The End of the American Dream——On the Tragedy of Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is considered as F.Scott Fitzgerald's most important book.This paper will concentrate on the symbolic meaning of Gatsby's tragedy-the end of the mythical American dream.Gatsby's personal experience approximates the whole of the American dream.This paper gives a detailed analysis on the formation of his dream,his great efforts in realizing his dream and his disillusionment.     

On the development of the GRAPES——A new generation of the national operational NWP system in China

Numerical weather prediction （NWP） has become one of the most important means for weather forecasts in the world. It also mirrors a nation＇s comprehensive strength in meteorology. In 2000, China Meteorological Administration （CMA） established the National Innovative Base for Meteorological Numerical Prediction in the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences （CAMS）, to work on developing a new generation of the national operational NWP system-Global/Regional Assimilation and PrEdiction System （GRAPES）, to enhance meteorological services in China in the new century. In recent years, the GRAPES has witnessed a fast development. The GRAPES has been set up as an integration of the model framework, data assimilation, regional and global NWP system, which can be commonly used for both operation and research. In this paper, a brief review is made for illustrating the GRAPES system, including the advanced designs of the GRAPES, its diverse applications in multi-fields, and efficiencies of the regional and global GRAPES in operational applications based on hindcast results.     

Culture misunderstood——the language barrier in cross culture——From the aspect of differences on word cultural connotation

From the relationship between culture and language,we know language is a carrier of culture;each nation has its own distinctive culture.Through comparing cultural connotation between Chinese characters and English words,we know it is more important for us to master the cultural connotation of words than just knowing their spelling and pronouncing.Only under this condition,we can use English properly and freely.     

Breaking through the contradiction——an analysis about the bewilderment of modern book designing

Introduction A well-designed book with rich content would definitely arouse most people's curiosity.But the reality is often not so much satisfying.When you step into a bookstore,a variety of beautiful books rush into your eyes and arouse your interest.And you would wonder     

Literal Translation and Free Translation in the Translation of the Bible——Struggles and Compromises

This essay attempts to explore the struggles and compromises of literal translation and free translation in the Bible translation,and comes to the conclusion that the two methods experienced a process from being immature to mature till the final merge of them,which reflected the need of the readers and the social settings of different epochs.     

On the Converse Theorem of the Cauchy Mean—Value Theorem

One of the most important theorems in elementary theory of differentiationis the mean-value theorem.When we prove Taylor's formula or discuss someparametric curves, we often use the following generalized mean-value theorem:     

Biodegradab le metals—the rising star

<正>Biodegradable metals-the rising starBiodegradable metals(BMs)are one of the hotspots in the field of biomaterials,and are regarded as the rising star in the family of metallic biomaterials.They are metals expected to corrode gradually in vivo,with an appropriate host response     

Eustacia——Victim of Fate——On Thomas Hardy''''s The Return of the Native

Owing to the influences of Greek's view of fate, Dorset peasant's fatalism and Schopenhauer' s pessimistic philosophy, Hardy showed more or less a pessimistic tendency in his early writings and this tendency illustrated itself in his writing of Eustacia, heroine of The Return of the Native. He believed that Eustacia' s tragedy resulted from the disagreement between her aspiration for a brilliant life outside Egdon Heath and the fate imposed on her by some mysterious force working at odds with her. This is what the paper attempts to prove.     

Reflection of Civilization in the Anthropological Age——On the Anthropological Turn in Contemporary Ideological History

文化人类学新知识给20世纪思想带来了学术刺激与文明反思.它从人类与自然关系的再思考中批判资本主义的发展话语,阐明文化多样性存在所提示的全球公正目标与人类前景.从人类当前的危机及困境出发来看,和谐及可持续生存,将成为超越资本主义发展话语之后的新的人类思想导向.     

Discussions on the age of the Daohugou fauna—evidence from invertebrates

Volcanic tuff deposits near Daohugou village, Ningcheng County of Inner Mongolia have yielded many wellpreserved fossils. Here we briefly introduce our recent findings of invertebrates from the Daohugou fauna: mainly insects, conchostracans, anostracans, and spiders. The age of the Daohugou fauna is considered to be Middle Jurassic on the basis of an analysis of various invertebrates especially insects and conchostracans, showing strong similarities to the Yanliao fauna of north China and the Karatau fauna of Kazakhstan.     

Discussions on the age of the Daohugou fauna—evidence from invertebrates

Volcanic tuff deposits near Daohugou village, Ningcheng County of Inner Mongolia have yielded many wellpreserved fossils. Here we briefly introduce our recent findings of invertebrates from the Daohugou fauna: mainly insects, conchostracans, anostracans, and spiders. The age of the Daohugou fauna is considered to be Middle Jurassic on the basis of an analysis of various invertebrates especially insects and conchostracans, showing strong similarities to the Yanliao fauna of north China and the Karatau fauna of Kazakhstan.     

Key technical innovation of Xihoumen Bridge——the longest steel box gird suspension bridge in the world

<正>All the progress from design to construction of Xihoumen Bridge project and some technical questions were researched, such as design idea considering topography condition,structure choosing considering wind resist and controlling progression of construction considering complex ocean environment,etc.The key technical innovations reached international advanced level.     

A Bright Pearl in the Egdon Heath——Having Another look at the Artistic Charm of Tess

A poor girl, out for life, lost in mire. A most regretful theme, which can be seen from all the literary works of every country in and abroad, but Hardy's portrayal of Tess' tragedy has met and won the readers all over the world. It was accorded courteous reception by the artists of film and theatre, and the professionals follow with interest. Yet, its subtlety and mystery can never be termed simply as " social tragedy".     

Rationality and Emotionality——On the plot of Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen was a writer in the age of rationality, which surely leaves its imprint upon her works Pride and Prejudice. The ＂pride＂ and ＂prejudice＂ of the heroes and heroines in the novel manifest the fact that they are rationaUy-controUed. Such rationality, however, high- lights the unusual power of emotionality when the characters finally get married after experiencing complicated love This kind of first-back- grounding-emotionality-and-then-foregrounding it plot development in the works displays Austen＇s profound knowledge of life and her progressive thought surpassing her times. It also represents the characteristics of ＂the exterior rationalism and the interior romanticism＂ in her works.     

New method of designing anti-slide piles——the strength reduction FEM

At present,the thrust of an anti-slide pile can be worked out with some calculation methods. However,the resistance in front of the pile,the distributions of resistance and thrust,and appropriate pile length cannot be easily obtained. In this paper,the authors applied the strength-reduction finite element method (FEM) to several design cases of anti-slide piles. Using this method,it is possible to take the pile-soil interactions into consideration,obtain reasonable resistance in front of pile and the distri...     

The Analects and the Moment in Peking——The influence of a Confucian education system on the personality formation,the way of thinking and the fate of the main characters

0.Preface China has long been boasting of its colorful and immense culture which comprises of Taoism,Confucianism and Buddhism.The interwoven influence among the religions on Chinese way of thinking,on the nation＇s behavior in their social life throughout the long history is beyond list.