A Book Report for The Chrysanthemums Book Name:

The Chrysanthemums

Type:

A short novel

Author's information:

Name: John Steinbeck Nationality: the United States

Background Information: During The Great Depression around 1930s Main Character(s):

Elisa who was a young married lady working on an isolated farm and proud of her shills in growing chrysanthemums. Henry who was Elisa’s husband with strong male consciousness and thought women should do what they should do.

The man who made living by helping people repair something and cheats Elisa to achieve his goal.

Plot Summary：

Eliza and her husband Henry had a ordinary quiet life in a typical American town .Her husband run a farm and she does housworks wearing the clothes and hat man in chrysanthemums garden. She was famous for her skills in planting flowers. One day, a Goldsmith went to her chrysanthemum garden and asked to help her repair something for

her, but she rejected. While the man did not leave as she hoped ,he praised the chrysanthemums she grew. The man said a female customer liked chrysanthemums very much and asked him to bring some good chrysanthemum to her if he can .Elisa was very happy and took out some things to let the man repair them. Then she selected some chrysanthemums for the blacksmith.After the man left ,she took a bath and put on beautiful clothes. On the way to town, she saw her be abandoned on the road and flowerpot was taken away by blacksmith.She cried weakly like an old woman.

Impressions and Conclusion：

Elisa pinned all her hope and love on chrysanthemums garden. In Elisa’s view,she took her chrysanthemums just like her children. When a strange person blacksmith got close her garden, she indifferently rejected his requests.She hopede that he can left immediately and left her and chrysanthemums alone. While the man praised her chrysanthemums, she felt happy and carefully selected some for him, which was a good reflection of a strong desire to communicate with the outside world and a reflection of being appreciated and being respected. When the caravan left ,her shoulders were straight, her head thrown back ,her eyes half-closed, so that the scene came vaguely . Her lips moved silently, forming the words “Good-bye—good-bye”. Then whispered,” That’s a bright direction. There’s a glowing there.” If we

said that the man brought “sunlight” to her , she began to hope to communicate with the outside. If the blacksmith’s praise to her chrysanthemums was an implied praise for her, we can say that the caravan took her golden hope to life, her eagerness for equality, freedom, acknowledgement by the society. She seemed that she would start her new life with romance, thrills. Unfortunately, chrysanthemums that gave her dreams, reflected her values and indicated she would have a better life were abandoned on the half way, which let her realize that she will never change her traditionally female roles and status and she must accept her destiny “becoming a traditional old woman.”

It’s not difficult to find the heroine’s tragic fate. She wanted to own personal life space and do what she liked and get respects from others and enjoy a mentally colorful life. All she wanted in patriarchy society were hard to get. She was excluded by male society, her husband did not understand her and her self-esteem was ignored .She was very lonely. She tried her best to struggle against current situation for changing them, but she defeated by the cruel reality. She was so desperate that she decided to stop the rebellion and die with her beloved chrysanthemums .Elisa was pathetic and she can’t avoid her destiny that was a inevitable consequence of that patriarchy society. What only she can do was just waiting, which was the tragic fate of women in that times.

第二篇：科技英语report

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN

CHINA

The Changing Role of HRM, and analysis of its impact on

business and employees

Prepared for

Professor Yang

English department

Wuhan of Technology

China, Wuhan430070

Prepared by

English class 0703

December 3, 2009

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Letter of transmittal:

Here is the report you authorized in August on the suggestions for the 3-day international conference plan that might be appropriate.

Thanks for your reading. Here is the report of the 3-day international conference which focuses on Human Resource Management.

In this conference, the general background of human resource management and labor-management relations in China are discussed. It describes the cultural values, political and economic systems shaping Chinese human resource management and explores labor-management relations in Chinese enterprises.

Through all these discussions, this conference aims at eliminating the improper management of human resource thus making best of the talents .We write this report for your deliberation and suggestion. Any constructive advice to improve this report is sincerely welcomed. Thanks for your reading again!

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Table of Contents

Letter of Transmittal………………………………………….1

Introduction………………………………………………….3

Purpose………………………………………………………. 3

Scope…………………………………………………………. 4

Assumptions…………………………………………………. 4

Methodology…………………………………………………. 4

Limitations…………………………………………………5

Criteria…………………………………………………………5

Findings…………………………………………..................... 5

The date of the3-day conference…………….………..............5

The accommodation ……………………................................. 5

Food and drink………………...................................................6

The transportation…………….......……….............................7

Safety and Security……............................................................7

The sightseeing………………...................................................8

Conclusion..................................................................................9

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Introduction

Human resource management and labor-management relations in China are different from those in other countries because of different political and economic systems and social and cultural backgrounds. Lots of changes have taken place in human resource management since the 1978 economic reforms. This conference discusses the general background of human resource management and labor-management relations in China. It describes the cultural values, political and economic systems shaping Chinese human resource management and explores labor-management relations in Chinese enterprises. As the economic reforms deepen and a market economy is established, changes will take place in the nature of labor- management relations and human resource management in Chinese enterprises.

Purpose

The purpose of this report is to recommend a detailed plan of the 3-day International conference.

Scope

In this report, we will mainly focus on the following three parts: Our plan of this conference; why we make this plan; our conclusions and recommendations.

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We will also briefly discuss the advantages of our plan, and how our plan can be put into practice.

We will not discuss the financial feasibility of the plan.

Assumptions

Our recommends are based on three assumptions:

● The conference is quite important and well-known for its findings have been always influencing the whole world’s human resource management. Then there will be many journalists during the conference. The conference should be open.

● All the presentatives have been well-informed of this conference’s date and address. And they have been prepared for this meeting. The number of the participants are clear, reasonable and under control.

● Transportation in Shanghai is quite fine especially in this area.

Methodology

The information of our report came from print and online sources .Firstly; all the members of our group got together and worked out a main topic of the international conference. Our leader divided the whole task into several parts and everyone took his own responsibility. Then we began to collect the information mainly on the internet as well as through the relevant books. At last, all the information were gathered and put into PPT and word file.

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Limitations

Our report has two limitations. First, for the world’s finance crisis may have a bad influence on both presentatives and participants, some of our participants may cancel their plan of taking part in this conference. Second, the information about the hotel and Shanghai’s traffic is collected on the internet. In that case, there will be some unexpected problems and situation.

Criteria

The most important criterias for a successful conference are that: 1) there are some important agreements that were made during the conference; 2) there are no accidents during the conference; 3) each plan is fully and fluently carried out; 4) the majority of the media give a high praise on this conference.

1. Findings

(a) The date of the 3-day conference

(b) The accommodation

Having considered all of the aspects involved, we choose the Hilton Shanghai Hotel. Luxuriously designed and

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conveniently located in the heart of former French Concession, Hilton Shanghai Hotel is a 43-storey building, housing 772 hotel rooms and suites offering a range of modern conveniences and comforts. Hilton Shanghai Hotel guest rooms are elegantly designed and equipped with sophisticated room amenities and feature excellent accommodation facilities for guests on various business. The cost of staying in a superior deluxe room begins at ￥1330 per night, the executive room is the most expensive, at￥1580per night. Hilton Shanghai Hotel offers 11 flexible meeting rooms for large events and gatherings at the hotel. The largest meeting rooms at Hilton Shanghai Hotel include the Grand Ballroom and Ballroom Foyer and the Business Centre at Hilton Shanghai Hotel provides a variety of office automation solutions and secretarial services for corporate guests of the hotel.

Hilton Shanghai Hotel is situated between the two main Shanghai shopping streets and is just 20 minutes away from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport.

(c) Food and drink

Soaking up the traditional Chinese atmosphere and great shanghai views, we provide all kinds of Chinese cuisine, such as Sichuan food, Cantonese fare, Shandong food and Huaiyang cuisine. Due to the fact that people in the meeting are from different parts of the world, food of different countries, like Mediterranean cuisine, Japanese food, continental breakfast, is available. Healthy drinks, snacks and light meals are also offered. As the holder of the meeting, we will pay special attention to the combining of the dishes, assuring that no one would be uncomfortable because of our food.

(d) The transportation

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Arriving at Hongqiao International Airport, attendees will be fetched by private cars, and driven to Hilton Shanghai Hotel. In Hilton Shanghai Hotel, the well-developed system of

highway transportation links the hotel with places all over the city, so we need not worry about the transportation. But if necessary, we can provide private cars temporarily.

As for the sightseeing, we have special cars. Two people share one car.

( e )The Safety

Safety issues should be concerned a lot in the conference. Those who enter the meeting room should be strictly examined. We also have enough safeguard with guns in and out of the hotel and it will keep alert all the time. In consequence, we have airline forces hovering in the sky 24 hours a day nonstop. We have such a strict alert during the meeting, we still have emergency solutions in case that bad things happen, as follows:

1. If there's an explosion, we have shelter for the people.

2. We have emergency power supply for the meeting to continue in case of the electricity power cut.

3. We have immediate medical service for the people who doesn't feel well. Especially the H1N1 is spread quickly during these time, we will disinfect the area thoroughly.

4. And so on.

The Sightseeing

Our hotel is located in downtown Puxi ----the commercial entertainment center. We have considered seriously for our invited VIP.

If you want to go shopping , Nanking Road of west and Huaihai Road are the best choices. They are the famous popular commercial streets that attract thousands of people.

If you want to have a walk, you can just go outside for several minutes to the Jingan Park and the Jingan Temple. There

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are beautiful sceneries which can relax you after having the serious meetings.

If you'd like to go further and visit the modern buildings in Shanghai, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Library, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Circus City, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum and so on, they are all worth seeing. Their beauty and modern style is a real spectacle.

Conclusion

The conclusion to the introduction, the arrangement of the date of the 3-day conference, the accommodation, the subsistence, the transportation, the safety and security, and the sightseeing as followed respectively:

1). Lots of changes have taken place in human resource management since the 1978 economic reforms. This conference discusses the general background of human resource man management and labor-management relations in China. The purpose of this report is to recommend a detailed plan of the three days’ International conference.

2). August 5th and August 6th could be set as the meeting days. For the next day meeting is going to be over, so the activity on the afternoon of August 7th could be set as half one-day trip.

3). Hilton Shanghai Hotel could be set as the place which meeting attendants could live in. Firstly, luxuriously designed and conveniently located in the heart of former French Concession, Hilton Shanghai Hotel is a 43-storey building, housing 772 hotel rooms and suites offering a range of modern conveniences and comforts. Secondly, Hilton Shanghai Hotel offers 11 flexible meeting rooms for large events and gatherings at the hotel.

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4). It is extremely convenient to have dinner in the hotel during the meeting days. It is also interesting to have the taste of the local snacks during the half one-day trip. We provide all kinds of Chinese cuisine, such as Sichuan food, Cantonese fare, Shandong food and Huaiyang cuisine.

5). Before the meeting, we have planed to fetch those invited VIPs. During the meeting, as a matter of fact, we don’t have to worry much about the transportation because we have a sound transportation system near the hotel. Buses, taxi, subways and so on. But if necessary, we can provide private cars temporarily.

6). Safety is definitely the most important concern of ours. Although we will try our best to make sure that no bad thing happens, there are something that can’t be predicted. So, we will spare no effort to prevent emergency.

7). Shanghai is a beautiful place , there are beautiful sceneries which can relax you after having the serious meetings. Our hotel is located in downtown Puxi, the commercial entertainment center. if you want to go shopping, Nanking Road of west and Huaihai Road are the best choices.

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