...My hometown is Beijing, I've lived here for 22 years, and I have a very deep feeling with Beijing. In order to obtain more choices and opportunities for the future life, I chose to come to Norwich to continue learning from a month ago. As we all known, the world is a vast and varied place,and every place has different customs. And I found some similarities and differences between Beijing and Norwich. I would explore only a few of the most important ones here. I will talking about the similarities between the two city. Firstly, let’s start from the city transport. Beijing and Norwich are one of the most important and biggest city in their country. So the transport is a important part in their city. Both Norwich and Beijing have convenient transportation and well-developed transport. Secondly, both cities are located of the east in their countries. Thirdly, both two cities have similar public facilities, for instance, two cities both have prefect hospital system, education system and recreational facilities. Now let's have a quick and short look at differences between Beijing and Norwich. First of all, Beijing is much bigger than Norwich. Beijing covers an area of more than 6336 square miles. Moreover, Beijing has a population of 14.93 million people, and Norwich has 3 million people. In addition, two cities have different climate. Beijing is a city with four distinct seasons. Affected by latitude and longitude, Norwich has greater temperature than Beijing. In my opinion...
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...There are many many problems associated with the Olympic games. And I want just told about 2 of them in relation to Beijing Olympic games. I think the first we have to establish is that the Olympic game are not really associated with the nation but associated with the city. So for example when British cities competed for the 2012 games Manchester and Birmingham competed against London. And London got it of course. It was the same with China; I know Shanghai was a little bit upset because they didn’t get the Olympic games. But then they got export 2010, so that was fine. And there was always been a little rivalry between Beijing & Shankhai. So we understand that any way the Olympics are to do in Beijing. There problems here because Beijing was always been a city which has been short of water. So it has a very profound(глубокая,сильная) environmental problem in not respect. It also has a profound environmental problem in terms of its air quality. It is always been a very polluted city. In April when the winds come the pollution get blowing away, but the sand from the desert blows in. So that’s always a slightly on pleasant air in Beijing. And it’s also very flat city, so u can’t go up on the highs to get away from the fog and smog. And there are real problems here associated with the Olympics. The 1st is that there will be hundreds of athletes; there will be thousands perhaps millions of spectators(зрителей). There will be audience employees associated with the games or the...
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...【IELTS】相当强悍！雅思考官揭露中国学生口语弊病！口语PART1中国考生必须注意之处！不能错过！ The Introduction Phase of the Speaking Test 本人善于从网络收集大量雅思资料，当然，都是相当实用的，对于自己复习的学生，可以看看我发的帖子，都是相当有用的！今天，一如以往，我找到了一个绝对对于中国学生在口语PART1中有用的东西！以下内容是从事多年雅思考试的外国朋友总结的，全部英文。-如果你连下面的内容也看不懂，要查字典的话，你的雅思成绩估计也就4分上下-（此话，是作者说的，不是我说的，哈哈）。 如果大家看完以后学到什么了，那就是我最大的动力，我会继续把PART2以及PART3的相关资料和预测发上来！（都是很权威的） 请大家不管用什么方法，一定要认真看完，内容不难，但是所涉及的问题，大多数人都有可能会发生。 有时间的同学可以再看一下我的阅读技巧（整理版）帖子：http://bbs.3gbbs.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=344&Id=223817 以及听力技巧（整理版）帖子：听力技巧（整理版）帖子：http://bbs.3gbbs.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=344&Id=223818 以下内容只有回复后才可以浏览 以下内容需要花费现金10才可以浏览，您已经购买本帖 Note that EVERY candidate is asked these questions, exactly (or almost exactly) as they are written here. The Standard Introduction Questions 1. “Good morning (good afternoon). My name’s X. Can you tell me your full name, please?” (= Please tell me your name.) 2. “What can I call you?” (= What shall I call you? = What should I call you? = What would you like me to call you?) 3. “Can you tell me where you’re from?” (= Where are you from?) 4. “Can I see your identification, please?” (= Could I see your identification, please? = May I see your identification, please?) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (The examiner is usually referred to as "he" on this page because writing, "he or she" is too cumbersome. Actually, about 40% of the examiners are female.) -------------------------------------...
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...China Real Estate Market Cools Down The article “China Real Estate Market Slumps In Early September” I found on capitalvue.com briefly describes in early September, housing price of some metropolitans, especially Shanghai, Beijing has declined sharply and the units have been traded declined significantly as well. For instance, new home transaction in the first 12-day period in Beijing in September is only 135 units, which is the lowest number since February. This current situation is really surprising and confusing by contrasting to high transaction price and units in the past year. The reason why I choose China real estate market rather than state of Washington is because I am from China, and as I graduate in the future, those metropolitans might be where I start my new career and life. As a finance major student, Shanghai and Beijing are two economic centers of China, so these places are my dream places to work and live. It is necessary for me to do research on real estate research on these cities. According to this report, the main factors that cause this slump are the demand of new homes in these cities went down, while price level kept still. From chapter 14 of our textbook, the demand curve is downward sloping that indicates that decreasing demand leads to increased prices. In other words, people desire fewer houses at higher price than at lower prices. In the basic supply and demand model, once the demand curve is shifted to the left because of some reasons, such...
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...The Efforts in Urban Design to Attain a Functional Environment MAUD Liu Yi C1324401 Key Words: urban design; elements; function; pattern; development; functional environment 1. Introduction In defining urban design, many designers and planners have referred to the elements of urban design and limitations of geometry and technologies. There are many streams of thinking about urban design today, and urban design pulls together many lines of thought (Scott Brown 1982, 1990). As Jon Lang (1994, p. 211) notes: … urban design is to create the public realms of human settlements that afford the fulfillment of human needs. All human settlements consist of behavior settings, while behavior settings consist of a standing (or recurring) pattern of behavior and a milieu (a physical pattern). In fact, urban designers can be thought of as pattern maker. In urban design most issues focus on the tradeoffs between the achievement of competing goals, between human needs and functions provided by the physical environment. Hence, urban design is more likely to be seen as a problem-solving approach from the perspective of the users in some specific environment. These approaches are committed to obtaining a higher quality of life in human settlements. They could be achieved from the developments in both substantive and procedural knowledge that have resulted from the empirical research of the past three decades. There has been much questioning about how best the effort...
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...Operations Startup In mid 1994 the Unilever company Walls (China) Co started manufacturing and selling ice cream in China. Bob Smith, the General Manager of Wall’ outlined some of the s challenges: Operating in China means a number of new concepts for the Chinese managers -profit, selling and customer service. The Chinese manager of the past sat in his office and the customers came to him. It was absolutely a supply driven market. I read in an official report some time ago a list of phrases that should not be used when talking to customers. The list included “Go away and don’ waste my time’ t and ‘ Can’ you hear? Are your ears dirty?’This has now changed and a key to t success is getting our product out to the customers. Distribution costs here are 20 per cent of MPS compared to 5 per cent in Europe. As Loic Courant, Bob Smith’ Commercial Manager in Shanghai, summarized the s situation: He who wins logistics wins China. Unilever in China Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch company that has over 500 operating units in 75 countries. The company markets over 1000 brands, including margarine, soap, food products, cleaning products, personal care products and specialty chemicals, and employs over 300,000 people worldwide. Revenues in 1994 were $US42 billion. In the 1920s Unilever established a soap operation in China which was nationalized in the 1950s. The company returned to...
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...1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose This report is going to make a feasible marketing plan of Aesop’s expansion into Beijing, the capital of China. The internal and external factors which impacts market expansion will be analyzed and then come to the objectives setting. Based on those objectives, marketing strategies will be supplied after marketing segmentation, targeting consumer market and positioning the company. Finally, we will demonstrate the implementation and the monitoring strategies. 1.2 Methodology Data comes from professional articles, ABS website, business news and financial magazines. 1.3 Limitation This report based on secondary date from articles, reports and websites. Without doing any consumer research in the real market, some conditions could be restricted to the marketing plan. In the mean time, cosmetics sold or made in China need to meet the animal testing requirements, especially the foreign imported ordinary cosmetics(Vicky, 2015). However, China is making changes for the animal testing laws, there are still chances and solutions for Aesop to enter. What’s more, Aesop has already established its official online store in China, which will pose treat to the physical stores’ sales. But Aesop is famous for its purchasing experience, hence there still have market share for it. At last, some of the data we used were produced before 2014, thus it may not clearly reflect the current consumption trend of the market. 1.4 Company background Aesop was established...
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...mind like a movie, comb, just discover oneself originally grown up a lot. The social practice of more than a month, the time is not long, but fruitful, can be said to be confounded. Beijing Kang Yuanyi auspicious trade co., LTD., is the place where I practice, it is a company operating medical equipment. This summer holiday here I work on people skills as well as some simple enterprises had the further understanding. Of course, in addition to technical level, what is more important to society, to have a further understanding of itself. As a is in preparation for the college students one's deceased father grind me, vacation is can let me very directly improve the quality of learning, both in terms of time, or the environment, all gave me a lot of opportunities. Holiday, however, also is the test I will indeed, looking at the classmates all go out to travel, I have been at home but also endorsed, let my in the mind very not taste. Fortunately, at the end of July, my classmates and I went to the Beijing Kang Yuanyi auspicious trade co., LTD., internship, let me add in learning not a dull thing but a different experience. Enrich my holiday at the same time also let me have accumulated more experience. As a layman, know nothing I can say is, when it comes to medical apparatus and instruments so we start from the simplest job, gave me a contact to understand the industry of the time. During this period, I learned a lot that no textbook. Such as how to lead with your colleagues,...
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...Chinese Rebellion. (“Boxer Rebellion Begins in China”) (“Boxer Rebellion”)(LaFeber) (Valentine and Baker) To understand more of the reasoning why Chinese hated foreign influence, we have to go further back into history. In the beginning of the sixteenth century, the Portuguese had been the first who begun settling trading ports off the coast of Kwangtung and in the ports of Fukien and Chekuang provinces. Alas, this merging of cultures was a failed attempt. The Portuguese had pillaged towns and cities in their spare time until the government had to remove them. A settlement in Ningpo was wiped out in 1545 and a trading colony in Fukien in 1549 thus leaving the Portuguese a handful of islands south of Canton. The people of China were now left with an impression that foreigners were “demons” and began to distrust them. In 1622, the Dutch had come and captured of Formosa, but were soon forced out by the Chinese thus leaving the Chinese with more suspicion towards westerners. Contrary to all the chaos, in the sixteenth century a group of Jesuits had arrived. Among them were Matthew Ricci, a Jesuit priest, whom had won respect by adopting the language and culture as well as dressing like the Chinese and learning their classics. (Martin) This one peace was not able to last for long, as in 1673 the English had come. The English had destroyed batteries that kept them from coming into Canton to trade. The seventeenth century had begun to decay to the Ming dynasty at the feet of the Manchus...
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...Women's Rights are Human Rights Women's Rights Are Human Rights Famous Speech by Hillary Clinton Beijing, China: 5 September 1995 Mrs. Mongella, Under Secretary Kittani, distinguished delegates and guests: I would like to thank the Secretary General of the United Nations for inviting me to be part of the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. This is truly a celebration - a celebration of the contributions women make in every aspect of life: in the home, on the job, in their communities, as mothers, wives, sisters, daughters, learners, workers, citizens and leaders. It is also a coming together, much the way women come together every day in every country. We come together in fields and in factories. In village markets and supermarkets. In living rooms and board rooms. Whether it is while playing with our children in the park, or washing clothes in a river, or taking a break at the office water cooler, we come together and talk about our aspirations and concerns. And time and again, our talk turns to our children and our families. However different we may be, there is far more that unites us than divides us. We share a common future. And we are here to find common ground so that we may help bring new dignity and respect to women and girls all over the world - and in so doing, bring new strength and stability to families as well. By gathering in Beijing, we are focusing world attention on issues that matter most in...
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...Israel, China and UAE I was able to find some customer service jobs that all four countries are looking to have filled by different companies. Here are the links to each posting that I located: China: http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/customer_service/e/189572/search/beijing/ Mexico: http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/customer_service/e/192731/search/guadalajara/ Israel: http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/customer_service/e/181381/search/tel-aviv/ UAE: http://www.learn4good.com/jobs/customer_service/e/157668/search/ras-al-khaimah/ Differences in resume, cover letter and email formalities internationally: For starters the term resume can also be referred to as a “CV” or curriculum vitae, which is typically the same thing as a resume except CV’s are normally two pages long and with multiple attachments. Cover letters as referred to in the U.S have multiple names internationally like letters of interest and motivation letters. Regardless of the name the process is still the same however typically self-photos of the applying individual are attached to a cover letter, resume or both whereas in the U.S, photos are not appropriate attachments when looking for employment. It is also important to remember that paper sizes differ in other countries so altering your document size will be necessary if you want all your information to come through, otherwise your resume, fax, email etc. may have some missing information when viewed or printed out. It is ideal to send both a resume...
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...Tales of Two Cities: Kindergarten Crunch hits Migrant Parents Over the years, Liu Bo and his wife firmly believe that a happy life must a family of three people. Now he can still cherish his memory of the day when his baby girl was born. It was not long before this Hunan migrant family was full of confidence to start a new life in the metropolis of Guangzhou. All of sudden, the problem came here. Kindergarten crunch, a phenomenon happens in big Chinese cities where the scarcities of preschool places trigger record fees and has parents scrambling. The crunch first happened in a few state-owned kindergartens, and then on to many more private kindergartens, now some cottage nurseries are overcrowded. And it costs more to send a child to kindergarten today than it does to put him or her through state college. No More Children are allowed For Liu Bo, a migrant worker who runs a sidewalk snack booth in Chisha Village, Haizhu district, Guangzhou. And Yangyang, his three-years-old girl at the preschool age, there isn’t a suitable kindergarten for them in the village. “Not until my wife went to pick up our child from kindergarten and found worms and pebbles in their food twice,” Liu, cradling his girl, said. “I sent my child to the Chi Sha Kindergarten nearby, which was started by private organizers. The next day I took her home.” As a village inside a city, Chisha, not so long ago became an inhabitation where...
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...Dixon Ticonderoga Victim of Globalization [pic] [pic] by Tapiwa Chibota & Clay Clifton Afro American Dixon Ticonderoga – Victim of Globalization Date: Class Name: Instructor Name: Contents Executive Summary 3 Situation Analysis 4 Research 5 Strategic Alternatives 6 Recommended Strategy 8 Implementation 9 Appendix 1 10 Appendix 2 11 Work Cited 12 Executive Summary “ We are moving rapidly away from a world in which national economies were relatively self-contained entities, isolated from each other by barriers to cross-border trade and investment; by distance, time zones, and language; and by national differences in government regulation, culture, and business systems.”(Hill, 4). The company was founded in the 1870 by Joseph Dixon as The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company. He introduced the No. 2 yellow pencil to the United Sates, and came to be the world’s largest dealer, and consumer of graphite world wide What began as a small business in Salem, Massachusetts with the discovery of graphite as a stove polish and an additive in lubricants, foundry facing, brake linings, oilless bearings, and non corrosive paint and manufactured lubricants soon expanded nation wide with annual revenues of a hundred million dollars and more. In 1982 Joseph Dixon Crucible merged with Bryn Mawr Corporation forming the Dixon Ticonderoga Company (www.dixonusa.com). However, in 1990 business was not as easy (refer to Appendix...
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...2010—2011学年第一学期 研究生课程期末论文 论文题目： Beijing Largest Bicycle Rental Company Went Bankrupt 学 号： w201051003, w201051005 姓 名： 周丽亚， 李炅真_______ 专业年级： 商务沟通 研一 课程名称： 营销学原理 任课教师： 江春 完成日期： 2011年1月3日 《营销学原理》课程研究生期末论文评阅表 考核形式：论文 选题要求：（请任课教师说明学生应围绕哪些领域、方面写作） 字数要求：_________字 满分分数：_________分 论文提交截止日期：_______________ 评分要求：（请任课教师说明从哪些方面评定分数，下列指标项仅供参考，任课教师可根据课程论文要求对指标项进行调整。） |指标项* | 研究生部培养办制表 Original case: 北京最大自行车租赁公司倒闭 http://www.sina.com.cn 2010年11月08日18:02 法制晚报 方舟自行车服务(北京)有限公司(以下简称“方舟”或“方舟公司”)倒闭了！近日，该公司进入退还会员押金、清理办公室的“善后”阶段。 白底橙边的自行车，曾布满京城的大街小巷。如今，它们被铁链捆住“躺”在路边，以20元到50元的价格被廉价处理。 又一个“让北京市民回归自行车”的梦碎了。下一个会是谁？是租赁点缩水至20余个的贝科蓝图，还是靠免费吸客的上海永久？ 在北京市倡导2012年租赁自行车2万辆、2015年5万辆的背景下，这个即将集体死亡的行业正期待救世主。 现状 地下办公室 仅有两人“善后” 近日，方舟员工老魏在老婆的催促下，来到海淀万寿寺汇景阁公寓一间没有招牌的地下室。 当他再次推开办公室门时，领导不再像过去一样斜着眼瞧他，而是笑呵呵地说：“来领工资的吧，今天可以结清。”在讨薪近两个月后，老魏“幸运”地领到7、8两个月共计3600元的工资。 屋内左侧是半间办公室，摆着两张办公桌，右侧是半间仓库，堆着电脑、饮水机、打印机等办公用品，还有两个盛满文件夹的“方舟”车篓。 这里，只有主管经营的王经理和办公室主任合德贵。 出了办公室门，老魏不再去城铁望京西站外看守那仅剩的100辆破车——城铁望京西站外的方舟自行车租赁点关张了。 至此，方舟公司在全市的200余个站点全部停止运行，一个亏本运营了2年零3个月的企业，彻底进入“善后”的状态。 曾经布满京城的1万多辆方舟自行车，目前仅剩两三千辆，散落在公交站或报亭附近的租赁点。 能骑的按50元一辆成批地卖，不能骑的按20元一辆卖给收废品的，换成现金来偿还顾客的押金。 ...
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...current free trade policies there is a direct correlation between unemployment and the trade deficit. As unemployment decreases we see a rise in the trade deficit because we have become so dependent on imports for our needs. This means that, until we fix our trade policies, any gains in unemployment will be tempered by a ballooning trade deficit. An economy with a massive trade deficit is unsustainable, and we must change our trade policies if we want to see our nation prosper. The official unemployment figure is currently 8.2 percent. Many economists estimate the rate at which the economy is considered to be at full employment to be about 4 percent, because even under the best conditions there will be individuals seeking jobs. Certainly full employment is desirable, but under our current policies it would do little to create any long-term prosperity for the United States. Our trade deficit was over $500 billion last year, but at full employment it is estimated that we would have a trade deficit of $750 billion or more. As more Americans get jobs, they have more purchasing power. Unfortunately many of the items Americans purchase are now made overseas, which sends American dollars overseas instead of keeping them here in the U.S. The money has to come from somewhere when we purchase more than we sell, and this leads to debt. That debt can either come in the form of public debt or private debt, but both can be damaging. Many Americans, both conservative and liberal, are very...
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