienced increases in segregation of both black homeowners from white households as well as white owners from black households.     

Testing Reading Comprehension and the Use of Multiple-choice

Reading is one of the most important skills to acquire language knowledge. Reading ability is the most important way of measuring one's language ability. Learning how to read is very important. For most teachers and students, it is also important to get a clear understanding of reading and reading ability and their relation. This article is just written to solve this problem and discuss the use of the multiple - choice in reading comprehension test.     

or calculation of the gap and the rolling

tion of cool roll (initial rolling) and hot roll (stable rolling) respectively is established by treating aluminum foil rolls and aluminum foil integrally. The influence of work roll contour on aluminum foil profile was analyzed. It is suggested that the to     

Collective Intentionality and the Origin of Morality——Comments on Wang Haiming's Theory of Moral Autonomy and Heteronomy

王海明教授对他所谓道德自律论的批判犹如跟一堆假想的老虎搏斗。他所谓道德他律论实为彻底的道德工具主义;具体表现为道德价值外在论、计算理性、功利主义等三个论题;其最终所导致的是道德虚无主义。由于王先生没有看到集体意向性乃是道德的真正诞生之地,也没有注意到语言对道德的重大作用,所以,他错误地断言:动物不但有道德,而且有最高尚的美德。     

Land Politics: Two Points of View and Two Perspectives——The Correlation Research on Rural Land and Politics

对于中国传统经济时期土地与乡村政治之间的关系问题,存在两种观点.“无关论”认为土地与乡村政治之间并没有直接的关系;“有关论”认为小块土地作为传统村庄治理的基础,与乡村政治间存在着因果或相关关系.在“相关论”的前提下,对于土地与乡村政治之间的互动影响机制存在宏观和微观两个分析视角,但已有的研究对小块土地与乡村治理之间的关系研究缺乏直接的因果论证.基于小块土地对乡村治理的实际影响可以发现,农村小块土地不仅产生了重要的经济影响,而且在社会层面上塑造了农民的“五种性格”,同时通过利益、偏好和权威三个机制实现了乡村的政治效应.