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Reflections and Practice (1)I. Work with your partner to discuss the answers to the following questions.1. What elements are involved in results and discussions respectively?2. Give your understanding of the writing requirements for results with your ow n example.3. How do you understand the demands of conclusion writing based on the text?4. What are the criteria in distinguishing a result from a conclusion?II. Give your comments on the following result and conclusion.Result IThe MAP transmission controller introduced above has been mounted tentatively, the effects were encouraging: MAP 3.0 software works smoothly after the recognition of the controller. The transferring rate amounts to 8.3M b-s and there is no fault warning found. When the whole system was connected to the LAN lab, communication proves to have high quantity and high speed.Though the design was proved to be successful, device selection is relatively complex and the logic circuit has large scope for optimization. In the future, we will try to improve our design.Result 2By comparison, we know that the index profile was closest to Gauss distribution, but the difference between the Gauss and exponent distribution was not great. Which one describes better was not definite. However, this was already sufficient for the evaluation of the given guide. Among the four fitting functions the Fermi function fitted worst because the parameter of the Fermi fitting was approximated by that of the square fitting and the Fermi fitting is more suitable for step distribution.Conclusion 1Through the analysis of the thematic structures of the two essays, we may conclude as follows:(1) In Chinese, as in most other living languages, there is a thematic structure which realizes the textual metafunction (上下文的超词语功能). The theme plays a very important role in linking up individual sentences to form a coherent text. The success of a text as a communicative event relies heavily on the success of the thematic structure.(2) In Chinese, the choice of TP(thematic progression) patterns is influenced by the genre rather than content or intention. Although the two essays have different subject matters, and the author has different purposes in writing the two essays, there is no significant difference in the choice of TP patterns.(3) However, the lexical choice of the themes may be strongly influenced by the content of the text and the purpose of the author. In “Back”, where the author means to express his love for his father, the lexical items …T‟ and “father” account fo r almost 70 percent of all the themes of this essay. Whereas in …Moonlight‟ which is chiefly a description of the scene, the locational elements occupy 50 percent of the themes.Conclusion 2This paper looks at a case in management of cultural change. The issue exists precisely in a context of a British manager and Chinese employees. It is suggested that certain behavioral patterns of the employees are not appropriate either for the benefit of the company or for the individual development of the employees. The solution lies in managing a culture change, where the culture of the employees must undergo a change. Of course, as Hannagan (1995:236) argues, “the chief executive may change and adapt to the existing culture, or there may be a gradual melding of the two sets of values.” As in our case the employees‟ change of culture is beneficial, the manager‟s adaptation would mainly lie in deeper understanding of the problem and actively working towards at least a “gradual melding of the two values.”I am not suggesting here that the current manager is not doing this or the manager is not effective. The point is that there is always a time when one can do better.Conclusion 3The most important conclusion that can be drawn from the test results described in this paper is that it is possible, with the use of silicon fume and water-cementitious material ratios of 0.25 or less, to make high-performance concrete that are extremely resistant to the internal damage that can result from drying, even at 11℃. It is thus most probable that, under natural exposure conditions, the resistance to the penetration (渗透) of chloride ions of these concretes will not decrease significantly with time, unless, of course, they are not adequately protected against the effect of freezing and thawing (融化，熔化) cycles.。