A Misleading Aspect in The Use of English Teaching Language and Its Countermeasures

Teacher plays a key role in language teaching.Teaching language is the first thing that students notice of their English teacher's English.However,there is a misleading aspect in the use of teaching language.The author picks it out and offers some possible solutions.

Misleading Statistics

When am I ever going to use this?TRANSPORTATION A graph like the one at the right appeared in a brochure describing various modes of transportation.1.Approximately how many more passengers per lane can a 40-foot bus transport in an hour than a car can transport?

An autopsy case of a primary aortoenteric fistula: A pitfall of the endoscopic diagnosis

A primary aortoenteric fistula (PAEF), defined as a communication between the native aorta and the gastrointestinal tract, is a rare cause of gastrointes-tinal bleeding. The preoperative diagnosis of PAEF is extremely difficult. Consequently, PAEF may cause sudden and unexpected death. We present an autopsy case of a 68-year-old man who died of massive gastro-intestinal bleeding due to a PAEF. Autopsy revealed a pinhole rupture located on the third part of the duode-nal mucosa and fistulized into the adjacent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Our case indicates that the aortoenteric fistula can result in fatal gastrointestinal bleeding. Consequently, a PAEF should be included in the differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal bleeding.

The dissemination of relevant information on wildlife utilization and its connection with the illegal trade in wildlife

We analyzed the generation and dissemination of relevant information on wildlife utilization based on the African bush elephant(Loxodonta africana Blumenbach.),the tiger(Panthera tigris L.)and the totoaba,a species of marine fish,(Totoaba macdonaldi Gilbert)as examples,whose populations are more threatened by the illegal wildlife trade.We compared the illegal trade in wildlife with related information in order to find possible associations,searched for relevant information on major international websites to summarize similarities in information production and dissemination,and used a"Zhiwei"dissemination analysis platform to analyze the dissemination of information circulated at Microblog.The results show that the most infuential information related to the trade in wildlife is mainly generated from news media websites and new selfmedia platforms,usually from non-governmental organizations concerned with wildlife protection.The main factors that affect the depth and breadth of disseminating relevant information on wildlife utilization include the participation of relatively infuential opinion leaders,the verification ratio of forwarding users,the number of followers,and affective identification.Misleading information can stimulate and promote poaching and smuggling,regardless of their real market demand or their products.Therefore,all links in the course of information dissemination should be carefully examined in order to purify the information environment and reduce adverse effects of misleading information on wildlife protection.

The Impact of Pre-listening Activities on Predictions in English Listening Comprehension

The study intends to find out the impact of pre-listening activities on predictions in English listening comprehension.Based on the analysis of the verbal reports of the 8 subjects, listeners facilitated with the pre-listening activities were able to have a more detailed and complete predictions of the text content and their evaluation of their own listening comprehension showed more consistency with the predictions. Both vocabulary and background knowledge provided in the pre-listening activities were significant in the process. Whereas, listeners lacking the pre-listening activities could have some misleading predictions of the text content which were beyond the original listening texts.