Are Chinese nationals’ attitudes to wildlife tourist attractions different from those of other nationalities?

Many wildlife tourist attractions (WTAs) have negative impacts on animal welfare and species conservation. In the absence of regulation, raising standards requires tourists to create market pressure by choosing to attend WTAs with benefits for wildlife. We surveyed respondents from five countries – China, Australia, Canada, UK, and USA – to quantify how attitudes to captive animals, and towards WTAs’ outputs and standards, may vary with nationality. Our aim was to provide a firm basis for behaviour change interventions to alter current patterns of tourist consumption of WTAs. All respondents agreed on the importance of conservation and animal welfare, but Chinese respondents were twice as likely to believe that WTAs would not be allowed to exist if they were bad for animals, and that WTAs’ promotional materials were reliable indicators of welfare and conservation standards. These findings indicate Chinese respondents had fundamentally similar attitudes to those from the other countries, but differed in how those attitudes were likely to be applied. Chinese tourists may experience more barriers to aligning their actions with their values with respect to WTAs. Removing these barriers may require information campaigns to highlight the lack of regulation, and the unreliability of some WTAs’ promotional materials and tourists’ reviews.     

Travel writers and the nature of self: Essentialism,transformation and (online) construction

A lacuna of academic research exists that explores contemporary travel writers’ lived experience, particularly how they perceive their s​ense of self through their work as a forum for self-discovery and self-transformation. Using the essentialist self and socially constructed selves as theoretical frameworks, this research extends the concept of multiple selves to these writers and new forms of online media. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 47 travel writers and data were analysed using an Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis. Findings suggest that many travel writers (co)construct an online self and use their writing to transform themselves. The cathartic process of writing, interaction with their readership and the importance of establishing a social identity online emerged as influences on the nature of self.     

企业社会责任与企业价值——组织惰性与行业敏感度的调节作用

以2012—2016年沪深两市A股上市公司的数据为依据,通过实证分析研究了企业社会责任对企业价值的影响,并从组织层面和行业层面的视角探讨了组织惰性和行业敏感度对该影响的调节作用。研究结果表明,企业社会责任对企业价值具有显著的促进作用;组织惰性减弱了企业社会责任对企业价值的促进作用;行业敏感度阻碍了企业通过履行社会责任进而提升企业价值的过程。     

浅谈铁路建设项目资格预审申请文件、商务标编写方法及建议

2014年以来,铁路固定资产投资每年基本稳定在8000亿元左右,对施工企业而言,要抓住当前的有利机会,争取更多的施工任务。结合当前铁路建设项目资格预审及招标的特点,简要介绍资格预审申请文件、商务标的编写方法,提出相关建议,以期为从业人员提供借鉴。     

跨境电商英语沟通中的语用移情策略研究

跨境电商的飞速发展离不开跨境电商英语沟通质量的提升,跨境电商英语沟通是在交流过程中,买卖双方传递、共享信息和感情的过程。运用语用学的移情理论,结合跨境电商英语沟通特点,从礼貌语、委婉语、模糊语和幽默语等方面,建构语用移情策略,有助于缩短买卖双方的心理距离,达到预期的语用效果,推动畅通有效地跨境电商沟通。     

大学英语教学应激发学生的学习兴趣

学习兴趣是学生学习的动力。大学英语教学应通过培养良好的师生关系,根据学生差异,做到因材施教,努力创设语言环境,合理使用奖惩,激发学生的学习兴趣。     

英语专业教学中写作与阅读的互动模式

从ESL写作理论有关阅读和写作的相互关系出发,我国英语专业教学应加强读写教学的联系,建立读写互动模式。由读到写,从写作者角度阅读;以写促学,从读者角度写作。     

大学英语课堂教学中学生主体作用探究

学生是学习的主体,英语教师的重要任务是帮助学生学会主动学习和思考,开发其潜能,在教学中充分发挥学生的主体作用。     

综合英语课程基础阶段的教与学

综合英语课基础阶段的教学直接关系着英语专业的教学质量。营造语言环境,加强语言基本功训练,全面提高学生素质,是保证基础训练教学质量的关键之所在。     

广告英语的修辞魅力

现代广告的作用举足轻重,它可以使一个名不经传的品牌一夜间家喻户晓,也可以使老品牌重新焕发勃勃生机。广告语力求新颖别致,不落俗套,就少不了各种修辞手法,英文广告也不例外。