Monday, 10 March 2008

Exploring British Newspapers again

There are some commons and deferences in the British national newspapers. The Independent, Times as well as The Daily Telegraphs, for example.Going through the newspaper on 7, Mar. 2008, we can see the top story is massacre in the heart of Jerusalem- a man kill a 8 years old boy with a large picture on it, no any description on this page, nevertheless, there are detail report on the page of 2 and 3, it occupies almost two pages spaces and a large picture again . From the content, taking advantage of the way of interview , such as wittiness , teachers, polices and government and so on , to cover their thinking and attitude about that.

While , in the Times, we can also see the story in page of 4 with a small picture, the report account for little space in that page, as for the content, it is simply and objectively described the scene of violence and the respondend from the public.

However, as far as the Daily Telegraph newspaper, we can see the general description on the first page accompany with the location map, it is not the major story but simply describe in the small space, and on the page of 17,there are full report on it with a big picture.

Saturday, 1 March 2008

St David's Day

On the 1 March markes the death of St David, who declared the national day of celebration in Wales in the 18th century. he is the only native-born patron saint of the countries of Britain and Ireland, and made deep roots of Welsh Christianity by the time of his birth in the early sixth century.


There are many traditions in that day, people will ware traditional emblems on the clothe: the leek, which was St David's personal symbol,and the daffodil, a traditional symbol of Wales which is in bloom during that time of year. In the school, students celebrity it by the mean of singing, dancing with traditional Welsh costume

It is the flag for the patron saint of Wales, Since 2002 the flag has also formed a part of the Cardiff City Football Club logo.


Employment in Britain


In Britain, the relevent of employment organisation can offer training for the group 16 to 18 who have dropped out of high school and have not yet found a job, they can get certificate and working practice experience. as for the disability, providing them with a position which needs them. Furthermore, helping low-income individuals sustain employment, offers a professional job coaching and financial incentives once they are working


There are some key issues around the employment in Britain. Many job forms " full of errors", 50 % job applications sent to employers are full of basic grammar and spelling mistakes from graduated students, they are not usually notice the observation, understanding, realisation and correct using it. Additionally, many students who want to work in the professional positions are still job hunting, almost three quarters of newly qualified nurse are still looking for the permanent job after they graduated from university.


As far as employers are concerned, they should take the employees qualification, breeding and the ability of working into consideration when offering employment. while, the employees should aware the salary, company welfare and atmosphere of working so on before accepting a job.

Employment

There are large working-age population in china, while the number of people with high educational level is relatively not enough for the demand of market, such as lawyers, doctors and engineers.The middle level dominate in employment in china, they are employee, farmer, manager positions and so on, with the large number of people from rural areas pouring into the city, eventually it is inevitable that the phenomenon of substantial unemployment, it is owning to their less educated and the competitive pressure on them.

the problem of abroad students is becoming hot debate in the modern society, currently, there are many students choose to go to broad to further studying, even though they get the overseas diploma, they still can not find job. Why? Because they make high objection in the future without considering their own power, as well as they do not have work experience. in china ,the diploma is basic point, and then observe your working ability and the manner of dealing with problems, the salary is not strictly according to your diploma to distribute the salary you should deserve.