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 Kenneth Burke’s Dramatism

Dramatism is the essence of Kenneth Burke’s thoughts.To further understand its intrinsic qualities,this paper analyzes its three theoretical foundations from Burke’s views on humanity,language and rhetoric.Then it provides comments on dramatism.After a comprehensive exploration of these three theoretical foundations,it reveals that Burke’s dramatized world is a world of meaning or rhetoric,not a world of matter.In this dramatized world,human beings’behavior is a kind of symbolic action.     

A Milestone in China’s Space History —The White Paper on China’s Space Activities

The white paper document titled“China’s Space Activities”,released in November２０００by the Information Office of the State Council,represents the first time for China to fully,systematically and publicly introduce to the world China’s space development strategy and concerned policies．Its release is a milestone event in the country’s space history,bearing great importance and profound influence to its future space efforts．The paper here describes the shaping processes of some important new ideas and concepts,including the connotative meaning of“space activities in a broad sense”and the roles and positions of different sectors in such activities．It also briefly discusses related policies concerning the country’s space development and short term concepts and plans on its civil space activities．     

The Light of Human Nature——on the Function of Character Lena Grove in Light in August

This paper aims at explaining the importance and function of the character Lena Grove in William Faulkner’s famous novel Light in August. The meaning of the title is explored by making comparisons between Lena and other main characters.     

On ＂Richard Cory＂

＂Richard Cory＂ is one of Edwin Arlington Robinson＇s remarkable poems. The form of the poem is traditional. The words in the poem are seemingly simple but particularly chosen. The theme of the poem is about the importance of the spiritual life. As time goes on, the poem is still displaying lasting and universal meaning.     

The Charms of Forrest Gump

From esthetic value, on the basis of human nature, this thesis intends to explore in what way Forrest Gump goes along with so many people‘s sensibilities and therefore wins the admiration of the public. The paper first gives an introduction to the film, then it focuses on exploring Gump‘ s philosophy of life from different aspects of the film, such as the symbolic meaning of the feather and running, the subtle romance between Gump and Jenny, Gump‘s intense loyalty to friend-ship, a consciousness of destiny and so on, which contribute to Gump‘s successful life, This paper ends with the scoring song “blowing in the wind” which reveals one of the themes of the film and it offers its readers with a spacious imagination of life.     

Contributing to Sustainable Development—The Mission and Value of Higher Education

Some notes on sustainable development and scientific outlook on development were given．It is addressed that the mission of higher education to contribute to sustainable development should be reinforced and further expanded．The present situation of China’s higher education and the improvements required were analyzed．Two modes of thinking（reductionism and holism）and the relationship between the mode of thinking and the mode of development were discussed．The change in the mode of thinking is the key point for Chinese higher education,and more intensive reform of teaching affairs is necessary．A proposal of the revision of China’s Higher Education Act and University Constitutions was put forward．     

Two Contrary States of Human Soul

William Blake is a forerunner of the romantic poet of the 19th century. This paper tends to reveal the sharp contrast shown by poems in "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience". This may help people's understanding of what Blake said "the two contrary states of human soul."     

The Algorithm for Rule-base Refinement on Fuzzy Set

In the course of running an artificial intelligent system many redundant rules are often produced. To refine the knowledge base, viz. to remove the redundant rules, can accelerate the reasoning and shrink the rule base. The purpose of the paper is to present the thinking on the topic and design the algorithm to remove the redundant rules from the rule base. The ＂abstraction＂ of ＂state variable＂, redundant rules and the least rule base are discussed in the paper. The algorithm on refining knowledge base is also presented.     

信仰的捍卫者——对霍桑短篇小说·牧师的黑面纱·中胡波牧师的人物解读（英文）

Hawthorne＇s ＂The Minister＇s Black Veil＂is regarded as one of the earliest and greatest American short stories. Hawthorne＇sintended meaning with the tale has been the subject of considerable debate, with critics＇various interpretations. Based on close textual analysis, thispaper has formed a positive evaluation on the personality of Mr. Hooper, the minister with a black veil.     

＂The Flea＂ and ＂A Valediction：Forbidding Mourning＂

John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne’s poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking activities are lively and strong passions-love passion and the passion of religious integration,which created a new harmony.Reading Donne’s poetry is like participating in a mental game,only use our brains in order to catch up with speeding on the poet’s imagination,his exquisite taste of the speculation.The Flea is one of representative works by John Donne.A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is the most famous works of Donne’s works.Both "The Flea" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" are famous love poems by John Donne.The two poems have something in common and something different.Although the two poems are similar and also different to each other,they both set their own situation properly and impressively.     

On Spatial Meaning in The Furnished Room

The Furnished Room is one of the representative works of O.Henry,who was a great American short story writer in the 20thcentury.This article is discussing the spatial meaning depicting in The Furnished Room according to Foucault’s views of relationship be-tween space and power.Space is the outlet for commonplace people’s depression and anger while it is the invisible power which ordinarypeople have to bear but cannot overthrow.     

The coordinated development of China’s inland water transport

The coordinated development is the core of sustainable development, and the hot issue of international research.SInland water transport (IWT) is an important part of the water resources exploiting system and comprehensive transport system under socio-economic context of river basin,and also the country’s sustainable development priorities to achieve resource-conserving and environment-friendly strategy.SThis paper is based on the coordinated development content, combined Germany"s successful development experience, explored the elements and the problem of the coordinated development of IWT system of China’s national economic strategy and basin economy, water resourse system, comprehensive transport system, and system itself, and their countermeasures and suggestions,in order to facilitate rapid and coordinated development of China"s inland water transport.S     

Free to Fall: The Theme of “Free Will” in Paradise Lost and Milton’s Religion

As one of the most brilliant epics, Paradise Lost is John Milton’s declaration of his philosophy on the fall of man as well as the failure of the English Revolution. This article is aimed at discuss the theme of free will in Paradise Lost, Miltion’s Arminian convictions and the relationship between his Arminianism and the English Revolution.     

The 17 KeV Neutrino Revived

We summarize the experiments on the 17 Kev/c~2 neutrino since 1985 and discuss possible mass term of the neutrino. Various extensions of the minimal standard model to accommodate a finite neutrino mass and the status of the massive neutrino phenomenology are summarized. Finally the meaning of the 17 KeV/c~2 neutrino is discussed. The purpose of this article is to collect the known relevant materials and to make a pedagogical summary of the interesting possibility of a heavy neutrino which will have far-reaching implications if it is eventually confirmed.     

Symbolism in "The Egg"

Sherwood Anderson is one of the most prominent writers in American literary history.This paper deals with the abundant symbolic meanings in his famous short story "The Egg".Symbolism makes a literary work profound.The various depressing fates awaiting the eggs simultaneously come true on the father and the son,exposing the unreality of the American dream for the poor to be rich.     

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.     

On the Translation of Idioms in Terms of Functional Equivalence-The Scholars

Idioms translation is of special importance both in English and Chinese languages.It is necessary to understand its implied meaning.This paper has made a summary of idioms translation techniques employed by the Yangs in The scholars,laying emphasis on the relationship between Functional Equivalence and idioms translation.Introducing six ways of idioms translation in The Scholars,the author explores the common ground between Yang Xianyi and Nida＇s translating ideas--the translation should consider both the readers and translators,be faith-ful to the original point of view and so on.     

The Images in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and James Joyce''''s Aesthetics

James Joyce employs the symbolic technique in the novel A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to depict the complex inner mind of the protagonist.The images are closely related with Joy's aesthetics.The reappearance of these images reinforces and unifies the theme of the novel which eventually makes the novel a complete whole.This coincides with Joyce's principle of "wholeness".In this paper,mainly two images the "bird" and the "water" will be analyzed.Their symbolic meaning changes with the development of Stephen in different chapters.Sometimes they are symbols of threat and pressure;sometimes they are symbols of freedom and flight,which coincides with Joyce's exile aesthetics.