The Wind in"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Generally, Coleridge's poems are mainly divided into two groups:one is to use common Language to depict commom things and common people; the other is to use unique imagination to describe supernatural things. "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"belongs to the second group. Some critics blame Coleridge for his lack of morals in this poem, but in fact,this poem contains lots of morals, as Coleridge himself said.Coleridge succeeds in exploring the theme of sin and punishment by his rich imagination and by the depicting of supernatural things. In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Coleridge intentionally built a symbolic world of the supernatural wind, the bird, the sun, the moon ,the ship and the sea. All these symbols serve to develop the theme of Fall and Redemption, and play so important a part in the poem that we even can take it as a symbolic poem. In the following pages, I am going to devote to the functions of the supernatural wind in particular. Coleridge bestows the wind with a great deal of supernat     

汉语谚语语义性质及其关系研究

As the oldest and most frequently used conventional expressions,Chinese proverbs usually represent the way of thinking of the Chinese people.Metaphors,one typical type of Chinese proverbs,try to establish a relation of equality between two relatively dissimilar entities, such as time and money.The ability to understand and to use figurative language is related to one's social competence and professional achievement.In order to reveal the mechanism of proverb processing,the current study takes a close look at the nature of semantic properties and their inter-relationships in Chinese proverbs.522 Chinese sentential proverbs(the two clauses of the proverb are of the same syntax,e.g.,“人活脸,树活皮”)were presented to 360 university students.They were asked to rate the familiarity(1 for least familiar, 7 for most familiar), predictability(1 for least predictable, 7 for most predictable),agreement(1 for least matched between the two clauses,7 for most matched between the two clauses),degree of being understandable(1 for least understandable,7 for most understandable),and imaginability(1 for least imaginable,7 for most imaginable)based on a 7-point Likert Scale,as well as age of acquisition(AOA).Correlation and regression analysis were conducted based on these ratings. The results show a significant positive correlation between familiarity and each of the rest semantic properties,which are consistent with the findings of the previous work.A significant negative correlation between age of acquisition and each of the rest semantic properties is also observed in the current study.However,no significant correlation is found between familiarity and degree of being understandable,which might be due to the low rating of familiarity and the wide dispersity.In order to further reveal the inter-relationships of semantic properties, hierarchical regression analyses are carried out and show that familiarity,imaginabiltity,agreement,and age of acquisition significantly predict the degree of being understandable,while familiarity and age of acquisition significantly predict the predictability of proverbs. Our results demonstrate that familiarity and age of acquisition are two important factors which influence our understanding of Chinese proverbs. In addition, the semantic consistency between two clauses of a Chinese sentential proverb and degree of imagination also play an important role in understanding idiomatic strings.Imaginability is related to the theory of″Dual Coding,″which argues that visual and verbal information are processed differently and along distinct channels in the human mind, creating separate representations for information processed in each channel.The mental codes corresponding to these representations are used to organize incoming information that can be acted upon,stored,and retrieved for subsequent use.Both visual and verbal codes can be used when recalling information.The ability to code a stimulus in two different ways increases the chance of remembering that item compared to if the stimulus is only coded one way.Our results suggest that the processing of a Chinese proverb partially relies on the accessibility to visual code of a proverb which is primarily affected by culture. Therefore, Chinese culture could influence the understanding of Chinese proverbs. Specifically,in the creating process,a number of concrete concepts are used to express the abstract inter-relationships through their similarity,e.g.,the relationship between a person(人)and his/her reputation(脸)is similar to that between a tree(树)and its bark(皮).In other words,the reputation of a person is as important as the bark of a tree.In order to successfully understand the Chinese proverbs,it is important to learn about the deeper meanings of″face″and″reputation″in Chinese culture.That explains why the comprehension of a proverb is significantly associated with one's culture understanding.Based on the current study,more studies should be conducted with a focus on the understanding process of proverbs,which will help reveal the mental mechanism of Chinese and preserving Chinese culture.     

Comparative study of The ship of Death And After Apple—picking——The Differences Under the Theme of Deach

Though Frost and Laurence carry some similiar notes in the ar poems,this can not obscure their differenccs. Frist.Frost’s After APPle-picking can be regarded as the exampleof that dominant mode of the oppening 25 years of the century.It is aquietly reflective pome of the actual New England farmer’s life.HereForst takes the mask of a New England farmer and speaks to his     

A Study Of The Chinese Language And Culture In The English Language

Language, as a special form of culture, will develop itself by absorbing the valuable elements from other cultures and languages. This essay will mainly concentrate on some English slang words, colloquial usages concerning Chinese culture.     

The First Chinese Emperor in Vietnam

Vietnam,a close neighbor of China,was influenced by the Chinese Culture for generations.In history,Vietnam had been under the administration and protection of ancient Chinese imperial court for a long period of time.The first Chinese emperor in Vietnam,who can be traced far back to Qin and Han dynasty,is referred to as the oldest emperor worldwide, His name was Zhao Tuo,     

Dreiser the Naturalist Seen in "An American Tragedy"

An American Tragedy is the masterpiece of Theodore Dreiser. It not only solidifies Dreiser's reputation and position in the history of American literature, but also shows, as no other novel of his has ever done so perfectly, Dreiser as a naturalist in his literary creation.     

Sociocultural Factors and Foreign Language Learning and Teaching

Issues caused by different social cultures A clulture has a close connection with a particular language and plays an improtant role in the learn-ing and teaching of it.As we know,every nation has its own culture and the cultures of nations of theworld,generally,are different from each other.Owing to the disparities in culture,to people whospeak different languages,a word or phrase used to express good intention may surprise or irritate peo-ple;a common sentence can sometimes amuse one person greatly and cause laughter,but‘strange e-nough',it can be too,dull enough in the eyes of another person with different culture background.     

COLLEGE ENGLISH FOR CHINESE NON-ENGLISH MAJORS

Chinese and English are two diametrically opposed languages. Chinese isa tone language characterized by ideographic monosyllabism, by a completelack of any system of inflection, and by the use of tone or pitch to conveysemantic differences between words otherwise similarly pronounced. English     

Agents in branching space-times

The aim of this essay Is to make some brief suggestions on the beginnings of a theory of agentsand agency In branching spacetlmes.foe thought Is to combine the ideas of agency as developed agalnst the relatively simple background of branching time with the richer notions of Indetermlnlsm asstructured In the theory of branching space-times.My plan Is to say a little about agency In branchingtime and a little about branchlg spacetlmes,and then ask how the two can be brought together.Atthe end there Is an appendix,extracted from Belnap,Perloffand Xu 2001(Facing the future,hence-forth FF),listing In a convenient form all the main ideas about agents and their cholcesln branchingtime.     

Gulliver''''s Travels and Tang-ao''''s Travels——A Comparison Study on their Similarities

Jonathan Swift is known to students of literature as one of thegreatest satiric writers.Gulliver's Travels is his most ambitious literarywork.In the nineteenth century Chinese literature,there is also a satiricnovel called Tang-ao's Travels by Li yu-zhen in the Qing Dynasty,the lastfeudal society in China.Although Tang-ao's Travels appears one centurylater and is less famous than Gulliver's Travels the two books resemble     

英语口译考(中级)——巧过阅读关(英文)

例文: Whatever may be said against mass circulation magazines and newspapers,it can hardly be argued that they areout of touch with their readers’daydreams,and therefore the inducements such as gifts and prizes they hold outto them must be a near accurate reflection of their unfulfilled wants and aspirations Study these and you willassuredly understand a good deal of what it is that makes society tick. Looking back,for example,to the twenties and thirties,we can see that circulation managers unerringlydiagnosed the twin obsessions which dominated that era of mass unemployment-economic insecurity and a passionateconcern for the next generation.Thus,it was that readers were recruited with offers of free insurance policies     

A Study on the Chinese Students’ Acquisition of Collocational Knowledge

In China the acquisition of collocations is considered as one of the most difficult points for the Chinese students in their foreign language learning. So far there are few empirical studies involving the Chinese students‘acquisition of collocational knowledge. The author of the present thesis attempts to examine the acquisition of collocational knowledge in the Chinese students from the productive aspect by investigating the acquisition of collocations in the students at three proficiency levels : elementary, intermediate and advanced. The present study aims at finding out whether there are any proficiency-related differences in the acquisition of collocations, and which collocation types are acquired in the early stage of foreign language learning and which are acquired in the later stage. Altogether 110 students have participated in this study. The results have shown that there are indeed proficiency - related differences in the acquisition of collocations and that there are specific types of collocation that are acquired in the early stages of language learning, and some types are acquired in the later stages of language learning.     

Conents

Zhai Yongming, the herald of feminine poem writing in Mainland China, cheering for her consciousness of dark, blazed a trail for the poems of confessional style, which could be described as crazy and unscrupulous. Later, this style was transformed into a style of drama in which one can find intercourses and dialogues. The two different poetic styles imply two specific paradigms for the history of Chinese contemporary poems. The author adheres to the method called ＂the few is the numerous＂, with which she exposes many different aspects of life. Her works, mosf of which are both reserved and uncommunicative, and tempt the audience to thinking deeply of them. For these reasons, she can be recognized as one of the poets with both inner powers to write and outstanding profundity.     

A Review of American Academic Research on Chinese Cities in the Twentieth Century

In the perspective of urbanization and city modernization, the study of American academic research on Chinese cities in the 20th century shows that much was done about Chinese cities before 1949 but scarce about ur- banization in the same period. Research related to Chinese cities （including urbanization and city modernization） during 1949--1978 was far from adequate, but most research work was done about city development in China after 1978. Academically American researchers have a broad vision, but practically their findings are rather unsatisfacto- ry and regretful although many of their opinions are “applicable” to Chinese realities.     

Needs Analysis And Objectives Setting in Curriculum Designing——with Special Reference to A Group of Chinese College Students

On the basis of a detailed introduction to the concept of language learners‘ needs, this paper illustrates the importance of needs analysis, both pre-course analysis and ongoing analysis, in curriculum designing. By doing so, teachers can not only collect factual information for the purpose of setting broad goals related to language content ; but also gather information about learners which can be used to guide the learning process once it‘ s under way. Learners, on the other hand, can be aware of their own learning under the direction of the specified objectives.     

How to exert the student-center approach in middle school English teaching

In order to train a student to be a person with ability,who can self-study,use knowledge flexibly and bring firth new ideas constantly,the constant development of society demands a full exertion of student-center approach in the process of education.Therefore,how to exert the student-center approach is a question that every teacher is facing.I think that we can exert the student-center approach from the following aspects.One,a teacher must change his teaching conception.He should know that it's the students who are the main body of teaching and the teacher can act as a guider.The other,by all means,we ought to make the students know the purpose of their study and the function of themselves in learning.We also ought to culture their interest in learning,inspire and strengthen their main body consciousness.the teacher should,on the basis of full understanding his students and textbook,exert the leading function of himself.In the course of teaching,the teacher can exert the advantage of advanced teaching method,such as situational language teaching,and advanced teaching instrument,such as multimedia,which will inspire the students' interest and conscious activities.We can train the students' imagining ability through encouragement 、guiding and extracurricular activities.We can improve the students' ability of self-study.Thus,the students' main body function will reach a better exertion and the effect of teaching will be improved.This will train the students to suit the need of society.     

英文摘要

Abstracts and Key Words of Major Articles Wang Guowei and Gong Zizhen PENG Yu-ping （Department of Chinese, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510275） Abstract： The poems and Ci of Gong Zizhen are unique in style. Besides, situated in the Chinese transitional stage, the internal world that his works carried and the historical responsibilities his works assumed co-existed paradoxically. The six volume Gongding＇an quanji edited by Wang Guowei was thus logically influential on Wang＇s literature and academic practice. This paper has Gong Zizhen＇s influence on Wang Guowei as the basic thread, with the large number of uses of ＂renjian＂ （human world） by both, and exposes their likely common derivation and the differences between them. There is strongly theoretical co-relatlon between Gong Zizhen＇ s zunqing （respect of emotion） and the natural expression of the real scenes and real feelings stressed in Wang Guowei＇s Jingjieshuo （theory of state）. ＂Wan＂（~） illustrated by Gong Zizhen was actually the basic principle on which Wang Guowei interpreted the works of Qu Yuan. In the process in which Wang Guowei absorbed some of the thoughts of Gong Zizhen, Wu Changshou, who edited Ding＇an wenji （Anthology of Ding＇an） and compiled Ding＇an xiansheng nianpu （Chronicle of Mr. Ding＇an）, played an important role. From Wang Guowei, some of the influence of Gong Zizhen on the creation of poetry and poetic thoughts in the 20th century can be seen.     

Nonlocal Lie-Backlund Symmetries and Olver Symmetries of the Variable Coefficient KdV and MKdV Equations

In this paper,three sets of higher order nonlocal Olver symmetriesare reobtained from a special nonlocal Lie-Backlund symmetry ofthe variable coefficient KdV and MKdV eguations.The soliton solutionof these models can be also obtained from the The finite Lie-Backlundtransformations.     

Henry James' Psychological Realism and the Cases in The Portrait Of A Lady

One of the most authoritative literary document,The Oxford Companion to American Literature, hasdefined the term “realism” as “term applied toliterary composition that aims at an interpretation ofthe actualities of any aspect of life, free fromsubjective prejudice, idealism, or romantic color”.[1](P698) Far from being sufficient, but this definition hasbeen able to bring forward the most distinguishednature of this literary movement. By the late 19thcentury, realism had become a prevalen…     

The Artistic Form of Leaves Grass

As we all know, Whitman was one of the great innovators in American literature. Through Whitman, American poets finally freed themselves from the old English traditions. Leaves of Grass was Whitman's lifework. In Leaves of Grass he tried to celebrate the American masses to express the labouring people's love for freedom and portray the people's life under certain conditions of 19th. century America. In