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思辩 纵横 Developing Advanced Proficiency in Chinese through Debate

Developing Advanced Proficiency in Chinese through Debate provides lesson plans for holding high-level debates in the classroom. The lesson plans in this textbook were created based on the standards of the Oral Proficiency Interview held by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. These lesson plans train students in advanced language tasks such as giving thorough descriptions and narrations, comparing abstract concepts, and establishing hypotheses. The lesson plans in this textbook will train students in dialectical thinking and give them opportunities to improve their ability to summarize, make inductions, and contrast hypotheses. The debate topics of each lesson plan emphasize areas that are familiar to the lives and interests of Western students while still allowing them to engage with differences between Chinese and Western culture. The lesson plans address a wide range of topics, such as employment, financial management, psychoactive drugs, and artificial intelligence. Furthermore, every lesson plan includes material to help students practice listening and contains lesson-specific vocabulary, discussion questions, debate prompts, debate tactics, and grammar practices. Accompanying e-resources are available at https://advancedchinese.byu.edu/. This book is suitable for students who have acquired high levels of proficiency in Chinese or who have taken at least three years of college level study of Chinese as their second language. Teachers will also be able to use the structure of the lesson plans in this textbook to assist them as they design assessments for their students.

思辩 纵横 Developing Advanced Proficiency in Chinese through Debate

Developing Advanced Proficiency in Chinese through Debate provides lesson plans for holding high-level debates in the classroom. The lesson plans in this textbook were created based on the standards of the Oral Proficiency Interview held by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. These lesson plans train students in advanced language tasks such as giving thorough descriptions and narrations, comparing abstract concepts, and establishing hypotheses. The lesson plans in this textbook will train students in dialectical thinking and give them opportunities to improve their ability to summarize, make inductions, and contrast hypotheses. The debate topics of each lesson plan emphasize areas that are familiar to the lives and interests of Western students while still allowing them to engage with differences between Chinese and Western culture. The lesson plans address a wide range of topics, such as employment, financial management, psychoactive drugs, and artificial intelligence. Furthermore, every lesson plan includes material to help students practice listening and contains lesson-specific vocabulary, discussion questions, debate prompts, debate tactics, and grammar practices. Accompanying e-resources are available at https://advancedchinese.byu.edu/. This book is suitable for students who have acquired high levels of proficiency in Chinese or who have taken at least three years of college level study of Chinese as their second language. Teachers will also be able to use the structure of the lesson plans in this textbook to assist them as they design assessments for their students.

π — Die Story: Aus dem Französischen von Manfred Stern

"Die Zahl1t zu erforschen bedeutet, das Universum zu erforschen ... » David Chudnovsky " ... oder eher die Tiefen des Meeres auszuloten, denn wir befinden uns unter Wasser, und alles scheint ohne Form zu sein. Wir brauchen eine Lampe, und unser Computer ist diese Lampe.» Gregory Chudnovsky 11: = 3,14159 26535 89793 23846 26433 83279 ... Die Zahl 1t steht im Mittelpunkt eines außergewöhnlich großen Bereiches der Mathematik. Dieser Bereich ist so groß, daß niemand ihn jemals vollständig erforschen wird. Dieses Buch streift im Zeitraffer durch die Geschichte der Zahl 1t und zeigt Ihnen auf unterhaltsame Weise, daß die Mathematiker - nach 4000 Jahren Arbeit und vielen wunderbaren Entdeckungen - immer noch neue Eigenschaften von 1t finden. Ungeachtet des bisher angehäuften Wissens bleibt diese funken­ sprühende Zahl geheimnisvoll, und manche der elementaren Fragen über rr scheinen sogar jenseits der Reichweite der heutigen Mathematik zu sein. Um die Zahl 1t gruppieren sich viele Teilgebiete der Mathematik, denen Sie hier begegnen. Hierzu gehören: - die Geometrie, denn wir dürfen niemals vergessen, daß 1t seinen Ursprung in den Überlegungen der antiken Geometer hatte. Auch heute noch haben wir unsere Freude an den scharfsinnigen Konstruktionen mit Zirkel und Lineal, die Generationen von Mathematikern mit Besessenheit erfüllt haben.

Рост Кристаллоь / Rost Kristallov / Growth of Crystals: Volume 11

The Growth of Crystals series was begun in 1957 by A. V. Shubnikov and . N. N. SheftaP with the publication of the first volume. which contained the proceedings of the First All-Union Conference on Crystal Growth. The initiative and considerable efforts of the principal editor of the entire series. N. N. Sheftal', and his assistants led over the next 15 years to the publica­ tion of ten volumes which have assumed a leading position among the numerous books on crys­ tal growth. It has become traditional in this series to adopt a broad approach to crystal growth problems, and this approach is continued in Volumes 11 and 12, which are composed mainly of papers presented at the Fourth All-Union Conference on Crystal Growth in Tsakhkadzor. September 17-22, 1972. These papers, presented by both Soviet and foreign workers, deal with crystal growth processes. growth methods. and crystal perfection. Many of the papers reflect the tendency for our knowledge of crystallization processes to become increasingly more fundamental. with emphaSis on quantitative treatments. There are some extremely difficult problems in this approach. especially when the requirements of practical uses are envisaged. and many of these are discussed in various ways in these two volumes. These topics include detailed theoretical and experimental analysis of cooperative phenomena in crystallization. with emphasis not only on statistical thermodynamics but also statistical kinetics. This approach involves research on the structure and properties of phase boundaries. including the composition and structure of surface layers in liquids.

Рост Кристаллоь / Rost Kristallov / Growth of Crystals: Volume 12

Volumes 11 and 12 contain the papers read at the Fourth All-Union Conference on Crystal Growth in Tsakhkadzor, September 17-22, 1972; this volume contains papers on crystal growth from melts, from low-temperature solutions, hydrothermal solutions, and hot solutions, and also from the gas state, including processes involving reactions. In addition, there are papers on crystal perfection in relation to conditions of formation and the effects of electric and mag­ netic fields on crystallization. These papers reflect researches directed to the development and industrial production of perfect crystals required for advanced techniques in solid-state physics and chemistry, as well as for other purposes such as novel materials. There are many different scientific and technical problems in producing large perfect single crystals, and advances in this area made in the USSR and elsewhere are reflected in the papers in both volumes. On the one hand, any particular defective structure in a crystal originates from some mechanism and growth conditions; in particular, inclusions are trapped on account of the physicochemical parameters of the melt, the surface processes, and the sta­ bility of the growth front under particular crystallization conditions. Further, impurity trap­ ping is decisively influenced by the surface kinetics, growth-front stability, composition and structure of the boundary layer, any complexes present in the liquid, and (of course) the crys­ tallochemical relationships between the impurity and the crystal.

РОСТ КРИСТАЛЛОВ/Rost Kristallov/Growth of Crystals: Volume 9

For 50 years the Fedorov Institute of Crystallography, Mineralogy, and Petrography at Leningrad Mining Institute has held annual memorial meetings for E. S. Fedorov. Immediate­ ly after the jubilee meeting (May 21-24, 1969), the Fedorov All-Union Symposium on Crystal Growth was held, and the proceedings of that symposium constitute Volume 9 of Growth of Crystals. The symposium surveyed the advances made in the USSR in those aspects of growth con­ cerned mainly with morphology and structure in natural crystals or closely related artificial ones, work which confirmed their relation to E. S. Fedorov and to mineralogical crystallogra­ phy. Crystallography is one of the older branches of natural science but has recently under­ gone a striking rejuvenation on account of new methods and new concepts. Photogoniometric methods have been developed in goniometry, while crystal optics has found new lines of ad­ vance in electrooptics and techniques in the ultraviolet and far infrared regions. Morphologic studies now use a vast range of techniques, from the hand lens to the electron microscope or cinemicrography. X-ray analysis is steadily becoming more automatic, and fast computers are used with accelerated methods of structure interpretation. Crystal growth is one of the younger divisions of crystallography; previously t it had been of interest only in experimental mineralogy, but now it is an important branch of science and technology with close relations to industry.

„… aber das ist noch lange nicht Gewalt“: Empirische Studie zur Wahrnehmung von Gewalt bei Jugendlichen (Forschung Soziologie #87)

Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit der Frage, wie Jugendliche Gewalt wahrnehmen beziehungsweise was sie unter Gewalt verstehen. Mittels qualitativer und quantitativer Forschungstechniken wurden 462 Basler SchülerInnen der 8. Klassen befragt. Die Analysen legen dar, wie sich die Gewaltperzeption der weiblichen von jener der männlichen Jugendlichen unterscheidet und welche Rolle der Bildungsdifferenz zukommt. Ergänzt wird die Studie durch Analysen selbstberichteter Gewalterfahrungen der Jugendlichen: Inwiefern lassen sich in den Täter- und Opfererfahrungen spezifische Wahrnehmungsmuster ausmachen?

α-Aminoacid-N-Carboxy-Anhydrides and Related Heterocycles: Syntheses, Properties, Peptide Synthesis, Polymerization

… And What Do You Do?: What The Royal Family Don't Want You To Know

The royal family is the original Coronation Street – a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them.The monarchy itself is an important part of our constitution with considerable influence on the kind of nation we are. Yet you will struggle to find much in the way of proper journalism that examines the monarchy in the way that their position and influence merit. Instead, we are fed a constant diet of sickeningly obsequious coverage which reports their activities with breathless and uncritical awe.In this book, former government minister Norman Baker argues that the British public deserves better than this puerile diet. … And What Do You Do? is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. Baker also considers the wider role the royals play in society, including the link with House of Lords reform, and the constitutional position of the monarch, which is important given Prince Charles’s present and intended approach.What makes this book so unusual is that Baker is himself a member of the Privy Council, the body that officially advises the monarch. By turns irreverent and uncompromising, … And What Do You Do? asks important questions about the future of the world’s most famous royal family.

Ω-Bibliography of Mathematical Logic: Model Theory (Perspectives in Mathematical Logic)

β-Casomorphins: A1 Milk, Milk Peptides and Human Health

This book compiles the latest research on the A1 and A2 forms of cow milk, and attempts to show a correlation between the type of cow milk consumption and reported incidence of certain diseases (type 1 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, sudden infant death syndrome and neurological disorders). Cow milk generally contains two types of β-casein, A1 or A2. The book describes the A1/A2 hypothesis, its foundation and the genetics behind it. It discusses the two forms of milk and why one is considered more harmful than the other. Seeking to provide a balanced view of the milk types, the book’s initial chapters highlight the structure, function and physiological activity of β-casomorphins. Subsequent sections describe the health concerns associated with A1 milk, and the various case studies and research surrounding it. In turn, the arguments against the hypothesis put forward by EFSA, American Nutritionists and Truswell are also highlighted. The book does not make any recommendations for dairy consumers; rather, it is a collection of essential data both in favour and against the hypothesis. Further mechanistic studies involving well-designed animal and human trials at the cellular, molecular, biochemical and immunological levels will be needed in order to draw sound conclusions. Overall, the hypothesis is fascinating, and possibly significant. However, verified and authenticated research with reproducible results is needed to make final consumer recommendations. This timely book offers a valuable resource for researchers and students of dairy science, as well as industry experts.

»... daß die offizielle Soziologie versagt hat«: Zur Soziologie im Nationalsozialismus, der Geschichte ihrer Aufarbeitung und der Rolle der DGS (Jahrbuch für Soziologiegeschichte)

Obwohl nach drei Jahrzehnten des kollektiven Beschweigens seit den 1980er Jahren einige verdienstvolle Arbeiten zur soziologischen Fachgeschichte im Dritten Reich erschienen sind, haben diese nur vereinzelt und in Ausnahmesituationen Eingang ins Herz der Disziplin gefunden. Lange Zeit hat sich so der Mythos von der weißen Weste der Soziologie und der strukturellen Unvereinbarkeit von Soziologie und Nationalsozialismus gehalten. Diesen Mythos zu brechen ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Publikation, die die umfassenden vorhandenen Erkenntnisse zur Geschichte des Faches im Nationalsozialismus einer größeren LeserInnenschaft zugänglich machen möchte. Darüber hinaus wird in bislang nicht geschehener Weise die Bedeutung des Jenaer Soziologentreffens von 1934 für die Entwicklung der Soziologie im Nationalsozialismus und die Stilllegung der DGS herausgearbeitet und abschließend eine ebenso komprimierte wie umfassende Chronologie der Aufarbeitung von 1946 bis heute präsentiert.

π-Electron Magnetism: From Molecules to Magnetic Materials (Structure and Bonding #100)

Celebrating Volume 100: Thirty years ago Springer-Verlag together with a distinguished Board of Editors started the series Structure and Bonding. Initially the series was set up to publish reviews from different fields of modern inorganic chemistry, chemical physics and biochemistry, where the general subject of chemical bonding involves a metal and a small number of associated atoms. Three years ago the aims of the series was refined to span the entire periodic table and address structure and bonding issues wherever they may be relevant. Not only the traditional areas of chemical bonding will be dealt with but also nanostructres, molecular electronics, supramolecular structure, surfaces and clusters. With these aims in mind it is noteworthy that Volume 100 effectively reinforces and illustrates these ideals and is titled Pi-Electron Magnetism from Molecules to Magnetic Materials.

β-Glucuronidase (Experimentelle Medizin, Pathologie und Klinik #28)

ℓ Goes to Plus Infinity (Birkhäuser Advanced Texts Basler Lehrbücher)

This book provides proofs of the asymptotic behavior of solutions to various important cases of linear and nonlinear problems in the theory of elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. It is a valuable resource for graduates and researchers in applied mathematics and for engineers. Many results presented here have not been published elsewhere. They will motivate and enable the reader to apply the theory to other problems in partial differential equations.

β-Lactams: Unique Structures of Distinction for Novel Molecules (Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry #30)

I. Ojima • E. S. Zuniga • J. D. Seitz: Advances in the Use of Enantiopure β-Lactams for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds of Medicinal Interests.- I. Fernández • Miguel A. Sierra: β -Lactams from Fischer Carbene Complexes: Scope, Limitations, and Reaction Mechanism.- Bablee Mandal • Basudeb Basu: Synthesis of β-Lactams Through Alkyne–Nitrone Cycloadditions.- T. T. Tidwell: Preparation of Bis-β-Lactams by Ketene–Imine Cycloadditions.- Edward Turos: The Chemistry and Biology of N-Thiolated β-Lactams.- Indrani Banik • Bimal K. Banik: Synthesis of β-Lactams and Their Chemical Manipulations Via Microwave-Induced Reactions.

传承中文 Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners: Stories about Us

Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners’ future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, learn Chinese American history, and embrace their cultural heritage. The book starts with talking about individuals and families and then expands to the Chinese and Asian American communities in the U.S. and eventually to the entire American society, all from the unique perspective of Chinese American students. Taking a macro approach that builds learners’ literacy skills on their initial abilities in speaking and listening, each lesson starts with listening and speaking activities and then moves to reading and writing. The content complexity and language difficulty are balanced to present rich content that matches students’ critical thinking abilities in a language appropriate for their literacy level. Lively and humorous language makes the book a joy to read. Each lesson has a conversation and an essay to expose students to informal and formal registers. Moreover, authentic tasks are designed to facilitate students’ language output, following the three modes of communication promoted by the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational. This theme-based Chinese textbook is written for high school and college-level Chinese heritage language learners.

传承中文 Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners: Stories about Us

Modern Chinese for Heritage Beginners aims to serve as a stepping-stone for Chinese heritage language learners’ future Chinese learning, inspiring them to reflect on their identities, learn Chinese American history, and embrace their cultural heritage. The book starts with talking about individuals and families and then expands to the Chinese and Asian American communities in the U.S. and eventually to the entire American society, all from the unique perspective of Chinese American students. Taking a macro approach that builds learners’ literacy skills on their initial abilities in speaking and listening, each lesson starts with listening and speaking activities and then moves to reading and writing. The content complexity and language difficulty are balanced to present rich content that matches students’ critical thinking abilities in a language appropriate for their literacy level. Lively and humorous language makes the book a joy to read. Each lesson has a conversation and an essay to expose students to informal and formal registers. Moreover, authentic tasks are designed to facilitate students’ language output, following the three modes of communication promoted by the American Council on Teaching Foreign Languages: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational. This theme-based Chinese textbook is written for high school and college-level Chinese heritage language learners.

„...Muß kommen, aber nix von Herzen“: Zur Lebenssituation von Migrantinnen — unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Biographien türkischer Frauen (Forschungstexte Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften #20)

Das Phänomen der Migration, die Tatsache, daß Menschen ihre Heimat verlassen, um in einem anderen Land zu leben, ist ein uraltes. Es hat zahlreiche Versuche gegeben, diesen Prozeß zu analysieren, die Auswirkungen zu beschreiben. In unserer Gesellschaft leben seit einem gewissen Zeitraum Menschen, die aus verschiedenen fremden Nationen und Kulturen herstammen. Sie haben den Entschluß gefaßt, ihre Heimat zu ver­ lassen, um hier zu arbeiten und zu leben. Dabei zeigt sich, daß der Prozeß der Auswanderung und des Einlebens in eine neue, fremde Gesellschaft ein sehr konflikthafter ist. Sozialen ga­ gierte Gruppen und Organisationen, Wissenschaftler und Wissen­ schaftlerinnen, pädagogische und sozialpädagogische Fachkräfte, ja, die Betroffenen selber, weisen mit Nachdruck auf die er­ schwerten Bedingungen des Eingewöhnens und Lebens in unserer Gesellschaft hin und fordern Unterstützung und Abhilfe. Forde­ rungen nach politischen und gesetzlichen Maßnahmen spielen hierbei eine zentrale Rolle. Innerhalb der Diskussion über die Lebenssituation von Mi­ granten war die spezifische Situation der Migrantinnen lange Zeit unbeachtet geblieben. Weder die Frauen, die aus eigenem Entschluß die Migration angetreten hatten, noch die, die als Familienmitglieder den vorausgegangenen Verwandten folgten, wurden wahrgenommen. Folglich blieb die Analyse und Beschrei­ bung des Phänomens Migration auf die Lebenswelt der Männer be­ schränkt, und auch Beiträge zur Lösung von Problemen ließen die Situation der Frauen außer acht - Hilfe wurde ihnen nicht zuteil.

"… The real war will never get in the books"

β-Rezeptorenblockade: Aktuelle Gesichtspunkte

社会视角 Social Perspective: An Intermediate-Advanced Chinese Course: Volume II

Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners’ language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume II explores six topics: demographic issues, ‘love’ and ‘sex’, technology, medical care, the economy and education. The textbook is written in fluent, accurate and high-quality Chinese language which is conveniently broken down to highlight all the important language elements (expressions, vocabulary, phrases and grammar). This course will equip students with language production capability at an advanced level and prepare students for the transition from academic study to employment. Each lesson includes a wide range of language drills and exercises designed to quickly improve learners’ oral expression and conceptual understanding through group discussions, essays, presentations, bidirectional translation and critical reflection. Online resources such as lesson text audio, videos, independent learning resources and supplementary reading material are also included at [URL]. Written by a team of highly experienced teachers, Social Perspective is the ideal course to progress intermediate students to an advanced level. Academics and researchers with an interest in Chinese contemporary social issues will also find this a useful tool for further language study.

社会视角 Social Perspective: An Intermediate-Advanced Chinese Course: Volume II

Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners’ language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume II explores six topics: demographic issues, ‘love’ and ‘sex’, technology, medical care, the economy and education. The textbook is written in fluent, accurate and high-quality Chinese language which is conveniently broken down to highlight all the important language elements (expressions, vocabulary, phrases and grammar). This course will equip students with language production capability at an advanced level and prepare students for the transition from academic study to employment. Each lesson includes a wide range of language drills and exercises designed to quickly improve learners’ oral expression and conceptual understanding through group discussions, essays, presentations, bidirectional translation and critical reflection. Online resources such as lesson text audio, videos, independent learning resources and supplementary reading material are also included at [URL]. Written by a team of highly experienced teachers, Social Perspective is the ideal course to progress intermediate students to an advanced level. Academics and researchers with an interest in Chinese contemporary social issues will also find this a useful tool for further language study.

社会视角 Social Perspective: An Intermediate-Advanced Chinese Course: Volume I

社会视角 Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners’ language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume I explores five topics: gender equality, e-commerce, Internet culture, food and health, and environmental protection. The textbook is written in fluent, accurate and high-quality Chinese language which is conveniently broken down to highlight all the important language elements (expressions, vocabulary, phrases and grammar). This course will equip students with language production capability at an advanced level and prepare students for the transition from academic study to employment. Each lesson includes a wide range of language drills and exercises designed to quickly improve learners’ oral expression and conceptual understanding through group discussions, essays, presentations, bidirectional translation and critical reflection. Online resources such as audio recordings, dictation exercises and supplementary reading material are also included. Written by a team of highly experienced teachers, 社会视角 Social Perspective is the ideal course to progress intermediate students to an advanced level. Academics and researchers with an interest in Chinese contemporary social issues will also find this a useful tool for further language study.

社会视角 Social Perspective: An Intermediate-Advanced Chinese Course: Volume I

社会视角 Social Perspective is a course set over one academic year for intermediate learners of Chinese. In two volumes, it focuses on developing learners’ language competency to a high advanced plus/advanced level (ACTFL/CEFR B2-C1) through exploring social issues in contemporary China. The textbook draws upon the discussion of a wide range of current social issues in China to provide students with a real-life background to increase their debating and written skills. Volume I explores five topics: gender equality, e-commerce, Internet culture, food and health, and environmental protection. The textbook is written in fluent, accurate and high-quality Chinese language which is conveniently broken down to highlight all the important language elements (expressions, vocabulary, phrases and grammar). This course will equip students with language production capability at an advanced level and prepare students for the transition from academic study to employment. Each lesson includes a wide range of language drills and exercises designed to quickly improve learners’ oral expression and conceptual understanding through group discussions, essays, presentations, bidirectional translation and critical reflection. Online resources such as audio recordings, dictation exercises and supplementary reading material are also included. Written by a team of highly experienced teachers, 社会视角 Social Perspective is the ideal course to progress intermediate students to an advanced level. Academics and researchers with an interest in Chinese contemporary social issues will also find this a useful tool for further language study.