... methods are outdated and simplistic: 1 Im not accustomed to the teachers teaching method. 2 I havent grasped the methods of listening comprehension yet. C. The influence of Chinese is so great that my speed of comprehension must be slowed down. D. After class, I dont actively do any listening comprehension exercises at all. E. Other problems. Analysis on the results of the questionnaire investigation: The students ... In listening comprehension classes, the students are asked to read the directions, the choices of the questions. Then, they must predict what the listening material is gene...

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... first Opium War occurred in the year 1840. The Qing government was made aware of the dangers of opium smoking among the Chinese people and banned it in 1839 (First Reading). But the Qing government did not allow reasonable time for it to fade away nor did they put forth enough effort to enforce the new law. The result was that ... coastline was covered. Also much of the army was deployed to the far west and north to defend against other threats. China had no railroad or any form of high speed transportation to speak of; it took nearly four months for the western Chinese army to reach th...

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... . By 1920, 7000 miles of railway had been laid. Areas once isolated were now accessible through the railroad. The construction of these railroad were the necessary "missing link" needed to speed up delivery of goods as well as those headed for the coastal areas for international transport in China. The railroad became the most important mode of transport in China. The ... for other factories right down to the finest in precision instruments used by surgeons. Every factory provides education for its workers. This includes training about the industry as well as reading and writing for thos...

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