题目内容
The English Weather
"Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather". This statement, often made by Englishmen to describe the strange weather conditions of their country, is both revealing and true. It is revealing because in it we see the Englishman insisting once again that what happens in England is not the same as what happens elsewhere. Its truth can be proved by any foreigner who stays in the country for longer than a few days.
In no country other than England, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day! Day may break as a warm spring morning; an hour or so later black clouds may have appeared from nowhere and the rain may be pouring down. At midday it may be really winter with the temperature down by about eight degrees or more centigrade(摄氏度 ). And then, in the late afternoon the sky will clear, the sun will begin to shine, and for an hour or two before darkness fails, it will be summer.
In England one can experience almost every kind of weather except the most extreme. (Some foreigners seem to be under the impression that for ten months of the year the country is covered by a dense blanket of fog; this is not true.)The problem is that we never can be sure when the different types of weather will occur. Not only do we get several different sorts of weather in one day, but we may very well get a spell(持续的一段时间) of winter in summer and a spell of summer in winter.
The uncertainty about the weather has had a definite effect upon the Englishman's character. It tends to make him cautious(小心谨慎的),for example. The foreigner may laugh when he sees the Englishman setting forth on a brilliantly sunny morning wearing a raincoat and carrying an umbrella, but he may well regret his laughter later in the day!
And, of course, the weather's variety provides a constant topic of conversation. Even the most taciturn (沉默寡言的) of Englishmen is always prepared to discuss the weather. And, though he sometimes complains bitterly of it, he would not, even if he could, exchange it for the more predictable climate of other lands.
"Other countries have a climate; in England we have weather". This statement suggests that ______.
查看答案
搜索结果不匹配？点我反馈
更多问题
下面程序的结果是 #include＜iostream.h＞ class A { int a； public： A():a(1){} void showa(){cout＜＜a；} }； class B { int a； public： B() ：a(2) {}
Network design is a primary responsibility of logistical management since a firm’s facility structure is used to ship products and materials to customers．()
The "News" in Education
Education changes with time. Because of these changes, the face of education and access to education are different today. The most obvious change is that there are different things to teach. 16 fact, there is much more to teach. Learning and research have increased greatly in the past century, great advances in science mean that there is much more, information to teach. Some of the ideas of the past were wrong, so the content of books is different. For example, in a beginning biology class today, more than 70% of the information that students learn today was not known twenty years ago. That's an important reason for change! As scientists learn more, there will be more for students to learn.
Another reason for changes in education is that there are new teaching tools. For centuries, schools had no books. The teachers gave by lessons explaining ideas to students. Today teachers and students use books, including e-books. They also use technology. For example, many of them use computers, video, and on-line communication. There are even electronic classrooms. Through interactive instructional television networks (IITV), a teacher can teach students in different places. Their IITV classrooms use radio signals or satellite communication to carry the communication from tower to tower.
There are differences between the traditional classroom and the IITV classroom, of course. However, most of these differences are easy to overcome. Perhaps one student wants to have a private conversation with the teacher. If teacher and student talk on the IITV network, there is no privacy. Everyone else in the class can hear what they say. Therefore, their conversation, must happen over telephone lines or through electronic mail (e-mail).
No one really knows how this change in students' ability to talk privately with a teacher changes the educational experience. Some students decide not to talk to the teacher because it cannot happen naturally after class. She could send an e-mail message or decide not to bother the teacher. This lack of personal contact with the teacher is just one potential problem. Another is that the students in different classroom places cannot speak with one another as easily. One solution to this drawback is the class chat room. To facilitate students' conversation about a topic, the teacher can set up an Internet chat room or a bulletin board. A number of general topics are posted, and the students can write in their thoughts on the topic. Some students are shy of using these kinds of communication tools. Perhaps they don't have access to the equipment, or maybe they don't know how to get to a chat room on the Internet. Communication among students is possible, but it takes place through a medium that is different from voices in a classroom.
On the other hand, there are great advantages to teaching through IITV. Great numbers of students can "attend" the class. Education is not limited to those who are near a university. Another advantage is the ability to show things to students. Every IITV classroom has a padcam TM. This special camera focuses on any picture, book page, or object that the teacher wants the students to see. The camera focuses on a rectangle--the pad. A teacher can put a picture, for example, on the pad of the padcam TM. The padcam has a zoom lens. Therefore, the teacher can focus on tiny things in the picture and make them much bigger than life. Art history teachers and anthropologists love the padcam TM. They use it to make their lessons more interesting. They can show details with ease.
Computer programs such as Power Point connect easily to the electronic equipment in interactive television. Therefore, the presentation of ideas can happen quite well. The teacher can put the main ideas on the screen, so the students know what the main ideas of the lesson are. Another advantage is the ability to i
The purpose Lord Wakeham holding this party is to______.
微信支付 
支付宝支付