Since its launch in 1981, China Daily has served a vital role in telling the world about China and providing valuable insight into the world's second-largest economy. The following are some branding events, conducted by it, which have advanced public diplomacy(外交)and international communication.
Vision China Lectures
A series of talks are organized by China Daily in which leading political and business figures are invited to speak and interact live with domestic and foreign audiences. The Vision China lectures focus on major issues facing China and the world and explore what China's successful stories mean for the world and how Chinese wisdom can help the world.
China Watch Think Tank Forum
Elites(精英), including opinion leaders, politicians and businesspersons with expertise(专业知识)on China, discuss topics on the developments and the future of China and the world in China Watch Think Tank Forum. Asia Leadership Roundtable
The China Daily Asia Leadership Roundtable provides a platform for high-level dialogue and communication among leaders and social elites in the fields of politics, business and academia in Asia. TESOL China Assembly
Organized by China Daily in partnership with TESOL International Association (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages), TESOL China Assembly is a high-level international English Language Teaching (ELT) event in China. It aims to promote scholarship and cross-cultural understanding among English educators in China, and to enhance dialogue between China's ELT professionals with their peers worldwide.
Just about 50 years ago, needing money to support my family—my novels weren't best-sellers-I had the idea of taking the longest train trip imaginable and writing a travel book about it. The trip was improvisational (即兴的).
I didn't have a credit card. I had no idea where I'd be staying nor how long this trip would take. And I'd never written a travel book before. I hoped my trip wouldn't suffer a lot, though it was obviously a leap in the dark.
I set off with one small bag containing clothes, a map of Asia, a travel guidebook and some travelers' cheques, I was often inconvenienced, sometimes threatened, now and then disturbed for bribes, occasionally laid up with food poisoning—all this vivid detail for my narrative.
What I repeated in the more than four-month trip was the pleasure of the sleeping car. Writing on board the Khyber Mail to Lahore in Pakistan, "The romance associated with the sleeping car comes from the fact that it is extremely private, combining the best features of a cupboard with forward movement. Whatever drama is being shown in this moving bedroom is heightened by the landscape passing the window. . . " A train is a carrier that allows residence.
I wrote The Great Railway Bazaar on my return in 1974, and it appeared to good reviews and quick sales. That's the past. Nothing is the same. All travel is time-related. All such trips are singular and unrepeatable. It's not just that the steam trains of Asia are gone, but much of the peace and order is gone. Who'd risk an Iranian train now or take a bus through Afghanistan?
But I've been surprised by some of the more recent developments in travel. I rode on Chinese trains for a year and wrote Riding the Iron Rooster, but now China has much cleaner and swifter trains and modernized destinations.
A traveler today could take the same trip I took in1986-87 and produce a completely different book.
All travel books are dated. That's their fault that they're outdated, and it's their virtue that they preserve something of the past that would otherwise be lost.
From rolling hills to mountain ranges, views make any road trip memorable, but for blind passengers this is part of the experience they miss. Motor company Ford tries to change that. It teamed up with GTBRoma and AedoProject—to develop a technology that will give those unfortunate passengers a way to feel nature's beauty through their car windows.
The prototype of the smart car window has a device with an outside-facing camera. With just a press of a button, the system takes a picture of the current view. The colorful picture is then turned into an image with different shades of grey through LED lights, which vibrates differently. As the finger passes over different regions of the image, its shaking movements provide feedback through the sense of touch to the person using it. The smart window also comes with a voice assistant that uses AI to identify the scene and help the passengers get information on what they're seeing.
"As the prototype started taking shape, we realized we were giving birth to a completely new language that would give blind people a new chance to visualize and experience traveling," Federico Russo, one director of GTBRoma, said. "When the idea was at its first stage, we looked for suppliers all around the world to make it come to life. "He believes the technology can be employed not just in cars. "It could be introduced into schools and institutions for blind people as a tool that could be used in multiple ways. "
The technology may show up in a Ford autonomous vehicle. It's known that the company is testing their technology and future business model and struggling to figure out how an autonomous vehicle gives different passengers the details needed to get from one destination to another. It's unclear when this technology will be made available. However, the idea of building something for the less advanced is indeed a kind and influential action.
Babies are surrounded by human language, always listening and processing. Eventually, they put sounds together to produce a "Daddy" or a "Mama". But what still confuses neuroscientists is exactly how the brain works to put it all together.
To figure it out, a team of researchers turned to a frequent stand-in(代替)for babies when it comes to language learning: the song-learning zebra finch. "We've known songbirds learn their song by first forming a memory of their father's song or another adult's song. Then they use that memory to guide their song learning," said Neuroscientist Todd Roberts. "It's been a long-term goal of the field to figure out how or where in the brain this memory is. This type of imitative learning that birds do is very similar to the type of learning that we engage in regularly—particularly when we're young, we use it to guide our speech learning. "
Roberts and his team had a feeling that the interface(交叉区域) between sensory areas and motor areas in the brain was critical for this process, and they focused on a group of brain cells called the NIf.
"In order to prove that we could identify these circuits, we thought if we could implant a false memory. " First, they used a virus to cause the neurons(神经元) in the birds' NIf to become sensitive to light. Then, using a tiny electrode as a flashlight, they activated the neurons. The length of each pulse of light corresponded with the amount of time the neurons would fire. And the birds' brains interpreted that time period as the length of each note.
Soon enough, the birds began to practice the notes they had learned, even though they never really heard the sounds. Amazingly, the birds produced them in the correct social situations. The researchers say this is the first time anybody has found exactly a part of the brain necessary for generating the sorts of memories needed to copy sounds.
"This line of research is going to help us identify where in the brain we encode memories of relevant social experiences that we use to guide learning. We know that there are several neurodevelopmental disorders in people that have really far-reaching effects on this type of learning. "
Most of the students have a tendency to believe that their brain is not suited for a few subjects that they are uncomfortable with. However, because math is one of the most crucial subjects in any competitive exam, having a firm grasp on the subject is essential for moving forward with confidence. Here are some useful suggestions to help you overcome your fear of math.
Simply memorising formulae (公式) without understanding the fundamentals will make things difficult for you. Try to understand the theory and logic behind the formula; once the concept is clear, you don't have to make additional efforts to remember the formula.
Focus on your strengths. Spend more time improving your skills on the topics that you are confident about. Go through previous year's question papers to have an idea about how much confidence these topics can fetch you. This might help you in calming down and boosts your confidence levels.
Take the right guidance. Never shy away from asking questions. Be it teachers, mentors or friends; put forward your questions whenever you are in doubt. This will help you have a better understanding of the subject.
Practice regularly. Regular practice helps you improve your speed, makes you learn new and easier methods of tackling problems and also familiarises you with a wide range of questions, hence giving you a greater advantage in the exams.
A. Understand the basics.
B. Change your approach.
C. Mathematics is one of those.
D. Besides, it will also help you overcome your fears.
E. Move on to the difficult topics once you feel confident.
F. In competitive exams, speed is as important as accuracy.
G. Group studies with peers having a strong hold on mathematics can be extremely beneficial.
Patrick, Scheels store's fishing manager, always helps customers with their angling(垂钓) needs, but one 1 stood out.
One day, a young boy named Xander entered the store with his mother, Brynn. Patrick noticed his eyes were filled with 2 about the world of fishing. For nearly half an hour, they 3 their shared passion. Brynn shared the 4 of Xander's connection to angling, explaining, "My dad, a fisherman, passed away last year, but Xander never got to go fishing with him. So over the last year, he's been 5 grandpa, wishing he could go fishing with him . "
6 by Xander's longing for a connection to his late grandfather, Patrick decided to take action and 7 Xander his first fishing pole. "It was sixty dollars and he bought it with his own money," Xander said. This 8 gesture brought tears to Brynn's eyes, and she acknowledged that such acts of kindness aren't 9 .
However, Patrick's generosity didn't 10 here. The 22-year-old fishing enthusiast went a step further by11 a memorable fishing trip for Xander and his family. To 12 that Xander had an enriching experience, two professional anglers from Scheels 13 him on the trip, offering guidance and teaching him valuable skills.
Patrick's kindness was 14 a breath of fresh air for Xander and his family, who described the fishing trip as a once-in-a -lifetime 15 . "I felt like it was my due diligence to pass on the good word of fishing," Patrick said.
Bathed in warm sunshine, the newly restored Jingfu Ge, is part of the Summer Palace in Beijing, is like an elderly person a youthful face. It possesses the solemnity and magnificence of a royal building, and the gentle elegance of time.
After a yearlong work, the ancient building was reopened, enabling public to see the results during a special open day on Oct 30.
Located on the eastern ridge of Wanshou Mountain in the Summer Palace, the building was initially a twostory pavilion (construct) during the reign of Qing Dynasty Emperor Qianlong from 1736 to 1796, known as the Tanhua Pavilion. (fortunate), it was burned to the ground by Anglo-French forces in 1860, and it (rebuild) between 1891-93 during the reign of Emperor Guangxu. Historical records show that Empress Dowager Cixi often went there (appreciate) the views and the weather, and received foreign envoys and their family members in the building, which was not far from (she) residence in the Summer Palace.
This round of (restore) covered the main hall and the surrounding courtyard, with the aim of minimizing interference with the building and not changing its original facade and features.
Nurturing nature
Tom Satre owned a boat. One day, he was enjoying the weekend with his family. Tom's daughter Anna was looking around as the family was traveling across the water. Then she saw something strange from afar. They eventually got close enough to figure out what it was. At first, they thought that it was a group of birds or may be even some sea lions. Their theories were all wrong! They were able to see ears. As they approached, they realized that it was actually a group of deer struggling to stay afloat!
Everyone on the boat was surprised to find four Sitka deer approaching their way. They stilled the boat and the four deer swam nearer and nearer. They swam right towards the boat — then they started to circle the boat. They were looking up and looked like they needed help.
They were in Alaska. It should go without saying that the deer had to be taken out of the freezing waters. Tom said that these were the most upset deer he had ever seen in his life. The deer were exhausted and they were clearly struggling to stay afloat. However, Tom and the others were unsure how they could get the deer on board the boat.
As an outdoorsman, Tom was able to tell that the animals were young because their antlers (鹿角) were not fully developed yet. He came up with a plan and attached rope to their necks and everyone on the boat had to pull up the deer so that they can come on board. Those poor deer! Wild deer are normally easily frightened and cautious in the presence of humans. Not these deer, however, as they climbed the boat immediately. Once aboard, the creatures simply passed out from exhaustion. They couldn't stand up on their own. They couldn't shake the water off their coats.
注意： 1. 续写词数应为 150 左右； 2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
The family headed towards the dock (船坞) and the sunlight was keeping the deer warm. . . .
However, the final deer was shaking and unable to follow the others that had disappeared into the woods. . . .
