Cities in China, Striding into the New Century——Some Hard Thinking Done by Urban Planner

1.China Is Still Developing Country 1—1.The life expectancy of mankind today has beenprolonged much more than that in the past,so there areeven much more people who can enjoy life going beyondthe year of 2000 A.D.,though the term,"striding into thenew century"is imbued with imagination and craving.Nowit may be almost affirmative and lucky to say:we will hailfor ourselves the arrival of the 21st century. 1—2.Man has already created a vast amount of wealth(Including material and spiritual)from ancient times tothe present,and also been mastering more and more ad-vanced science and technology,As for how to approach theproblems concerning the future,nevertheless、the human al-ways assumes an attitude of vagueness and nearsightedness.In light of Chinese concept of philosophy,"have a foot hadplanted at the present and keep in view the future"is the ba-sic way and viewpoint to probe into matters of the future. 1—3. From the l980s to the 1990s China＇s economyhas brought about a new leap in the transformation     

漫游

正漫游是如何尽可能减少购物中心占地面积的水平化研究,从形象上将建筑彻底转化为一座文化和公共机构,并重新创造出一个一个全新的、独创的消费者体验。——丹尼尔·里伯斯金Cruise is a horizontal approach of how to minimize in some way the footprints of the shopping centre,transform its image all into cultural and public institution and recreate that experience for shoppers in a completely new and original way.——Daniel Libeskind     

Sustainable Intervention Plans for Igbo Cultural Region of Nigeria

The Igbos are one of the major tribes of Nigeria. Over the years, their distinct way of living have further accentuated their culture. The paper discusses the Igbo cultural landscape region which comprises of rural autonomous communities made up of clusters of kindred and villages. In spite of the existence of the townships serving as trade, political and administrative centers for more than one century, the rate of urbanization has been very slow thereby affecting the development of the communities physically, economically and socially at astonishing rates consuming farmlands and traditional community boundaries. This paper is aimed at creating awareness on the unique regional growth pattern in Igbo land heavily dependent on cultural and natural heritages for purpose of determining adaptable regional planning strategies for such vibrant cultural region. It has examined the key issues and suggested a way forward to a more sustainable development of the region.     

英语学习者面临的三大难题

<正>Learning English is not an easy job for many people. They have to overcome lots of challenges on the way to be a good English learner. Here are three biggest challenges you should pay more attention to.学习英语对许多人来说不是一件容易的事。在成为一名优秀英语学习者的过程中,他们必须克服许多困难。下面是你应该多加注意的三大难题:     

A study of jacking force for a curved pipejacking

For a pipejacking, the jacking force is critical to balance the resistance force and to move the pipe string forwards. The driving mechanism of a curved pipejacking is more complicated than a straight-line pipejacking, and its jacking force is also more difficult to be determined. The paper theoretically studies the jacking force of a curved pipejacking by considering the static equilibrium of earth pressure, resistance at cutting face, friction at pipe surface, and the driving force behind the pipe string. The derived theoretical formula can be used to estimate the driving forces of a straight-line or a curved pipejacking. Case study was performed by applying the theoretical and empirical formulae. After calibration, the corrected formula is more accurate and more applicable.     

Water Resources in Beijing

Water is a substance that man and all other living be-ings rely on and is not replaceable.It is also indispensablefor industry and agriculture.Beijing is a city which lacks water.With the continuousdevelopment of the city,the demand for water will be eventremendous.In order to ensure all the undertakings of thecity going on smoothly and maintain a good ecological envi-ronment,one of the most important tasks of the revisedGeneral City Plan is to deal with the problem of water sup-ply in a proper way.     

Retrospect and Prospect of the Protection and Reconstruction of Old Beijing

Beijing is a famous,cultural and ancient capital inour country and one of the first group of famous,histori-cal and cultural cities proclaimed by the State Council.The Imperial Palace,the Great Wall and the Ape—manCave are listed as the” world cultural heritage”,whichhas further confirmed Beijing’s historical position in theworld.It has always been an important task in the field ofBeijing’s overall planning to protect this historical citywell while carrying out its modernization.At present,itbecome more important to do so for Beijing when the re-form and opennng policy is accelerated,the socialist mar-ket economy is being set up and the development of thecity is speeded up.To protect and reform the old Beijing,a great dealof valuable exploration has been put into practice overthe past more than 40 years.The work is now heing putinto a more scientific course.A few points of view are asfollows:     

Five Aspects for Adult Second-Language Learners

There is increasing emphasis in 1anguage teaching on "focus on the lear-ners" , and on "learner-centered teaching". At the same time, there is agrowing sophistication in the way 1anguage teachers are trained. What has notreceived adequate attention, however, is the question of what is necessary tobe a good language learner. The thesis of this article is that even a short period of training in how