The year 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world’s anti-fascist war. China and many other countries have held all kinds of a...The year 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world’s anti-fascist war. China and many other countries have held all kinds of activities to commemorate this event that has most deeply impacted human history. The Second World War, the crudest war展开更多
Public speech is an art.It presents the features of formal written language while exhibiting characteristics of the spoken.Barack Obama,an excellent speaker,addressed his victory speech on NOV 5,2008 in Chicago.This s...Public speech is an art.It presents the features of formal written language while exhibiting characteristics of the spoken.Barack Obama,an excellent speaker,addressed his victory speech on NOV 5,2008 in Chicago.This speech,which is very convincing,is considered a classic.This paper analyses the speech from four aspects:content,grammatical features,lexical features and semantic features.展开更多
In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administr...In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region even before many got to know what SARS was. In the weeks that followed, 32 countries and regions reported SARS cases. Worldwide, SARS infected more than 8,000 people, over 800 of whom died. China was the hardest-hit area. In a sense it was also the frontline in the global war against SARS. The outbreak of the disease put the Chinese Government and its people to the toughest ever test posed by an epidemic展开更多
The final fight to pick the ultimate champibn of Senegalese wrestling, initially scheduled for January 13 at Pikine's National Wrestling Arena, finally took place at the Leopold Sedar Seng-hor Stadium Dakar.The wr...The final fight to pick the ultimate champibn of Senegalese wrestling, initially scheduled for January 13 at Pikine's National Wrestling Arena, finally took place at the Leopold Sedar Seng-hor Stadium Dakar.The wrestling match was moved from one venue to another to allow more spectators to enjoy the legendary fight between Balla Gaye 2 and Modou Lo,according to Gaston Mbengue,the fight's promoter.It took a lot of negotiations for this change of venue to be approved,he said.展开更多
Presidential victory speeches are intentionally employed to achieve certain communicative goals.Based on Appraisal Theory,this paper attempts to reveal evaluation features and to explore realizations and functions of ...Presidential victory speeches are intentionally employed to achieve certain communicative goals.Based on Appraisal Theory,this paper attempts to reveal evaluation features and to explore realizations and functions of prosodies in Trump’s victory speech.The research results prove that an appreciation of the functioning of discourse prosodies can better facilitate our understanding of the stances of writers or speakers.The present study contributes to specifying features of appraisal resources in presidential victory speeches and sheds light on the function of discourse prosodies.展开更多
Chapter 1. Shenton mountain Battle making Great Prestige to the 129th DivisionChapter 2. A fierce fight in the Xiangtang town stricking the observating KMT Gen-erals dumbChapter 3. Rush Attack ! Surpris attack ! the 1...Chapter 1. Shenton mountain Battle making Great Prestige to the 129th DivisionChapter 2. A fierce fight in the Xiangtang town stricking the observating KMT Gen-erals dumbChapter 3. Rush Attack ! Surpris attack ! the 129th Division Creating A classics ofQuick attackChapter 4. Commanded by Mao Zedong, the 129th Division Rushed toward the GreatPlainChapter 5. Fallowing the Great Victory of the Xiang cheng Mountain Campaign,Casting a iarge net on the Southern Jinan Plain by the Commanders Liuand展开更多
AFRICAN women have been making headlines this year, with South Africa＇s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazama Dhlamini-Zuma lobbying for the post of African Union chief, Joyce Banda being sworn in as Malawi president and n...AFRICAN women have been making headlines this year, with South Africa＇s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazama Dhlamini-Zuma lobbying for the post of African Union chief, Joyce Banda being sworn in as Malawi president and now Nigeria＇s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala nominated for the top job at the World Bank.展开更多
THE State Council of China has recently announced that the countrywill end the processing and domestic trade of ivory by 2017. The first group of factories and traders will shut down their operations by March 31 this ...THE State Council of China has recently announced that the countrywill end the processing and domestic trade of ivory by 2017. The first group of factories and traders will shut down their operations by March 31 this year, as law enforcement agencies are set to get tough with illegal operations connected to all things ivory.展开更多
ON May 7, South Africans went to the polls in throngs to exercise their constitutional right to vote. In a country where the majority of the population wasonce excluded from casting their votes and from participating ...ON May 7, South Africans went to the polls in throngs to exercise their constitutional right to vote. In a country where the majority of the population wasonce excluded from casting their votes and from participating in the political decision making process, elections are an integral part of democracy for large parts of society,展开更多
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad(BOCOG)announced on May 22 that it is organizing a bid across the nation for the design scheme of the victory ceremony hosts/hostess costumes for the ...The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad(BOCOG)announced on May 22 that it is organizing a bid across the nation for the design scheme of the victory ceremony hosts/hostess costumes for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games from May 23 to June 25,2007.展开更多
BEFORE the elections, the international community was widely con- cerned that the ANC would see a big drop in their percentage of votes. Reasons for this included the slowing down of the economy, ongoing labor dispute...BEFORE the elections, the international community was widely con- cerned that the ANC would see a big drop in their percentage of votes. Reasons for this included the slowing down of the economy, ongoing labor disputes, a high unemployment rate. corruption, the great disparity between the rich and the poor and also because it would be the first election since independence without the ANC＇s spiritual leader, Nelson Mandela Results showed that the ANC won the elections with 62,15 percent of the vote, down slightly from 65,9 percent five years ago.展开更多
China’s anti-corruption drive declared success Sixty-year-old Zhang Huiguang used to live a glamorous life until it was shattered by her own greediness.The Beijing No.1 Intermediate Court recently sentenced her to 15...China’s anti-corruption drive declared success Sixty-year-old Zhang Huiguang used to live a glamorous life until it was shattered by her own greediness.The Beijing No.1 Intermediate Court recently sentenced her to 15 years in prison and a fine of 3.5 million yuan($522,220)for embezzlement and bribery.展开更多
文摘The year 2005 marks the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the world’s anti-fascist war. China and many other countries have held all kinds of activities to commemorate this event that has most deeply impacted human history. The Second World War, the crudest war
文摘Public speech is an art.It presents the features of formal written language while exhibiting characteristics of the spoken.Barack Obama,an excellent speaker,addressed his victory speech on NOV 5,2008 in Chicago.This speech,which is very convincing,is considered a classic.This paper analyses the speech from four aspects:content,grammatical features,lexical features and semantic features.
文摘In the third spring of the new millennium, China was struck by the sudden outbreak of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). It had been wreaking havoc in Guangdong Province, Beijing and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region even before many got to know what SARS was. In the weeks that followed, 32 countries and regions reported SARS cases. Worldwide, SARS infected more than 8,000 people, over 800 of whom died. China was the hardest-hit area. In a sense it was also the frontline in the global war against SARS. The outbreak of the disease put the Chinese Government and its people to the toughest ever test posed by an epidemic
文摘The final fight to pick the ultimate champibn of Senegalese wrestling, initially scheduled for January 13 at Pikine's National Wrestling Arena, finally took place at the Leopold Sedar Seng-hor Stadium Dakar.The wrestling match was moved from one venue to another to allow more spectators to enjoy the legendary fight between Balla Gaye 2 and Modou Lo,according to Gaston Mbengue,the fight's promoter.It took a lot of negotiations for this change of venue to be approved,he said.
文摘Presidential victory speeches are intentionally employed to achieve certain communicative goals.Based on Appraisal Theory,this paper attempts to reveal evaluation features and to explore realizations and functions of prosodies in Trump’s victory speech.The research results prove that an appreciation of the functioning of discourse prosodies can better facilitate our understanding of the stances of writers or speakers.The present study contributes to specifying features of appraisal resources in presidential victory speeches and sheds light on the function of discourse prosodies.
文摘Chapter 1. Shenton mountain Battle making Great Prestige to the 129th DivisionChapter 2. A fierce fight in the Xiangtang town stricking the observating KMT Gen-erals dumbChapter 3. Rush Attack ! Surpris attack ! the 129th Division Creating A classics ofQuick attackChapter 4. Commanded by Mao Zedong, the 129th Division Rushed toward the GreatPlainChapter 5. Fallowing the Great Victory of the Xiang cheng Mountain Campaign,Casting a iarge net on the Southern Jinan Plain by the Commanders Liuand
文摘AFRICAN women have been making headlines this year, with South Africa＇s Home Affairs Minister Nkosazama Dhlamini-Zuma lobbying for the post of African Union chief, Joyce Banda being sworn in as Malawi president and now Nigeria＇s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala nominated for the top job at the World Bank.
文摘THE State Council of China has recently announced that the countrywill end the processing and domestic trade of ivory by 2017. The first group of factories and traders will shut down their operations by March 31 this year, as law enforcement agencies are set to get tough with illegal operations connected to all things ivory.
文摘ON May 7, South Africans went to the polls in throngs to exercise their constitutional right to vote. In a country where the majority of the population wasonce excluded from casting their votes and from participating in the political decision making process, elections are an integral part of democracy for large parts of society,
文摘The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the 29th Olympiad(BOCOG)announced on May 22 that it is organizing a bid across the nation for the design scheme of the victory ceremony hosts/hostess costumes for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games from May 23 to June 25,2007.
文摘BEFORE the elections, the international community was widely con- cerned that the ANC would see a big drop in their percentage of votes. Reasons for this included the slowing down of the economy, ongoing labor disputes, a high unemployment rate. corruption, the great disparity between the rich and the poor and also because it would be the first election since independence without the ANC＇s spiritual leader, Nelson Mandela Results showed that the ANC won the elections with 62,15 percent of the vote, down slightly from 65,9 percent five years ago.
文摘China’s anti-corruption drive declared success Sixty-year-old Zhang Huiguang used to live a glamorous life until it was shattered by her own greediness.The Beijing No.1 Intermediate Court recently sentenced her to 15 years in prison and a fine of 3.5 million yuan($522,220)for embezzlement and bribery.
