The Subduction Structure Beneath the New Britain Island Arc and the Adjacent Region from Double-Difference Tomography

We applied double-difference tomography to relocate seismic events and determine the lithospheric velocity structure beneath the New Britain Island arc and the South Bismarck Sea Basin,based on the local P wave arrival time dataset collected by the International Seismological Centre.Results of the seismic relocation and velocity inversion show that the subduction of Solomon Sea Plate along the New Britain Trench is spatially different above 150 km,and the subduction angle of the slab on the west side is higher than that on the east side.The relocated earthquakes also show that there are double seismic zones at the depths of about 30–90km beneath the New Britain Island Arc.The velocity structure shows that the dehydration of the subducting slab caused the low-velocity anomalies in mantle wedge above the slab,which are associated with the magmatic activities around the New Guinea-New Britain Island arc.Moreover,it shows that there is another low-velocity anomaly zone beneath the Bismarck mid-oceanic ridge with spatial variation.Beneath the west of the Bismarck mid-oceanic ridge,the low-velocity anomaly is weakly connected to the subducted Solomon Sea slab.Conversely,the low-velocity anomaly beneath the Manus Sea Basin is highly intertwined to the subducting slab and its mantle wedge,indicating that the subduction of the Solomon Sea Plate might be a key deep dynamic factor that drives the spreading of the Manus Sea Basin and the separation of the Bismarck Plate.

Making Britain Wild Again

The United Kingdom is a small country with a big population-over 67 million people live there.If you travel,most of the time you’ll be looking at towns and cities.There are very few wild animals.Britain is one of the few countries in the world that does not have large wild animals that eat meat.Only 400 of Britain’s wildcats still live in the forests of Scotland.Even in the countryside,there are very few wild birds or small animals living there.

Four Unusual Activities in Britain

Shrovetide football This football game was played centuries ago but now people in a village of England play the game once a year.One team is made of people from the south of the village and the other from those of the north.Each team tries to score a goal by throwing,kicking and carrying the ball from the centre of the village to a goal about 2.5kilometres away.

信:新闻娱乐翻译不可僭越的底线——评Britain’s Got Talent和Susan Boyle的各种译法

我们以英国电视选秀节目Britain’s Got Talent及因该节目而走红的Susan Boyle在我国的诸多译法入手,探讨新闻娱乐翻译基本原则,指出:新闻娱乐翻译也应有底线,即,新闻娱乐翻译也应尽量求真,不能为了吸引人们的注意而随意歪曲原意,僭越"信"这一底线。

浅析Little Britain的叙事方式

Little Britain是英国的一部幽默连续剧。它的叙事方式与传统电视剧大不相同,其非线性叙事、非经典叙事、语言叙事等叙述特色使该剧大获成功,让观众在大笑之余思考,回味无穷。

《Britain and Ireland》网络课堂教学

《Britain and Ireland》主要介绍英国(包括英格兰、苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰四部分)和爱尔兰共和国等地区的风土人情、气候、历史和文化。在这节课的教学中,教师将网络作为学生获取资源,自主探究和意义建构的工具,采用“以学为主”的设计模式,培养学生快速阅读和准确查找信息的能力;通过组织学生对相关问题进行讨论,加深学生对事物的认识和理解,同时也培养学生的语言表达能力和阅读能力。

Isostatic anomaly characteristics and tectonism of the New Britain Trench and neighboring Papua New Guinea

In this paper, we calculated Bouguer gravity anomalies and Airy-Heiskanen isostatic anomalies in the New Britain Trench and surrounding areas of Papua New Guinea. The calculations are based on a topographic model and a gravity anomaly model from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Characteristics of the isostatic anomaly and the earthquake dynamic environment of this region are analyzed,and the results show that there are obvious differences in the isostatic state between each block in the region. Tectonic movements are very intense in regions with high positive or negative isostatic gravity anomalies, and a number of sub-plates in this area are driven by external tectonic action, such as plate subduction and thrusting, of the Pacific, Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates. From the distribution of the isostatic gravity anomaly, the tectonic action of anti-isostatic movement obviously is the main source of power. Based on isostatic gravity and spatial distribution of earthquakes in the region, it is obvious that further contraction of the Indo-Australian Plate will result in the southwestern part of the Solomon Plate becoming part of the Owen Stanley thrust belt, and the northern part will enter the lower part of the Bismarck Plate. The eastern part of the Solomon Plate will enter the front of the Pacific Plate, resulting in northward and eastward migration of significant earthquakes along the Solomon Plate.

Japan-UK Security Cooperation in the Context of the Convergence of the Indo-Pacific Strategy and Global Britain

Japan-UK security cooperation has been deepening as the Indo-Pacific Strategy has converged with Global Britain,which has become strongly Indo-Pacific-oriented.In terms of their cooperation on security,the two countries have close security interactions,high-level security consultations,numerous mechanisms on security cooperation,frequent defense cooperation and exchanges between forces,and cooperation geared at a response to the Korean nuclear issue.In particular,Japan and the UK regard Indo-Pacific security as the strategic focus of their cooperation,and this underscores the rules-based international order.There are multiple motivations for Japan and the UK to strengthen their security cooperation,and the deepening of their security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region is to a great extent due to strategic factors,including responding to the US strategic adjustment,Japan and Britain’s respective proactive strategic demands,the improving strategic positions of the Indopacific region,their seeking to shape the regional order in the Indo-Pacific,and so on.Despite facing challenges,Japan-UK security cooperation is continuously strengthening against a background of deepening strategic convergence between the two countries and great power competition.

Major Invasions of Britain and Their Influence on English Language

British history has been a history of invasion. The birth of English language is a result of invasions of the British Isles over many hundreds of years. Throughout British history there were four major invasions, namely, the Roman Occupation, the Anglo-Saxon Invasion, the Viking Raids and the Norman Conquest, which had significant influence on English language.

An Analysis of the Reasons for the Preservation of Hat Culture in Britain

As a famous and interesting symbol of Britain, hat culture has existed for a long period in history and British still retain wearing hats especially when they attend some grand activities up to date. Despite the increasing development of society and changing of people's conceptions, British people have never abandoned the hat wearing tradition. This paper will elaborately analyze the reasons for the preservation of hat culture in Britain from the aspects of historical, geographical, and social factors. And the conclusion will be come up that it is the attitude of British toward hat culture that has kept it alive till today.

Science and Technology Associations and Social Governance of Britain in the Middle and Late 19^(th) Century

Civil science and technology associations have been widely springing up everywhere in Britain, especially the new industrial towns in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Associations held various academic activities, organized and funded scientific research, which played an important role in promoting the progress of science and technology and the development of industrial society. Based on case study on British Association for the Advancement of Science and Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society by academic circles at home and abroad, development situation of British science and technology associations in the middle and late 19^(th) century is summarized, and a series of activities of associations participating in industrial and agricultural development and environmental health reform are systematically sorted out, while the promoting role of science and technology associations in the social development of Britain in the 19^(th) century is explored.

Cobbett on the Problem of Rural Poverty in Modern Britain

In the late 18th and 19th centuries,the problem of poverty in the English countryside was relatively serious. The radical Cobbett pays attention to the rural society and elaborates on the tax burden,the polarization of rural society and the poverty of agricultural workers in a series of works,not only promoting the parliamentary reforms in 1832 but also arousing widespread concern on rural poverty from the society at that time. By drawing on the research of the famous radical Cobbett from domestic and foreign academic circles,based on many original materials such as newspapers,books and pamphlets in the 19th century,this article combs Cobbett's account of rural poverty in modern Britain and analyzes its value.

At Home in Britain《客居英国》简介

《客居英国》是中央电视台社会教育部根据英国广播公司(BBC)英语教学部提供的同名教材改编的一本极生动的现代英语实用教材。它以三名外国青年到英国留学,住在英国人家里所遇到的种种事情为故事情节展开。这三名外国青年是瑞典人安娜。

Britain's Hong Kong Policy in Recent Years Changes and Assessments

The UK has been keeping a close eye on Hong Kong,not only because of their traditional historical links but also to maintain its own political and economic interests.With Hong Kong undergoing rapid changes in recent years,the UK's policy on Hong Kong has also made some adjustments.It still calls on restarting political reform in Hong Kong,emphasizing the importance of judicial independence,and trying to use Hong Kong to expand trade in China and in the Asia-Pacific region.In the future,China should pay more attention to UK's policy on Hong Kong under the framework of China-UK relations.

UK and FPDA in the Horizon of “Global Britain”

As a strategic pivot for defense partnerships,the Five Power Defense Arrangements(FPDA)has tremendous implications in the UK for facilitating the UK’s strategic extension from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.By connecting the two regions,FPDA would allow"Global Britain"to combine with the US Indo-Pacific strategy.It can bolster UK intervention in Asia-Pacific security affairs,particularly the South China Sea issue,and contribute to defensive cooperation between the UK and its allies and partners.On the other hand,FPDA could contribute to closer UK-ASEAN ties.FPDA faces challenges in resource investment,"collective action"in the South China Sea,alliance constraints,and disparate maritime security environments between Indian and Pacific.As such,FPDA’s future depends on UK determination,investment and strategic operation.

First Sovereign RMB Bond Issued in Britain

The UK government successfully issues a sovereign bond in China’s currency,the renminbi(RMB),becoming the first western country to do so,according to British Embassy in China.The sovereign bond,issued on October 14 in RMB,was the largest ever non-Chinese RMB bond.The RMB 3 billion bond,which is equivalent to approximately?300million,has a maturity of 3 years and delivers on the

Was Britain Heading Into a Major Political Crisis When War Broke Out in Summer 1914?

The paper critically analyzes if there was a major British political crisis in 1914 by summarizing the chain reactions among disputes.This topic has been investigated and interpreted by different scholars,who have expressed diverse perspectives regarding this topic.By using case study method,this paper will explore the 1914 British political crisis and discuss its relations with WWI,which contributes to the understanding that the political crisis is a collection of several struggles.Through the case study of the British political crisis,the paper hopes to have a clear perception about identifying the cause and effect of a political crisis.Although the British political crisis is shaped step by step,it causes negative consequences on national strength.In conclusion,the paper deepens our understanding of the process of the British political crisis.To a certain extent,it will reveal that it is difficult to overcome the political crisis,since it accumulates long-term conflicts.Moreover,the paper can be a valuable source to understand how to correctly view the impacts of the British political crisis.Admittedly,the paper is limited because not all political crises lead to long-term effects,and most countries find a solution when the political crisis appears,such as the Meiji Restoration in Japan and the rise of Nazis in Germany.Further studies can focus on other political crises and compare with the 1914 British political crisis.

Notes on Visit to Britain,Poland and France

From December 11 to 20,2013,I joined the CAFIU delegation to visit Britain,Poland and France as CAFIU Council Member.Rich in content,the visit not only promoted the exchanges and friendship between CAFIU and traditional partners in the three countries,but also deepened my understanding of the three countries and relevant issues of common concern.

Understanding·Friendship·Cooperation——Notes on the Visit of CAFIU Delegation to Britain,Ireland and Iceland

At the invitation of the 48 Group Club of Britain,the Institute of International&European Affairs(IIEA)of Ireland and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iceland,a six-member delegation led by Mr.Ai Ping,Member of the National Committee of CPPCC and CAFIU VicePresident visited Britain,Ireland