Private business in China is the most active it has been for ages.The effects on China's economic develop-ment and on the country's system of public ownership are not to be un-derestimated.
We successfully synthesize four kinds of ZnO nano/microcrystals including dumbbell microrods, nanoflakes, nanoplates, and microrods by a simple wet chemical method. Growth duration is found to play a crucial role in t...We successfully synthesize four kinds of ZnO nano/microcrystals including dumbbell microrods, nanoflakes, nanoplates, and microrods by a simple wet chemical method. Growth duration is found to play a crucial role in the morphologies of these ZnO nano/microcrystallites. In addition, growth conditions are systematically studied as a function of precursor concentration and temperature. The structural and optical characteristics of the ZnO samples are further investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy.展开更多
The human face consists of three dimensions: (1) the visible, static sur-face, (2) the mobile dimension, which communicates thoughts, emotions, and states of mind, and (3) the invisible dimension, the face aspa...The human face consists of three dimensions: (1) the visible, static sur-face, (2) the mobile dimension, which communicates thoughts, emotions, and states of mind, and (3) the invisible dimension, the face aspars-pro-toto for the whole person who owns the face. In this latter sense, the human face is at the center of Emmanuel Levinas' theory of ethics: We encounter each other face-to-face, he argues, and it is the other's face that calls for my ethical response to the holiness of his/her wholeness and essence. The primary ethical imperative is: "Thou shalt not kill." When we encounter a facially disfigured person, we usually fail to respond ethically because we concentrate on the disfigurement. The second dimension, as a result of the disfigurement, is often impaired and thus incapable of communicating in such a way that we can "read" the face. With our gaze fixed on the disfigured part of the face, we lose sight of the person as a whole. Metaphorically speaking, we could even say that we "kill" the person. Levinas conceives of the other's face not in its plastic manifestation. But the encounter with the other does at first take place as embodiment. According to Merleau-Ponty, this encounter is by definition interactive and dialogical. In Willa Cather's short story "The Profile," young beautiful Virginia marries a portrait painter after he has finished her portrait in profile. The left side of her face is severely disfigured because of a burn. Her husband is waiting impatiently for her to talk about "it" and the suffering it must cause her in order to "heal" her with his love, but she behaves as if it did not exist and even likes to dress extravagantly. In the following analysis of the short story, it will be illustrated how the husband fails to respond to his wife's face's invitation to interact with it and get in touch with the wholeness of her person that it stands for. Instead, he reduces her to the disfigurement. When he finally names the scar, he metaphorically "kills" her, as well as their marriage.展开更多
Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. I...Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. It is resorted to by speakers of different languages as a means to an end, and it is recognized as a norm in all societies. Despite its universality, the actual manifestations of politeness, the ways to realize politeness, and the standards differ in different cultures. Politeness is, to some extent, culture-specific.展开更多
Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real ...Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real communication between the negotiators, which aims at providing a systematic theory framework for the language users and researchers.展开更多
文摘Private business in China is the most active it has been for ages.The effects on China's economic develop-ment and on the country's system of public ownership are not to be un-derestimated.
文摘We successfully synthesize four kinds of ZnO nano/microcrystals including dumbbell microrods, nanoflakes, nanoplates, and microrods by a simple wet chemical method. Growth duration is found to play a crucial role in the morphologies of these ZnO nano/microcrystallites. In addition, growth conditions are systematically studied as a function of precursor concentration and temperature. The structural and optical characteristics of the ZnO samples are further investigated by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy.
文摘The human face consists of three dimensions: (1) the visible, static sur-face, (2) the mobile dimension, which communicates thoughts, emotions, and states of mind, and (3) the invisible dimension, the face aspars-pro-toto for the whole person who owns the face. In this latter sense, the human face is at the center of Emmanuel Levinas' theory of ethics: We encounter each other face-to-face, he argues, and it is the other's face that calls for my ethical response to the holiness of his/her wholeness and essence. The primary ethical imperative is: "Thou shalt not kill." When we encounter a facially disfigured person, we usually fail to respond ethically because we concentrate on the disfigurement. The second dimension, as a result of the disfigurement, is often impaired and thus incapable of communicating in such a way that we can "read" the face. With our gaze fixed on the disfigured part of the face, we lose sight of the person as a whole. Metaphorically speaking, we could even say that we "kill" the person. Levinas conceives of the other's face not in its plastic manifestation. But the encounter with the other does at first take place as embodiment. According to Merleau-Ponty, this encounter is by definition interactive and dialogical. In Willa Cather's short story "The Profile," young beautiful Virginia marries a portrait painter after he has finished her portrait in profile. The left side of her face is severely disfigured because of a burn. Her husband is waiting impatiently for her to talk about "it" and the suffering it must cause her in order to "heal" her with his love, but she behaves as if it did not exist and even likes to dress extravagantly. In the following analysis of the short story, it will be illustrated how the husband fails to respond to his wife's face's invitation to interact with it and get in touch with the wholeness of her person that it stands for. Instead, he reduces her to the disfigurement. When he finally names the scar, he metaphorically "kills" her, as well as their marriage.
文摘Politeness is a social phenomenon, a means to achieve good interpersonal relationships, and a norm imposed by social conventions. Politeness is universal, that is, it can be observed as a phenomenon in all cultures. It is resorted to by speakers of different languages as a means to an end, and it is recognized as a norm in all societies. Despite its universality, the actual manifestations of politeness, the ways to realize politeness, and the standards differ in different cultures. Politeness is, to some extent, culture-specific.
文摘Vagueness in English for business negotiation will be interpreted by pragmatic theories, such as, the cooperative principle, the polite principle, and the face theory through many practical cases picked from the real communication between the negotiators, which aims at providing a systematic theory framework for the language users and researchers.