来自伦敦的启发

今天早上我读了一条最令人惊奇的新闻,说的是在英国,每天早上交通高峰期间,伦敦是拥有最低人均碳排放的城市。这就是我们从书本上了解到的世界上受雾的影响最严重的城市之一,也就是《雾都孤儿》里的那个伦敦。那么,新闻中所说的现象是怎么形成的呢？     

冬风啊,那个吹

毋庸置疑,冬天来临了.每天早晨,在我们公寓楼周围打扫卫生的学生手里装落叶的袋子变得越来越大.但是,随着树叶几乎全部脱落,灰色的树枝像失去了颜色的肢体一样,在树干上蔫头耷脑地伸展开来,学生们的工作也渐见尾声.数日前,在超市中,被挤得几乎要挪不动步.大量的购物者在卖保暖内衣的地方仔细地翻来翻去,寻找穿起来舒服、暖和和性价比高的保暖内衣.今天,我在教室里注意到几个女孩甚至一两个男孩已经戴上了手套.     

什么是"非物质文化遗产"?

对"文化遗产"一词,每个社会都有自己的看法.根据联合国教科文组织在2003年召开的第32届大会上与会国达成了共识,我们可以看到非物质文化遗产如下几方面内涵.     

因为阅读是一件好事

扫盲是首要的而且是最重要的步骤,但并不是最终步骤。阅读远不是可以辨认那些打印页面上的字就可以了。我们需要鼓励人们掌握有理解和分辨的能力阅读。教育是要培养有洞察力的读者,他们渴望通过文字和语句得到隐藏在它们之后的用意和含义。     

The impact of scanning on employment in UK food stores: A preliminary analysis

New technology increasingly is being introduced into retailing at the operational level. One particular example is bar code scanning in food stores. By July 1986 there were 636 shops in the UK with operational scanning systems at point‐of‐sale, and of these 60 per cent were food stores. It has been suggested that scanning checkouts can cause change in employment structures and even job loss. This paper investigates some of the employment implications of laser scanning checkouts in a sample of food stores.     

有爱的日子

去年,估计有10亿张情人节卡片在全球被送出。2009年的情人节在美国产生了150亿美元的销售额。如今,这个现象在中国也呈现强劲增长的势头,因此,看看这种势头是如何发展起来的,以及这种现象意味着什么。     

The UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE 2008) and retail research output

The 2008 Research Assessment Exercise in the United Kingdom provides a further opportunity to consider changing trends and patterns in retail research, following on a previous commentary in this journal. This comparison shows that pressures continue to mount and are impacting retail knowledge creation and dissemination practices, not least in terms of those engaged in retail research, the topics and approaches utilised, the publication tactics and strategies and thus the standing of retail research in the United Kingdom and its reputation internationally.