简介:Amanwalkedintoarestaurant.Therestaurantadvertisedithadthe1menuintheworld.Themanagerwasveryproudofbeingabletoprovideanydish,nomatterhow2itwas.Atthebottomofthe3,therewasanoticethatsaid,“Ifyoudonotseethedishyouneedonthismenu,pleasetellusandwewilladdittothemenurightaway.”Theman4themenuanddecidedtomakesureifitwastrue.Hewouldorder5thatwasveryunusual.Whenawaitercameuptotakehisorder,hesaid,“Yousayyoucanserveanydish,evenifit’snotonyourlongestmenuintheworld.”“Thatis6,sir.Weareabletomeeteveryone’srequirements.”“Well,”themansaid,“bringmeasandwichwithtwoelephantears.Indian,notAfrican.”Thewaiterwrotedowninhispaper:TwoIndianelephantearsontoast(烤面包片).
简介:<正>TheinfluenceofnewthinktankswithChinesecharacteristicsonthegovernment’sdecisionmakingprocessisbecomingevergreater.TheThirdPlenarySessionofthe18thCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina,throughtop-to-bottomdesign,institutionaldevelopmentandinstructionsoninternationalexchanges,hasprovidedclearguidanceforthedevelopmentofChinesethinktanksandopened
简介:China’scentralgovernmenthasfocusedonbuildinggoodqualitythinktanksoverthepastfewyears,creatingmanyopportunitiesforacademics.Wehaveseennewthinktanksbeingestablishedandoldonesplanningtheirtransformation,promisingbrighterprospects.However,weshouldbeawareofthepossibilityof'changeinappearancebutnotin
简介:Thethink-aloudmethodhasbeenwidelyusedincognitivestudies,andinparticular,inthestudiesoftheon-goingprocessesinreadingcomprehension.Itisaneffectivetool,ifusedproperly,inrevealinghowthereaderprocessesthetextinformationandsolveshis/hercomprehensionproblemsusingdifferentkindsofstrategiesduringtextprocessing.Asaresult,itallowsustohaveaglimpseofthereader’scognitiveprocessesduringtextprocessingthatwecannotseeunderothersituations,andallowsustofindouttheprocessingstrengthsofthereaderaswellasthelimitationsandproblemsofhis/herprocessingstrategies.Therefore,itcanbeusefulindiagnosingstudents’readingproblems.Althoughthethink-aloudmethodispopularincognitivestudies,itisdifficulttomanage.Thispaperofferssomesuggestionsondesigningaprogramfordiagnosingreadingproblemstocontrolthefactorsthataffectthethink-aloudperformance.
简介:Acoupleofyearsago,theBostonMarathonpromoteditseventwithaseriesofinspiringbillboards.Allofthemwereblackandwhiteimagesofarunner,withaquotethatexpressedtheirreasonforrunning.Somebillboardswereoffiallymobileindividualsandotherswereofthosewhoweredisabledbutweredeterminedtocrossthefinishline,eitherthroughafamilymember'sorfriend'sassistance,orthroughtheuseofaprostheticdevice.Eachhaddifferentquotes,butoneinparticularreallystoodout:therunner'sresponsewassimple:"BecauseIcan."
简介:Currently,therearetwomainproblemsfacingChinesethinktanks:one,theydonotproperlyunderstandwhatdecision-makersneed;two,decision-makersdonotfindthesethinktanks’researchuseful.Thefirstproblemisrelativelyeasytosolve.Decision-makerscouldassigntaskstothinktanksaswellasthinktankscomingupwiththeirown
简介:<正>AttheinvitationoftheChineseAssociationforInternationalUnderstanding(CAFIU),anAfricandelegationcomposedof14representativesfromNGOs,thinktanksandmediaofSouthAfrica,TanzaniaandNamibiavisitedChinafromJuly20to31,2013.Thethemeofthisvisitis"EnhancingPeople-topeopleUnderstandingandPromotingChina-Africa
简介:OnApril6-7,2016,the'China-EUThinkTankDialogue:ALong-TermVisionof2020Agendaand4Partnerships'washeldatDiaoyutaiStateGuesthouseinBeijing.Thedialogue,supportedbytheChineseMinistryofForeignAffairsandtheDelegationoftheEuropeanUniontoChina,wasco-hostedbyChinaInstituteofInternationalStudies(CIIS)andEU-ChinaPolicyDialogueSupportFacility(PDSF).PresidentofCIISAmbassadorSuGepresidedovertheopeningceremony.ChineseAssistantForeign
简介:WemusttakeintoaccountChina’suniquenationalconditionswhendecidinghowtobuilda'think-tankcluster'.Chinaisahugecountry,itsbillion-pluspopulationisthreetimesaslargeasEurope’s,fourtimesthatoftheUSand10timesbiggerthanJapan’s.ThatmeansthatChineseelitesandintellectualsshouldalsooutnumbertheirEuropean,American,