On forest ecosystem health and its Connotations

This paper cursorily introduced some ideas and approaches of ecosystem health researches. The definition and connotations of forest ecosystem health have also been expatiated. Defining forest ecosystem health has been discussed from the management objective approach, ecosystem approach, and integration approach. To impel the relative researches in China, more attention on the properties of a forest ecosystem should be paid.

Expression of Cultural Connotations in the Creation of Campus Landscape in Baise University

On the basis of understanding the properties,concepts and objectives of running the school,geographical conditions,historical and cultural context of Baise University,cultural connotations were expressed by landscape elements such as layout of subareas,architecture,plants,sculptures,park-like settings,couplets and carvings.

The contrastive study of cultural connotations of color words in English and Chinese——Take“red”and“红色”for Example

Color words, as a part of language, has different cultural connotations in different culture, which usually express strong cultural characteristics. This thesis explores the similarities and differences between the color word"red"and"红色". Further comprehension of color words in different cultural background can help us to communicate with others successfully.

Loss and damage related to climate change:connotations and response mechanism

Global mitigative and adaptive efforts have not been able to effectively address the adverse impacts caused by climate change.Therefore,a direct solution is needed to address the significant resulting loss and damage(L&D).During the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Doha in 2012,the issue of responding to L&D arising from climate change gained sudden traction and became one of the key issues that affected the outcome of the convention.In this paper,a study on the definition and connotations of L&D arising from climate change was conducted,together with an analysis of its relationship with related concepts,namely impacts,vulnerability,and risks.This led to the proposal of an L&D conceptual model that is more comprehensive,with the recognition of the need to address the issue through effective supplementation of existing mitigative and adaptive efforts.A systematic elaboration of an L&D response mechanism was made based on politics,law,and the market,leading to a preliminary presentation of a possible format for an L&D mechanism.Potential academic research directions for L&D were also proposed that could serve as references for the establishment of international and national L&D response mechanisms and related research.

A Contrastive Study on "Yellow " and "黄" Between English and Chinese Culture Connotations

Culture is the foundation of a society's existence. Color terms not only can describe the physical properties, but contain rich culture connotations. This paper tries to make a contrastive study between "yellow" and "黄", and focus on the similar and different culture connotations of the two nations.

A Contrastive Study on Cultural Connotations of Chinese and English Color Terms

Both Chinese and English are rich in the words denoting different colors. Cultural connotations of these words,however,arouse more interest than their lexical meanings due to the discrepancy between the two languages deriving from the differences of the speakers' cultural background,social customs,and aesthetic interests. Employing contrastive analysis on the two cultures wherein the two languages are nourished,this paper has made a series of contrasts between and explorations on the cultural connotations of color terms in the two languages.

Campus Landscapes of Xiaogan University and Its Cultural Connotations

Taking Xiaogan University (Hubei Engineering University) for example, characteristic campus landscapes of culture, knowledge, ecology and four seasons were analyzed on the basis of their cultural connotations. The relationship between humanistic plaza and its humanistic concerns, fountain plaza and humanistic spirits of the university, statue of Confucius and traditional culture of the university, Xingzhi Garden and moral education, Chunhui Lake and its neighboring humanistic environment was elaborated. It was stressed that campus construction should take actual conditions and features of the university into consideration, and elements capable of showing characteristics of the university should be fully used, and cultural connotations understood and applied for linking all landscape elements. By following the above principles, a campus characterized by regional features, profound cultural connotations and harmonious ecological conditions will be constructed.

Study on Temperaments and Spiritual Connotations of Sichuan Gardens

Sichuan gardens consist of various types and forms, showing simple, primitive, peaceful, cultural and inclusive characteristics. These features owe to its special geographical condition, historical background and regional culture. Furthermore, Taoism that originated from the ancient Shu Kingdom influenced the formation of Sichuan garden deeply. Through reviewing its features and formation causes, spiritual connotations of Sichuan garden can be summarized as the worldview of pursuing the nature, the practical values and the philosophy of accommodating.

The Substance and Cultural Connotations of Treating Prior to Disease

The substance of treating prior to disease in Traditional Chinese Medicine expects to dissipate symptoms before the disease occurs and maintain health until centenarian.This concept is a collective reflection of the intrinsic awareness of suffering by Chinese people.Moreover,its cultural connotations involve emphasis on preparation for adversity in times of safety and taking anticipative measures.

The Connotations of Non-linguistic Signs in Communication

The silent communication of non-linguistic signs occurs in human cognition.This can be proved from four points of view:to introduce the definitions of linguistics,non-linguistic signs and meaning;all of them can communicate in human cognition through their comparison;the connotations of many kinds of non-linguistic signs in daily life;the position of non-linguistic signs in linguistic fields;from the above the conclusion can be reached.

Reflections on the Connotations of Ecotourism

As the most desirable option for sustainable development of tourism industry, ecotourism still suffers from lack of a clear-cut and widely accepted definition, posing many risks and threats in its practices. Based on collection and collation of various concepts and explanations of ecotourism both at home and abroad, this paper reflects on the current connotations of ecotourism in terms of four aspects, namely, objects of ecotourism, ecotourists, nature of ecotourism as well as the relationship between ecotourism and communities. In-depth analysis was performed in an effort to revise the misinterpretation of ecotourism and provide implications for ecotourism initiatives. The main conclusions and fruits of this article include： 1） The objects of eeotourism should go beyond natural, pristine, or even only primitive natural areas to including cultural resources together with their natural context which also deserve preservation. 2） Tourism operators, compared to tourists, have more leverage and hence should shoulder more responsibilities for conservation. 3） Ecotourism should serve as a principle to guide tourism initiatives towards sustainability, rather than merely a special tour package. 4） The theoretic foundation was laid for community participation in ecotourism.

A Comparative Study of the Cultural Connotations in Chinese and British Landscape Pastoral Poetry

This article is a comparative study of Chinese landscape pastoral poetry and British landscape pastoral poetry,focusing on their cultural connotations.Many Chinese and British poets take the theme of pastoral landscape as their creative content.By describing the natural scenery of the field,the life and work of the farmers and etc.,the poems eulogize the simplicity and purity of rural world,the happiness and unsophisticated life of farmers and also certain emotion of the poets.This kind of poetry is very prevalent among readers.However,due to the heterogeneity of Chinese and British culture,the landscape pastoral poetry created by Chinese and British poets has the same theme and description objects,but there are also marked differences in their content,artistic expression,writing techniques and the creation form that attracted lots of scholars to study.However,there have been few such studies in the differences about Chinese and British landscape pastoral poetry.To this extent,hopefully,this article may be scholastically significant in studying on the difference of their cultural connotations.

The Connotations and Translations of Words In English and Chinese——Illustrated by the examples of “peach” and “moon”

The thesis is about the connotations and translations in English and Chinese Languages.And the words"peach"and"moon"are mainly discussed.The former part focuses on the diversities between these two languages and the latter,similarities.And translations are discussed according to different cases.The sources of examples related to the topic were English versions byprofessor Xu Yuanchong,works of the ancient Chinese literary and Center for Chinese Linguistics PKU.

Different Connotations of “Sorry”

Attentive foreigners will find that Chinese people,unlike them,do not frequently say sorry in their everyday lives.It is often the case that the Chinese are misunderstood as being fearful of admitting their mistakes and unwilling to say sorry.The reason they seldom say sorry is mainly attributed to the environment in which they are brought up in a nation that emphasizes practicality rather than form.

Landscape Economics: Connotations, Basic Problems and Research Methods

This paper analyzed necessity and laws of natural and cultural resource consumption and creation activities as a branch of economics or research direction, proposed such basic frameworks of landscape economics such as connotations, basic problems and research methods on the basis of sorting out literature. Landscape economics is a social science focusing on the public preferences for natural and humanistic landscapes, and the preference evolution laws, economic laws of landscape resource consumption and creation activities. The basic problems include evaluation of landscape resource value, optimal utilization of landscape resources, landscape resource development and protection policies, formation and creation of diversified landscape structure. The research methods include investigation of consumers' willingness, experiment and behavioral economics, logical reasoning, and case study.

English "DOG" and Chinese "GOU":Comparison on English and Chinese Cultural Connotations in Terms of Animal Words

Connotations refer to the additional meanings that a word or phrase has beyond its central meaning.These meanings show people's attitudes or feelings toward what the word or phrase refers to.People from different countries or regions may have different connotative reactions to the word or phrase because of their different social and cultural background.Such as the word "dog" in English and 狗(gou)in Chinese.Though they can be said to have the same denotative meaning,people from China and English-speaking countries havedifferent attitudes toward the above two words.This article is about to compare English and Chinese cultural connotations in terms of animal words.And the author hopes there will be fewer and fewer communicative problems arising from cultural differences in intercultural communication as long as people from different countries or regions could more and more understand each other's culture.

The cultural connotations of animal idioms among different countries

From the day that human beings came into existence,people began to encounter all kinds of animals.The primitive beings at an early age lived only on what the nature offered them and they hunted wild animals with stone implements.Instead of the essential maigre food,they took their own-made implements to capture animals in order to maintain their life.Through years of struggle with animals,human beings are closely related to animals and many customs and idiomatic usages about animals have come into existence,which makes the special culture based on them appear and the emotions human beings show to those animals have got deepened.From what has been mentioned above,we can see that ecological culture about animals has much to do with human society.So it can be said that the culture of human society originates from ecological culture.Different nations have their own totem,that is to say,every nation has its own preference for animals.Some quality and character is often associated with some sort of animal,but these associations seldom or have nothing to do with science.These associated character or quality with animals differ in different countries.The paper mainly talks about some idioms about animals and their translation and the same or different associations reflected by these idioms under the different cultural environment between China and English language.Chapter One mainly talks about the different cultural connotation and translation of idioms relating to the same animals between Chinese and English.Chapter Two mainly talks about the same cultural connotation and translation of idioms relating to the same animals between Chinese and English.

Cultural Connotations of Chinese and English Idioms Concerning Animal Names and Their Translation

There are lots of idioms concerning animals.These animal idioms have very different culture connotations according to the different features of different kinds of animals.This essay,by consulting the predecessors' achievements and comparing the similarities and differences of cultural connotations of animal images in Chinese and English idioms,approached to deal with translation principles and methods applied to the translation of animal idioms.

Connotations and Evaluation System of Urban Eco-River Construction

Eco-river construction is an important part of the urban river renovation, and also a hot research topic for the present river renovation. From the perspective of functional features of urban rivers, connotations of ecological river construction were further explored, evaluation index system was established on the basis of objective layer, criterion layer and index layer, so as to provide theoretical guidance and technical references for the ecological construction of urban rivers.

Social Classes and Cultural Connotations of Yangzhou Home Gardens during the Late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China

During the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of the Republic of China(1870-1930),the social classes in Yangzhou were basically dominated by officials,businessmen,and scholars.In the building number,scale,and functional evolution of their home gardens,these three classes were different,reflecting abundant connotation of characteristic of the time and regional culture,revealing the inheritance path of Yangzhou culture,as well as the richness and diversity of home gardens in Yangzhou during the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of the Republic of China.