Making a Mark on the Boat

Have you heard the story of “Making a Mark on the Boat”? Let’s explore this tale together.One day, a group of people was crossing a river on a boat. Among them was a man who possessed a beautiful sword, proudly displaying it to everyone. However, in a moment of carelessness, the man accidentally dropped his sword into the river.

Turning Dreams Into Reality China is committed to helping African countries to build their space capability

An important feature of China developing its aerospace industry is its insistence on self-reliance and independent innovation,because China firmly believes that aerospace is a hi-tech industry and high core technologies cannot be bought.Only by mastering core technologies can China firmly grasp the initiative in development.

On Naturalism in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat

Stephen Crane is one of the greatest figures in the history of American literature and his novella The Open Boat is widely known by people all over the world as a representative work of Naturalism. This paper aims at exploring Naturalism in Stephen Crane's The Open Boat,which will guide the readers to understand American Naturalism accurately and thoroughly. It firstly introduces the author and his novel The Open Boat. Secondly,it progressively dissects Naturalism. It not only analyses the general characteristics of Naturalism with details in The Open Boat,but also interprets the distinguishing features of American Naturalism so that readers can better understand the features of American Naturalism. Through textual perusal,it further studies the unique characteristics of Stephen Crane's Naturalism and lays particular emphasis on Crane's special concern on the awakening of humanity. It is hoped that this thesis can help readers get an in-depth comprehension of Naturalism and gain some inspiration from TheOpenBoat.

On the Writing Style of The Open Boat

The Open Boat is one of the best realistic stories written by Stephen Crane,an early American naturalist and impressionist writer who dramatically presents the subtle relation between man and nature as well as that of man and society.His personal experience on the sea has an enormous impact on the story.This paper tries to carry out a detailed examination of the story in the light of writing style in order to explore his unique style and the beauty of the story.

The Influence of the Mother Tongue on Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition

Vocabulary, asabearerofmeaning, isconsidered to be the central to language and ofcritical importance to the language acquisition. Learners will subconsciously use their mother tongue in learning a second language, so the mother tongue has a considerable influence on the way a second language is learnt. Languages are different from each other and these differences among languages are called language distance. Language distance isthe majorsource affecting the second language vocabulary acquisition. Clearly, the more aware learnersare of the similarities and differencesbetween L1 and L2, the easierthey will find it to master. However, because of the different conceptual knowledge and'thinking forspeaking', learnersoften produce nonnative wordsorexpressions, even errors, troubled by the trace of the mothertongue. Multi-word items are somehow the exception ratherthan the rule since the mothertongue cannot provide support in the areaof multi-word items.

Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants from the Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets of Qianxinan, southwestern Guizhou, China

Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets in the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of southwestern Guizhou have a long well-conserved history.These markets,which are a feature of Buyi and Miao traditional medicines,contain a rich diversity of medicinal plants and traditional medical knowledge.Today,people in southwestern Guizhou still believe that using herbs during the Dragon Boat Festival prevents and can treat disease.In this study,we identified the fresh herbal plants sold at the herbal markets of Xingren City and Zhenfeng County in Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture and quantified their importance.We identified 141 plant species(belonging to 114 genera and 61 families).The plant family with the most species was Asteraceae(14 species).Informants reported that most medicinal plants are herbaceous,with 95.7%of plants used for decoction and 30.5%used for medicinal baths.Medicinal plants are most commonly used to treat rheumatism,injury,and abdominal diseases.The utilization frequency index and relative importance values indicated that Artemisia argyi and Acorus calamus are the most important plants sold at herbal markets during the Dragon Boat Festival.The price of medicinal materials sold in the market may serve as an indicator of the conservation status of species in the region.These findings indicate that the Dragon Boat Festival herbal markets in the Qianxinan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture fully embodies the characteristics of indigenous ethnomedicine and culture,and also exhibits the diversity of plant resources.We recommend that rare and endangered plants in this region be domesticated and protected.

Improving the Use of Robotic Welding of Aluminum Boats through Modularization

The level of automation in the manufacture of recreational aluminum boats is very low. Robotized welding is rarely utilized, although it is commonly considered as the most effective way to reduce costs and increase competitiveness. A reason for the under-exploitation of robotics can be found in the construction of aluminum boats;boat models and their detailed structures are almost without exception individual pieces. A new stiffener structure for an aluminum recreational boat hull is developed in this work. Construction of the stiffener as a module allows exploitation of the advantages of modularization. The number of different parts is reduced and the structure simplified improves the applicability of robotic welding and provides benefits accruing from mass production. The same module can be used in several boat models. The modularity also makes it possible to use the same advanced robot welding fixture for a variety of boat models.

Comparison of the Naturalism in Sister Carrie and The Open Boat

Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie and Stephen Crane's The Open Boat are American naturalistic works in the 19 th centu-ry.The two novels reveal the writers' awareness of the American people's social situation.This paper will analyze Sister Carrie andThe Open Boat from the point of naturalism.

The Dragon Boat Festival: Combining Boat Racing with Tradition

THE Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional Chinese festival which originated from the worship of celestial phenomena, and evolved from Dragon totem sacrifice in the remote ages. The festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month (June 7 on the solar calendar 2019). To celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, people pray for blessings and protection against calamities with vibrant and colorful festivities. The Dragon Boat Festival began to be observed around the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2,000 years ago.

A Study on the Transformation of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival in Japan

The Japanese Dragon Boat Festival originates from China. It was first carried to Japan in the 7 th century, gradually developed into Men's Day after more than one thousand years of transformation from routine royal activities and female sacrificial activities, and finally converted into Children's Day today. The Japanese reform of the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival range from the types of celebrations to its meaning with regard to native customs and habits. Although the Japanese government modified and complemented the festival in various historical stages, forming a Dragon Boat Festival with Japanese characteristics, the Japanese Dragon Boat Festival is still heavily loaded with Chinese cultural elements.

Crane's Attitude about Man's Position in the world——A Brief Comment on "The Open Boat" and Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane(1871—1900) saw life as hard, perhaps cruel. His style has been called realistic, naturalistic and impressionistic . He tried to give an accurate showing of the scene as a whole rather than concentrating on detail like an impressionist painter. His style is also marked by the use of vivid colour and imagery "The Open Boat" is the best known of Crane’s later stories. The subject

Systems research helping to meet the needs and managing the trade-offs of a changing world

Facing the challenges of an increasing world population, a changing climate and ever depleting resources, agricultural intensification （Keating et al. 2010） is one of the few options for meeting the demand of food security. It is necessary to apply a dynamic and systematic approach to effectively man- age the complex agri-eco production and green processing systems. Indeed, farming systems approach for appropriate technology development and simulation modeling is a result of adopting the system thinking by the agricultural research community （Norman et al. 1995）.

THE STRONG DRAGON BOAT RACE PRECIPITATION OF GUANGDONG IN 2008 AND QUASI-10-DAY OSCILLATION

Guangdong suffered from the most serious precipitation of its corresponding time during the dragon-boat race of 2008 since 1951.The relationship between the strong dragon-boat precipitation in 2008 and atmospheric low-frequency oscillation was analyzed with the methods of wavelet analysis,correlation and Lanczos filter.Results showed that the daily rainfall exhibits a significant 7 to 12-day quasi-periodic oscillation(namely quasi-10-day oscillation) during the precipitation,the daily 500 hPa height over Guangdong exhibits a significant 8 to 13-day quasi-periodic oscillation,and the daily 850 hPa zonal wind averaged over the north of the South China Sea presents a significant quasi-12-day periodic oscillation.The Guangdong rainfall during the annually first rainy season is most closely correlated with monsoon over the north of South China Sea,and less closely with an upper-level trough at 500 hPa affecting Guangdong.Strong monsoon surges induced two heavy rainfall processes in 2008.The monsoon surges joined with a westward-propagating quasi-10-day oscillation that originated from the central Pacific and was enhanced in a strong convective region east of the Philippines and a northward-propagating monsoon that originated from the southern South China Sea was enhanced.With composite analysis of typical phases,the common evolution characteristics of atmospheric circulation of the two heavy rainfall processes were analyzed for different phases.These features can be used as reference for medium prediction of heavy rainfall processes in Guangdong.

Poem Reading on the Dragon Boat Festival Held by China Cultural Center in Laos

The traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 3 this year.To celebrate the festival,the auditorium of the National University of Laos was decorated with beautiful Chinese knots and big red lanterns.The first Poem Reading on the Dragon Boat Festival was held here by China Cultural Center in Loas and the National University of Laos,where Chinese and Lao guests had great fun reading Chinese poems and eating Zongzi.

China Cultural Center in Budapest Launches Themed Activities to Celebrate Dragon Boat Festival

During the 2022 Dragon Boat Festival,the Erkel Ferenc Primary School in District 6 of Budapest was in a jubilant atmosphere,with more than 200 teachers and students participating in the"Spending the Dragon Boat Festival Together:Chinese Culture Experience Day"activity.Under the guidance of volunteers,the children took part in the Drag on Boat Festival celebratio ns such as"dragon boat racing on land" and"paper rice dumpling craft",and were acquainted with Chinese herbal medicine and calligraphy.

Boat Racing： The Cultural Creative for Community Health Promotion in Wiang Sa District, Nan Province, Thailand

This article identified values and creative culture for community health promotion through the use of boat racing in Wiang Sa district, Nan province, which is located in Northern Thailand as the case study. The author applied qualitative method to reveal the possibilities of community-based health care. The in-depth interview and participatory observation were adopted to investigate the context, problems, and current situation from the stakeholders during May to October 2013. The results showed that Wiang Sa district hold the traditional boat racing for more than 177 years. Before 1979, the boat racing was a traditional village collective activity, after that, the tradition has transformed into sports game in which the promotion of community health and tourism has been introduced. Values of boat racing of the people in the community included： （1） Aesthetic value--the unique characteristics of the regatta; （2） spiritual value--religious rites and relating rituals which was the source of the regatta; （3） social value--participation in various stages of racing from mutual thinking and practicing, and benefits among the group of villagers at various ages. Today, the regatta become a social symbol characterized by the community creative culture in many areas： promoting village cooperation, increasing social harmony, valuing the role of women, stimulating non-alcohol racing scheme, creating sharing collective activities for the youth and the elderly, etc. The health promotion, even though it only occurs in a short time of the racing course, especially among the rowers, it is considered as the beginning of building a positive attitude towards community health promotion through the use of the regatta as a social innovation.

A KEY LINK TO THE EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM TEACHING OF CEC: CLASSROOM DISCUSSION AND ITS ART

I.Significance and merits I have been teaching Comprehensive English Course(CEC)at junior teachers colleges for years, and I have been insisting on conducting classroom discussions (CDs) in my course no matter how many of my fellow teachers involved in the teaching of the same course have

What does the Research into the Comprehension of Spoken Language Suggest in English Teaching

In English teaching, the listening comprehension plays a major role not only in Listening and Speaking classes, but also in those of other English courses.Yet,most Chinese students find it difficult in practice.Then, what should a teacher do to improve their listening comprehension?

Internal conflicts of Emily Dickinson—A study of the images of boat and sea in Dickinson's poems

The peculiar images,the boat and the sea,often recur in the poems of Emily Dickinson,the great American poet,which well reflect her internal conflicts,the conflicts between being an autonomous woman and being a passionate yet submissive woman.In her poems,the sea is a symbol of the male-dominated society or an individual man.While the little boat is the epitome of Dickinson:sometimes it wants to be strong-willed and clear of its destination,sometimes it just wants to moor in the sea and enjoy the calmness.The paper tends to reveal the psychological struggle of Emily Dickinson and show the whole image of her as an individual through the analysis of the images of boat and sea in Dickinson’s poems.