Doing Something for Our Hometown

<正>I think our hometown is a modern town.I enjoy living here very much.But I don't like the pollution.Now the rivers and lakes are getting black and the air is not fresh.As students,we can do something to help protect it.We can ask our parents not to drive cars so often.We can ride     

致弗拉达的信

<正>Dear Vlada,I am very glad and excited to receive your letter.I think we both are very busy,it is OK if you are unable to reply very soon.I hope you’ve been well recently.It has already been a month since the term started and two weeks later we are going to have our mid-term exam.So you can imagine how busy we are now.I’d like to share my school life with you and I hope you are interested in it.I am now in Grade Seven,and life is completely different from how it was in Grade Six.Besides the basic     

Learning to Look After Ourselves

<正>We can always see many parents washing clothes for their children.I don' t think that is good for children.Children need to do something by themselves.But some parents hope their children can have more time to do their lessons.In fact,children must be given enough time to practice so that they can improve themselves as soon as possible.As we know,children are the future of our country.We should not only do our lessons well but also learn to look after ourselves.We should help our parents do housework as much as possible.     

On Amusement

<正>As we know,it is impossible for us to keep healthy unless we often take exercise and take part in amusement activities.After study,there are many kinds of activities in our daily life,for example,listening to music,playing chess,going to the cinema,watching TV.But I think we’d better have more     

What Kind of English Class Do You Like?

<正>I hope I'll have more chances to speak English in class,because we can learn English well only by using it.However,we have no such a chance at home.I hope the teacher will arrange all kinds of activities in class,such as dialogues,short plays,reading contests and so on.I don't think it good for the teacher to talk all the time while the students take notes only.I think it necessary to learn some grammar.But we shouldn't study grammatical rules in     

浅谈帮助低收入者解决住房问题

低收入群体的住房条件差的问题较严重,我国现行的住房供应体系,虽能解决一些城市低收入群体的住房,但无法从根本上解决低收入群体的住房问题。我认为应借鉴西方国家的成功经验,建立我国的住房保障体系,主要应从财政、法律、金融、税收、资金、增加收入等政策上支持低收入者租房、建房、购房,使居者有其屋。     

Urban form breeds neighborhood vibrancy: A case study using a GPS-based activity survey in suburban Beijing

In this paper, we present a formal analysis of the neighborhood vibrancy created by urban form. We use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop quantitative measures of urban form and define neighborhood vibrancy based on a GPS-based activity survey in suburban Beijing. An Urban Form index was adopted to determine that our measures of urban form capture meaningful differences in the characteristics of urban neighborhoods – differences that may have direct impacts on neighborhood vibrancy. Specifically, high density and mixed land use are strongly positively correlated with neighborhood vibrancy, whereas developed external traffic systems are negative. However, a thorough inter-circulation system and convenient accessibility do not always boost neighborhood vibrancy. These factors lose efficacy when gated neighborhoods are selected and surrounding facilities are distributed far away. Our study argues that urban planners, using their professional judgment, can contribute to urban vitality at the neighborhood scale.     

Ride to School

<正>I think going to school by bike is good for us.First of all,riding to school is a wonderful way to exercise and it's good for our health.Second,it's fun to ride together with friends every day.What's more,if we ride bikes,our parents won't have to drive us to school.There will be fewer cars on the roads.Less driving helps to make our city cleaner.I hope     

PUTTING ACTIVISM IN ITS PLACE: THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT OF PARTICIPATION IN NEIGHBORHOOD‐FOCUSED ACTIVISM

Neighborhood‐focused activism is one way residents enact their vision for their community. This study examines the neighborhood socioeconomic antecedents of participation in neighborhood‐focused activism in a diverse sample of residents of Chicago neighborhoods to test three theories of neighborhood socioeconomic context and participation: (1) affluence affords participation, (2) activism addresses neighborhood needs associated with disadvantage, and (3) socioeconomic inequality creates contention that necessitates participation. Measuring neighborhood socioeconomic status as two unique dimensions—neighborhood affluence and neighborhood disadvantage—and accounting for both individual and neighborhood characteristics, I find support for each theory. Neighborhood socioeconomic context matters for participation, regardless of individual socioeconomic characteristics. Only when these three perspectives are considered jointly can they fully capture the socioeconomic context of participation in neighborhood‐focused activism.     

Water——Our Lifeline

<正>Water is the most important of all.Some people usually waste a lot of water in their daily life.I think we should try to save water.We could survive for 20 days without food,but we may die because of lack of water for 7 days.Some people throw trash into rivers and pour waste water into rivers or lakes,so the water is badly polluted.It’s bad for our health if we