First and foremost, I would like to extend my deeply sincere gratitude to my ,Professor Yan Jinglan, who has guided me to the world of InterculturalCommunication Studies and inspired me greatly in the study, and encouraged me to make abold attempt in writing this thesis. Her profound learning, inspiring inculcation and constantstrictness have stimulated my enthusiasm for working on the subject and thesis. Without herenlightened instruction and patient revision,it would be impossible for the accomplishment ofmy thesis.
I am also obliged to Professor Wang Zhiqin, Professor Yang Huimin and Professor ChenLi, who asked me enlightening questions during thesis proposal defense and inspired me toretrospect my study on discourse analysis. My special thanks are due to those teachers,Professor Shao Zhihong,Professor Yu Jianguo, and Professor Wang Jianguo,whose classeslead me to learn more about translation theories,linguistic corpus knowledge, which alsoenlighten my construction on the thesis. Besides, my gratitude also goes to all other teacherswho have offered me help in the School of Foreign Languages at East China University ofScience and Technology during my two and a half years study.
Finally,I am also deq?ly grateful to my family for their love,understanding andencouragement. It is the mental,spiritual and financial support from my parents to keep meinsisting on completing the thesis; especially I wish to dedicate this thesis to my dear motherwho contributed herself to my life and study through the past twenty-four years.
Nowadays,it is difficult for us to consider how our lives would be like without television addict some adolescents to situation comedies;although televisions put glasses on millions of students’ noses;although television reduce communications between families and friends,I still think the advantages television brings to us is far more than the harm it does to us.
To us individuals,when we finish a whole day’s work and feel exhausted both physically and mentally,we may turn on televisions and have a good relaxation;when we want to get information on sports、entertainment or large events in the world,we turn on televisions and get it from all kinds of TV programs;even when we want to learn English、etiquette or custom of foreign countries,we can turn on the television and get what we need from them, to the corporate world,television is also of great advertising their products or service on television,corporations can improve their sale and make more benefit.
In a word,I think television is a great invention which is of great significance to the evolution of human society.
如今，我们很难想象没有电视我们的生活会是什么样子。虽然电视使一些青少年沉迷于情景喜剧，虽然电视给数百万学生戴上了眼镜，虽然电视减少了家人和朋友之间的交流，但我仍然认为电视给我们带来的好处远远大于它给我们带来的伤害。
对我们个人，当我们完成一天的工作，感觉身心疲惫，我们可以打开电视，好好放松，当我们想要了解体育、娱乐或大事件，我们打开电视，把它从各种各样的电视节目，即使我们想要学习英语，礼仪或外国的习俗，我们可以打开电视，从他们那里得到我们需要的，永远。至于企业界，电视也大有用处。通过在电视上为他们的产品或服务做广告，公司可以提高他们的销售并获得更多的利益。
总之，我认为电视是一项伟大的发明，它对人类社会的进化具有重要意义。
The famous saying“The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it”is rather thought-provoking, which tells us the real meaning is contemporary social issue in China with common interests andpermanent value.
In my view, there are good reasons toundertake meaningful thingsthat exert positive and profound influence on the society, such asprotecting the environment, helping vulnerable groups as well as promoting illustrate,Abraham Lincolnnever wavered in his devotion to democracy and equality, whose lifehas become an inspirationin the United States and throughout the whole world. His life, though limited, definitely lasts longer, and is a life worth , a young person who aspires tobe a great writer might decide to buy some literary books or spend weekends writing and refining his any aspiration, he might simply end up spending all his spare timesurfing online or playing Internet games.
In brief,a meaningful lifeserves to motivate and guide us in our daily lives. It provides us with the focus and direction that enable us to work towards accomplishing a special goal, objective or task.
“生命的最大用处是把它花在比它更长久的事情上”这句名言相当发人深省，它告诉了我们生命的真正意义。这是中国的一个具有共同利益和永恒价值的当代社会问题。
在我看来，有很好的理由去做有意义的事情，对社会产生积极而深远的影响，比如保护环境，帮助弱势群体以及促进教育。为了说明这一点，亚伯拉罕·林肯从未动摇过他对民主和平等的热爱，他的一生已经成为美国乃至全世界的灵感。他的生命虽然有限，但肯定更长久，而且是值得活下去的生命。同样，一个渴望成为伟大作家的年轻人可能会决定买一些文学书籍，或者花周末的时间写作和完善他的作品。如果没有任何抱负，他可能会把所有的业余时间都花在上网或玩网络游戏上。
简而言之，有意义的生活可以激励和指导我们的日常生活。它为我们提供了焦点和方向，使我们能够朝着完成一个特殊的目标、目的或任务而努力。
What is life about? We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition.
We neglect our health, time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love to do. One day when we look back, we will realize that we don‘t really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.
Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.
Life is a balance of work and play, family and personal time. You have to decide how you want to balance your your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts.
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life,the whole aim of human existence. So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile. Life is short. Do not take life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy life!
生活是关于什么的?我们每天都很努力地赚更多的钱，获得权力和认可。
我们忽视了自己的健康，忽略了与家人在一起的时间，忽略了欣赏周围的美景和我们喜欢做的爱好。总有一天，当我们回首往事，我们会发现我们其实并不需要那么多，但是我们已经无法让时光倒流，弥补我们所错过的。
生活不是为了赚钱、获得权力或得到认可。生活绝对不是工作!工作只是为了让我们活下去，以便享受生活的美好和快乐。
生活是工作和娱乐、家庭和个人时间的平衡。你必须决定如何平衡你的生活。明确你的优先事项，意识到你能够妥协的地方，但总是让你的一些决定基于你的直觉。
幸福是人生的意义和目的，是人类存在的全部目的。所以，放轻松，做你想做的事，欣赏大自然。生命是脆弱的。人生苦短。不要认为生活是理所当然的。过平衡的生活，享受生活!
Success is something that many people strive for, but that not everyone among us attains. When we consider the various factors that play a role in determining whether a person is successful in life,ambition and actionare two of the first to come to mind. Just asAmerican writer Napoleon Hillput it,“If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. ”
To illustrate, a young person who aspires to be a great chef might decide to buy some cookbooks, spend weekends practicing and refining his culinary techniques, or take on a part-time job at a local restaurant. On the other hand, if he simply ends up spending all his spare time surfing the Internet or playing video games, neither of which would give him the skills or experience needed to succeed.
In conclusion,doing great things and doing small thingsare both essential in determining whether we flourish or fall behind. The former gives us the drive and direction to move forward, while the latter enables us to implement our vision and “make things happen”. In combination, they represent the winning formula that will put us firmly on the road to success.
成功是许多人为之奋斗的目标，但并不是每个人都能获得。当我们考虑决定一个人在生活中是否成功的各种因素时，雄心和行动是首先出现在脑海中的两个因素。正如美国作家拿破仑·希尔所说:“如果你不能做伟大的事情，那就以伟大的方式做小事。”
举例来说，一个渴望成为一名伟大厨师的年轻人可能会决定买一些烹饪书，花周末时间练习和完善他的烹饪技术，或者在当地餐馆做一份兼职工作。另一方面，如果他只是把所有的业余时间都花在上网或玩电子游戏上，这两者都不能给他带来成功所需的技能或经验。
总之，做大事和做小事都是决定我们是繁荣还是落后的关键。前者给了我们前进的动力和方向，后者让我们实现自己的愿景，“让事情发生”。结合起来，它们代表了将使我们坚定地走上成功之路的制胜公式。
Due Attention Should Be Given To Spelling
Correct spelling is a basic skill in English study. However, nowadays many students do not pay much attention to it.
They have their own reasons for misspelling. First of all, they like an easy way of studying, which causes some omissions and changes in spelling. Second, the teachers might not be very strict in students spelling. In China, teachers seem to be more concerned with grammar and vocabulary but not spelling.
To change this situation, in my opinion, the teachers and the students should work together. On one hand, the teachers should give more attention to students spelling, asking the students to be conscious of the importance of correct spelling from the very beginning of their English study. On the other hand, the students themselves are supposed to be aware that correct spelling is a must in English study.
To sum up, correct spelling is so important that both students and the teachers should spare no efforts to achieve correct spelling.
应该对拼写给予应有的注意
正确拼写是英语学习的一项基本技能。然而，现在许多学生不太注意它。
他们有自己的拼写错误的原因。首先，他们喜欢简单的学习方式，这会导致拼写上的一些遗漏和变化。其次，老师可能对学生的拼写不是很严格。在中国，老师似乎更关心语法和词汇，而不是拼写。
为了改变这种状况，在我看来，老师和学生应该共同努力。一方面，教师应该更加关注学生的拼写，要求学生从学习英语的一开始就意识到正确拼写的重要性。另一方面，学生自己应该意识到正确的拼写在英语学习中是必须的。
总之，正确的拼写是如此重要，学生和教师都应该不遗余力地实现正确的拼写。
As a product of modern computer and the Internet, online games have become very popular among college students. Many students have enjoyed great pleasure and satisfaction from these games. But as we see, some students lacking self-discipline are too much indulged in these games so that their health and academic performances are affected. This phenomenon has caused much worry from the teachers and parents.
However, some others argue that online games are not always harmful. They can train the ability of youngsters to respond to things quickly. Moreover, they can stimulate their imagination and their interest in computer science. More importantly, it does bring college students much pleasure and release their pressure greatly.
From my point of view, online games are a wonderful entertainment if you play them in a clever way. When they interfere too much with your study, it is better for you to give them up at once. But if you have enough self-control over them, you can certainly obtain real pleasure and benefit a lot from them.
作为现代电脑和互联网的产物，网络游戏在大学生中变得非常流行。许多学生从这些游戏中获得了极大的乐趣和满足感。但是正如我们所看到的，一些缺乏自律的学生过于沉迷于这些游戏，从而影响了他们的健康和学习成绩。这一现象引起了老师和家长的担忧。
然而，一些人认为网络游戏并不总是有害的。他们可以训练年轻人快速反应的能力。此外，他们可以激发他们的想象力和他们对计算机科学的兴趣。更重要的是，它确实给大学生带来了很多乐趣，极大地释放了他们的压力。
从我的角度来看，网络游戏是一个很好的娱乐，如果你玩他们在一个聪明的方式。当它们过多地干扰你的学习时，你最好马上放弃它们。但如果你有足够的自我控制，你当然可以获得真正的快乐，并从中受益很多。
There are a great number of subjects in school. Different subjects teach students different knowledge. They’re both very useful. However, different students like different subjects.
As for girls, most girls like art Chinese. Maybe girls think these subjects are very interesting very easy. But most girls usually hate some subjects like math, chemistry or physics.
Girls have a really hard time with these subjects they found out the worst report was from these subjects’ teachers.
And what about boys? Of course, most boys’ heart are in math, chemistry physics. So boys always get good grades in these subjects.
But most boys dislike Chinese or art. Perhaps they think Chinese art are really boring.
Boys girls both like English. So English is the most popular subject in 20xx.
At last, what’s your favorite subject? You could write a letter to tell us.
This thesis would not come into being if I had not received help from mysupervisor, teachers, classmates, and family. They offered me so much encouragement,without which I could have already given up. But before I express my sincerestgratitude to them, I would thank my God. It was always He who first came to help mewhen my faith was influenced by Blakes unorthodox theological thinking. Again itwas He who gave me wisdom and patience to do whatever I did for his glory.
“Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might.” (NIV, Ecclesiastes 9:10)And here is the prayer when I was in the valley of despair: “May the favor of the Lordour God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us-yes, establish the workof our hands.” (Psalm 91:17) It is His faithfulness and unfailing love that urged me towrite the thesis with all my might.
My supervisor Xu Xiaodong did offer me so much help that I feel so grateful tohim. He has lent me over thirty valuable monographs, biographies, anthologies, andcollections of essays. Nearly all of the books were bought from abroad at his ownexpense. His fervent love for literature, his relentless pursuit of knowledge, and hismeticulous attitude towards research manifest the personalities and qualities I shouldcultivate as a qualified scholar. Whenever I sent him an article he always gave meprecious suggestions that really improved my critical thinking a lot. For many times Ifailed to keep my promise, he forgave me and kept encouraging me to pursue mystudies. I give my most genuinely gratitude to him for his generous help.
Besides my supervisor, I have benefited from many other teachers. Prof. ZhangRuwen, Prof. Yi Jianhong, Prof. Jiang Yuebin, Sun Jiurong and Wei Lina, they havetaught me many critical approaches and broadened the scope of my knowledge invarious fields of literature. Moreover, I would like to extend my gratitude to myclassmates and roommates. They taught me how to balance study and rest. I alsothank my family, especially my sister, who came to my school many times to visit me.
Her support and comfort gave me much strength.
Lastly my gratitude would be expressed to Charles Gardner, Paul Berger, HelenC. White, Maung Ba-han, S. Foster Damon, J. G. Davies. Even though some of themhave gone to the land where no traveler returns back, their results of years of researchwill be passed down to future generations. Without their researches, students ofWilliam Blake would fumble many more years in the mystical land of the mystic-poet.
William Ralph Inge, Miss Evelyn Underhill, Emily Herman, Joseph B. Collins,without whose systematic exploration of mysticism I would be totally at loss in thevast ocean of this particular human experience.
