My Favorite Country

<正>My favourite country is France.I hope I could visit it some day.France is in western Europe.It is an old country with a history of many centuries.Its capital city is Paris.Paris is also the cultural centre of France and even Europe.France attracts 83 million foreigners every year.There are many places of interest in the country.It is famous for its gardens and beaches.And every day,thousands of people visit the     

Travel to the Great Wall

<正>We’ll travel to Beijing this summer vacation and we will visit the Great Wall first.It is a symbol of our country and one of the New Seven Wonders of the world,too.It’s 75km away from the center of Beijing.It’s about6,700 kilometers long.In most places on the Great Wall,it’s wide enough for 5 horses and ten men to walk side by side.Every year many foreigners come to visit it.When they see the Great Wall,they always     

A Charity Day

<正>We will have a Charity Day next week.It’s time to do something meaningful for people in need.I plan to go to visit a nursing home with my friends.We will clean the elder’s rooms.Then we will sing and dance for them.The elder really need more care.Our visit will make them feel less lonely.I think all of us will have a good time together.And I do hope more and more people     

The Utah House: An effective educational tool and catalyst for behavior change?

The Utah House in Kaysville, UT is a demonstration facility built and operated by Utah State University Cooperative Extension. It is designed to showcase alternative building techniques, with a focus on sustainable use of resources, energy and water conservation, healthy indoor air, and universal design. A survey was sent to visitors of the Utah House in January 2008. Questions were asked about knowledge of key topics, and engagement in selected pro-environmental behaviors, to determine if their visit to the house influenced their level of knowledge or more importantly, their behavior. Significant increases in self-reported knowledge were found for all five topic areas, indicating that the house was an effective educational tool. Differences in self-reported knowledge before the visit were found for gender and educational level, but mean ratings for all groups were essentially the same after the visit. Although many visitors had already engaged in at least one pro-environmental behavior before coming to the house (83%), a large percentage (63%) made at least one change as a result of their visit, indicating that the house was a catalyst for behavior change. Although several interesting correlations were found between knowledge, feelings and behavior, no strong predictor of behavior emerged.     

工程软件中VB数据库编程技术选择

从数据库文件的建立和数据库文件的访问两方面介绍了用Visual Basic创建数据库系统的相关技术,从非计算机专业工程人员角度出发,分析了其优缺点,并提出编程技术选择的建议,以供编程人员参考。     

面向土地市场构建信息平台--武汉市规划咨询信息系统建设

武汉市规划咨询信息系统是一套面向土地市场的改革和发展需求,以部门内部网络为基础,具有信息采集、传递、储存和分析等功能的综合信息管理系统.它采用全数据库管理模式,分布式技术和多线程并发访问技术,以及基于开放式网络技术的系统标准,可被应用于规划咨询业务和信息衍生专题研究.     

A Visit to the Seaside

<正>Every year when summer comes,we have summer holiday.Last summer,I went to the seaside with my father.It was sunny and hot.When we got there,our shirts were wet all over.This was our first time to visit the seaside.I couldn’t help jumping and shouting."What a beautiful sea,I love you!"We got into the water and began swimming.It was nice in the     

Our Lovely School

<正>Look!What a tall and beautiful building!If you come to visit our school,you will be surprised,because it’s nicer than what you think.When you walk through our school gate,you can see the tallest building in our school.It’s our teaching building.There are many trees in front of it.It’s a good place for us to     

Huangguoshu Waterfall

<正>Have you ever been to Huangguoshu Waterfall?It is said to be No.1 waterfall in Asia.It lies in Guizhou Province and is one of the most famous place1for sightseeing.Every year,millions of people will come2to visit it.The great waterfall is 77.8 meters high and 101 meters wide.But if you went to the waterfall in spring in 2010,you would find a different water-     

(Re-)creating Urban Destination Image: Opinions of Foreign Visitors to South Africa on Safety and Security?

The intention of tourists to visit urban destinations is influenced by their perceptions or their knowledge of that destination. Risk perceptions, although situation specific, have an impact on travel behaviour. Mega events are once-off occasions in which a negative perception of destination, in this case related to crime, can be turned into a positive image. Can the 2010 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup (WC) help South Africa undo the current perceptions and opinions, especially among foreign visitors, that our cities are dangerous places to visit? Can South Africa manage the 2010 WC in such a way that the destination image can be changed to a more positive one? It is within the context of speculating about the potential impacts the event may have in 2010 on reshaping internationally (and nationally) the safety and security image that visitors have of South African cities as crime ridden that this paper aims mainly to investigate international visitors’ perceptions and opinions on safety and security. Nine hundred and seven international visitors were interviewed when exiting the country at the OR Tambo and Cape Town International airports. The findings revealed that more than a third of the respondents indicated that they were worried about their safety before travelling to South Africa, that the central business districts of Cape Town and Johannesburg are the most feared places they visited and 6% of the respondents were victims of crime. Perceptions, however, changed for the better after their visit to the country, and it is against this background that the 2010 WC can potentially show the world that the country is a safe destination to visit and in the process re-create the destination’s image as a safe tourist experience.