填空题A The Speech of the Presider
The presiding over meetings is one of the communicative activities at
international academic conferences. In the simulated international academic
conference, special attention should be paid to the training of the students in
this aspect. Specifically, we have introduced to the students the basic
requirements and major responsibilities of the presider of a conference, for
example, to learn about the overall procedures, to familiarize them with the
order of presentation—the names, nationalities, and subjects of the speakers, to
inquire about the speaker's information, major points of the introduction,
signals of the time control, etc. B
Conference Conference is a kind of formal meeting,
often lasting for a few days. It is organized on a particular subject to bring
together people who have a common interest. At a conference, formal discussions
usually take place. Comparatively, conference generally refers to a specialized
professional or academic event. We can say, for example, "Mr. Smith attended a
conference on environmental protection in Beijing last week". C Barcelona The first thing that strikes
you about Barcelona is its extraordinary architectural beauty. Just to discover
the narrow, twisting streets and hidden squares of the old quarters is worth a
trip in itself. A good way to get an initial idea of the city's character is to
take a leisurely walk along Las Ramblas, a series of five short streets
connecting the port area with the town. It's best during the early evening when
it's filled with young people out for a promenade. Exchanging greetings and
flirting mildly, they stroll up and down for hours, pausing occasionally at an
outdoor care for a gossip. Predictably enough, the city's red light area
occupies the lower end near the port, and is best avoided after dark. D Protection Versus Development
It is quite incredible to see the speed with which a wild, unspoiled beauty spot
can be transformed into a commercial eyesore. Look at the map of the world's
tourist destinations today, and think back to those same places only a few years
ago, and you'll see what I mean. Of course, I'm a bit of a hypocrite about this.
I want to be able to visit those natural paradises and, I have to admit, find
somewhere to sleep and something to eat and drink once I've got there. What I
don't want is for anyone else to be able to do the same, or at least not in
enough numbers to change the place. So if you wish to accuse me of
individualistic elitism, go ahead. I don't mean to be selfish, but I can't bear
the idea of another concrete monstrosity taking over from nature, of recorded
pop music replacing the natural sounds of the mountains, of ice-cream and silly
T-shirts being pushed at me when all I want is to enjoy the non-man-made world.
I suppose the answer to this dilemma is careful, limited development, but
experience seems to show that stopping the forces of commercialization is more
difficult than preserving the environment for future generations. E Protection Protectionism
appears to be a part of human nature, like the instinct for survival, we
automatically try to protect what is ours, be it our family, our culture, our
livelihood, our country, our wealth or anything else we call "ours". It has been
fashionable to talk about protectionism in economic terms ever since the
reconstruction and development after the Second World War, but this is merely
jargon for a well-known human characteristic. In economics, the term is often
used in a negative way—one country accuses another of "protectionist" practices
that prevent the first country from freely selling its goods to the second, but
it can be a negative idea in other contexts, too. In many parts
of the world, a village, region or cultural group has refused development
because it wants to protect its people, resources, way of life etc. from outside
influences, from being "spoiled". In many cases, this has led not to the
preservation of something worthwhile, but to the decline of what was to be
protected. A concrete example of this can be seen in the number of rural
villages in Europe that are disappearing, not because they have been developed
out of existence but because the young people have left in search of education,
work and other opportunities and the old people are left to die in the life and
surroundings that were "protected" from the encroachments of the modern
world.
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They are asked to pay attention to inviting speeches, coordinating divergence, maintaining order, controlling the time, activating the atmosphere.
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In economic terms, it is fashionable to talk about it.
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It is a meeting held at the international level, with the participants coming from different countries.
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They speak their own language, Catalan, which is more influenced by French than Spanish.
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In the presentation of academic papers our emphasis is placed upon it.
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It is Spain at its most urbane, forward-thinking and high living.
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Preserving the environment is more easier than stopping the forces of commercialization.