Lexical Meaning and Discourse Understanding——Make Use of Lexical Contextual Clues to Get a Comprehensive Understanding of Discourses

Discourse teaching is the key point and goal in reading instruction. And vocabulary is the critical element that affects readers’ speed and their comprehension of the reading material. Therefore,less time should be spent in vocabulary teaching,the best learning skills should be employed to achieve better learning effects. So,one of the important issue in English teaching is to foster students’ guess ability of English words. This thesis is aiming to guide the students to find clues in English reading through the analysis of the function of the contextual clues in discourse understanding to improve the comprehensive ability.     

Is small beautiful? Understanding the contribution of small businesses in township tourism to economic development

The increased importance attached by policy-makers to the anticipated developmental effects of tourism in developing countries has been insufficiently examined by academic researchers, particularly in the context of the contribution of small firms in urban areas. This deficiency is addressed by providing a review of existing research followed by an analysis of interviews with 90 tourism business located within and outside the townships of Langa and Imizamo Yethu, Cape Town, South Africa. The findings reveal tensions between the different actors involved in township tourism. While the involvement of small, locally owned, businesses is beneficial, it is limited by conflicts of interest, lack of trust, limited social networks and little attachment to the township locality. The discussion highlights the complexity of tourism's role in economic development, which has significant implications for local policy-makers.     

Development of Pudong——Fouth lssue 2003 Abstract

Pudong is marking its 13th anniversary of opening-up and advancement this month.Prosperity is seen everywhere in Pudong:high buildings shooting up skyward,roads extands in all directions．business thriving，logistic services flourishing,tourism booming and the TNC gathers.Pudong has worked wonders,wonders that have pleasantly surprised the world.     

Understanding the inflation–output nexus for China

In this article we examine several hypotheses relating to output and inflation dynamics in China. The hypotheses tests are based on the exponential generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) model of Nelson [Nelson, D. (1991). Conditional heteroskedasticity in asset return: A new approach, Econometrica, 59, 347–370]. Our findings suggest that Chinese output–inflation behaviour is consistent with the hypothesis that increased inflation uncertainty lowers average inflation; the hypothesis that inflation volatility reduces economic growth and the hypothesis that higher output volatility increases economic growth. However, we find no support for the hypothesis that higher output volatility increases the average inflation rate.     

Understanding local entrepreneurship and small enterprises in the tourism–development nexus: The case of western Uganda

Most studies of the tourism–development nexus in developing countries tend to focus on short-term and monetary tourism effects, while understating non-monetary and longer-term effects of tourism on local and regional development. Although less tangible and weakly understood, non-monetary and/or long-term tourism effects can both reinforce and undermine short-term and monetary tourism effects. This article analyses how tourism stimulates local entrepreneurship and small enterprise development, and to what extent these small enterprises fuel non-monetary aspects of regional development. Evidence from career pathways of different types of local entrepreneurs in western Uganda suggests that tourism can enlarge peoples’ capabilities, awareness and assets to control their own well-being. This study indicates that tourism can act as a catalyst for small enterprise development in the local economy without inducing major skills’ leakages.     

On the Dialectic Time Philosophy of Shakespeare's Sonnets——A Case Study of Sonnet 19

Sonnet 19 is a reflection of Shakespeare's dialectic time philosophy.For one thing,time is extremely destructive by killing off beautiful attributes of everything and everybody.However,the speaker can make full use of poetry to perpetuate the beauty of his sweetheart.Thus time has amazingly intertwined its destructiveness with beauty retention.     

Exports by Type of Enterprise——January－April 2003

us$1,oooType of Enterprise Customs RegimeSOESub.Tot.CⅣEJVVmue±%IVmue±%I、,砒ueue±%alue±%alue±%IValue±%JVmue±%TotalOrdinarytradeAidordonationbetweengovenuror by international organizationsCompensation tradeProcessing&assemblingProcessing with imported materialsGoods on consignmentBorder tradeContracting projectsGoods on leaseOutward processingBarter tradeBonded warehousing tradeEntrepOt trade by bonded area0ther122,023,599 (33.5)51,792.216 (35.3)47,808(一26.7) 8.337 (9.5)15…     

Difference and Coordination——Comparison of Chinese Accountancy with IAS

With the countries all over the world increasingly integrated as a whole, it is necessary to coordinate the accounting policy among countries. This paper expounds the difference and coordination of Chineseaccountancy with IAS and puts forward some useful suggestions resultingly.     

Imports by Type of Enterprise——January－April 2003

US$1,000Type of Enterprise Customs RegimeSub.TOLCJVEJVFoEOther、,甜tie±%Value±%V酊tie±%V虬lie±%Valtie±%Vmtie±%Ⅷtie±%Ⅶtie±%TotalOrdinary tradeAid or donation between govern—ments or by international organiza—tionsDonation by overseas Chinese,com—pa~iots in Hong Kong,Macao orTaiwan,or Chinese with foreign eiti—zenshipCompensation tradeProcessing&assemblingProcessing with imported materialsGoods on ctinsignmentBorderIradeContracting projectsGoods onleaseEquipment or …     

An Analysis of Rural Medical Insurance System for Inpatients~1——A Case Study of Jiangyin Model

I. Social Medical Insurance andIts Economic InterpretationThere are basically two models of social medical insurance in foreign countries:2 one is therisk model represented by the United States and the other is the welfare model representedby Europe and Japan (Zhou, 2002). In developing countries, except a few like Chile, medicalinsurance is associated with formal employment, with most of the rural population excludedsince they are scattered in families or in non-regular departments. Even…     

Measurement on Industry Contribution to Employment——The Case of Shaanxi

This paper applies a closed input-output model the framework of Shaanxi in 1992. The industry employment national industry employment contribution. to measure industry contribution to employment in contribution of Shaanxi is then compared with the     

Contradiction of Higher Education Supply and Demand——Puzzles and Solutions

As the process of popular higher education accelerates, the contradiction of higher education supply and demand is becoming more and more outstanding. This paper have analyzed the contradiction of higher education supply and demand and its reasons, points out that the innovation of the university property right system is the key to resolve the contradiction, propos some policy suggestions on the reform of the state-owned university property right system and the development of the civilian-owned university.     

The value of Subtitles in second language general comprehension——Literuare review

As second language learning becomes popular,various strategies to improve the learning process have been suggested.One of them includes the implantation of audiovisual materials(video authentic materials),which then leads to a discussion of subtitle usage and the value of subtitles in second language learning.This essay focuses on searching for literature that suggests the value of subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,in improving second language learning.This was achieved by reviewing relevant research and experiments.The results suggested that even though uncertainty remained on what kind of materials fit what level of learners,in general,subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,were seen as a beneficial tool in developing learners’ listening abilities and skills.     

An empirical examination of the disaggregated import demand of Korea—the case of information technology products

This article presents an empirical analysis of the import demand for certain information technology products in Korea. These products have been recognized as essential for further economic growth in Korea, as the Korean government aims to transform the economy into one based on information technology. The unrestricted error correction model is used to derive the long run price and income elasticities of import demand, considering the small sample size. The price elasticities are revealed to be quite high in all cases, implying that lowering of the tariff rates would increase the import of those products substantially.     

The choice of inflation targeting—an empirical investigation

A growing number of countries have anchored their monetary policy to an explicit numerical rate or range of inflation since such an inflation targeting framework was first adopted by New Zealand in 1989. This paper empirically investigates economic structure and institutional factors associated with a country’s choice of inflation targeting using a dataset of 66 countries for the period of 1980–2000. It is found that a sound fiscal position is significantly and positively associated with the choice of inflation targeting framework; the central bank is more likely to adopt inflation targeting with greater financial depth; institutional capacity including central bank autonomy and flexible exchange rate regime is important for the choice of inflation targeting.

The Revival of Chinese Costume Culture——Contrast Between Chinese and American Costume

Costume culture is an important symbol of a nation, which reflects directly the developing condition of a nation in a particular period.The Chinese nation boasts 5000 years of history as one of the four ancient civilizations in the world, while the United States is a relatively newly born na-tion.Since China's reform and opening, the Chinese realized their great disparity with the western world. This paper demonstrates the contrast between Chinese and American costume culture, and it makes the conclusion that the Chinese nation should rejuvenate its costume culture in the new period.     

Understanding Failure in International Retailing： An Institutional Framework for Future Investigation

The move from domestic market to one that includes major retailers. Whiles prior research acknowledged differences international firms is not proving an easy task for between country environments and stressed the importance of addressing these differences in order to avoid the dangers and failures inherent in internationalisation, there is still lack of suitable framework that captures the effects of the institutional environment on failure in international retailing. The purpose of this paper is to introduce institutional theory as a complementary framework to explain failure in international retailing and suggest propositions for further research. The paper seeks to answer the research question： What are the factors in the institutional environment of a host country that affect failure in international retailing？ Consequently, the objective of this paper is threefold： （1） to introduce institutional theory as alternative theoretical framework to conceptualise failure in international retailing; （2） to identify institutional factors that exert pressures on the operational activities of international retailers in foreign markets and which leads to failure; （3） to provide some research propositions for further investigation. This paper offers several contributions. First, we extend current theories in international business, particularly, the literature on retail internationalisation and institutional theory by exploring pressures and difficulties that international retailers face in a new host institutional environment. Second, we identify a set of institutional factors that exert pressures on international retailers in foreign markets that lead to failure. Finally, with the institutional approach, this study fills the gap in earlier works by developing a complementary framework along with 11 propositions for future research. One major limitation of this paper is that it is conceptual; hence, further empirical analysis is needed to test the suggested propositions.     

A Brief Analysis on the Application of the Grammar Translation——Form the Perspective of Its Popularity and Adaptation in China

Proceeding from the historical retrospect of the Grammar-Translation Method, this essay clarifies its present application in China’s foreign language teaching and analyzes the reasons for its popularity and adaptation in China. Finally, some constructive suggestions are given on how to apply the Grammar’Translation Method more effectively and improve China’s foreign language teaching.     

Research on the Steel-circulating Mode——Taking Steel-circulating Enterprises of Tsinan as the Example

The development of car manufacture, real estate and city planning brings enormous demand for steel. There are many problems of traditional steel-circulating mode in the new surroundings. This paper makes steel-circulating enterprises of Tsinan as the example, and analyzes the superior and inferior positions of three steel-circulating enterprises based on different main body structure, and also analyzes the adaptive stage, implement keystone and management content of every mode. In reality, the main body structure and circulating mode of Tsinan steel-circulating enterprises are representation of China. The paper brings forward developing countermeasures of steel-circulating enterprises of Tsinan, too.     

Women’s Voice——A Deconstructive Interpretation of Gender in Absalom Absalom!

Absalom, Absalom! Faulkner＇ s eighth novel, published in 1936, is generally recognized as one of the greatest American novels ever written. Its center is the rise and fall of Thomas Sutpen, the ＂ruthless patriarch of a great southern family＂ （Byerman 129）, who aims to find wealth, then builds up a plantation and marries a daughter from a respectable family in Jefferson town in Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi. All through his life,