简介:LikeeverylanguageAmericanEnglishisfullofstrangeexpressions,phrasesthatcomefromdaytodaylifeofthepeopleanddevelopintheirownway.Wheredidtheseexpressionscomefrom,andhowdidtheygetintothelanguage?Ourexpressiontodayis'togetone’sgoat'andotherphrasesthatcomefromthegoat.Thegoatisanancientcreaturethathasdonemuckforman,providingmilk,meat,cheese,andothergoodandusefulthings.
简介:ArthurMillerisuniversallyrecognizedasoneofthegreatestdramatistsofthe20thcenturyintheUnitedStates,togetherwiththeconscienceofAmericandrama.Nevertheless,hisworkshavealwaysbeenconsideredashavingmisogynicinclinations.Thispaper,onthebasisofgendertheories,seekstoundertakeaninterpretationtotheelementsofmasculinityandfemininityregardingfemalecharactersinArthurMiller’sdramas.TakingTheCrucibleandAMemoryofTwoMondaysasacaseinpoint,theauthorseekstoidentifyanddiscussthreecategoriesoffemalecharacters,comprising“theangelinthehouse”,thefigureofMedea,andthesilencedandabsentfemales,inordertodeconstructMiller’sdichotomizedoutlookonfemales.
简介:ELTisanorganicprocessthatisinfluencedbyavarietyoffactors.Thesebreakdownintotwotypes:explicit,whichisobjectiveandtheotherisimplicit,whichissubjective.Thispaperarguesthatsubjectivefactorsaresubordinatedtoobjectiveones.Ofthelat-ter,theSocietyfactor,followedbytheSubjectandStudentfactorsinimportance,isthecentralonethatdeterminestheteachingprocess.
简介:Inrecentyears,althoughcollegestudentshaveacquiredahighlevelofproficiencyinEnglishreading,theyhavemadeverylittleadvancementinEnglishwriting.ThisisduetothefactthatinadequateimportanceisattachedtowritingintheteachingofEnglish,andthatstudentshaverathervagueideasabouttheroleofwritinginforeignlanguagelearningandaboutthediffer-entdiscoursepatternsexistingbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thus,thispapersuggeststhat,inordertoimprovestudents’writingability,twowaysbeadoptedtoraisestudents’awarenessoflearningtowrite:1)integratingtheproduct-orientedap-proachwiththeprocess-orientedapproach;2)usingstudents’readingasawritingsource.
简介:Howdoyougetoutofdifficultieswhenyoufeeltrappedbythem?Perhapsyouhaveyourownmeanstocopewiththem.SodoI.Eachofusmaymeetwithcertainproblemswhichalwayswaitinunnoticedcomersforagoodchancetoswoopdownuponus.Forexample,whenwestudentsstrivetogetreadyforaforthcomingNationalCollegeEnglishExamination,BandFourorBandSix,wemaydiscoverthatwehavetroublewithlisteningcomprehension,readingcomprehension,selectingvocabularystructures,writingcompositionsorotherthingslikethese.Inthesecases,whatcanwedo?Giveuphopelesslyorgoaheadfearlessly?IbelievethatIpreferthelatter.
简介:BelovedisoneofToniMorrison’smostfamousnovelsandattractsmuchattentionfromthepublic.ThisessayaimstoanalyzethehealingprocessofSethe’straumafromtheperspectiveofpsychologicalanalysis.Therearefourparts.First,itintroducestheplotofthestoryandthetheory.ThesecondpartanalyzestheformingofSethe’straumaandthethirdpartdiscussesthehealingprocess.Thelastpartreachestheconclusion.ByanalyzingSethe’straumafrompsychoanalysis,thispaperaimstohelptheseblackpeopletoreconstructtheiridentityandachieverenascence.
简介:GarySnyderisafamousAmericanpoetinthe1960s.HisworksoftenreflectZenthought,whichhighlyinfluencedtheBeatGenerationofthattime,andeventhewholewesternsociety.ThisarticleattemptstodiscusssomeofthepossibleaspectsinwhichSnyder’sZendivertsfromChineseZenthought.Tofindouttheanswer,fourofSnyder’spoetrycollectionsweremainlyconsulted,aswellasinformationabouttheenvironmentthathe’dbeenlivingin.Thediscrepancythisarticlewillshowcaseisthree-folded:first,whatSnyderpursuedmightbe"squareZen",whichisdifferentfromChineseZen;second,hispoemsintegratedsomeideasfromIndianfolklores,thuscontradictingthatofZen;third,givingconsiderationtohiswesternbackgroundandspecifichistoricalenvironment,hemightmisinterpretChineseZenthoughtunconsciouslyorintentionally.ThisisanareawhichsofarnocurrentstudiesaboutSnyderhaveprobedinto,sotheresultsarejusttentativeandexploratory.