I.awa issue catagories I summarized.
II. zhuangzi argument and issue. You can also find them in the website of neworiental.
III. Idioms
IV.other useful link
I. issue categories
A. C. Art and Society (51)
Education (14)
12. Education as the key to success
102.advanced degree and the formal education are rarely relevant to one's success
125. Life-long education
119. those who have strong technology skills need not go to college
23. should our schools teach valuess
28. should schools teach consumerism
37. education-science vs. art and humanities
62. education-teaching about the human community
122. school should not teach specialized IT, instead, it should teach more general
94. teaching self-discipline or self-esteem to kids
135. in business course, professors should teach only factual information and skills, not ethnics
98. conventional learning and long-distance learning
99. maintaining a competitive educational system
139. which is better for students: structured environment or free atmosphere
Effect of technology (7)
8. monetary system: technology
20. importance of machine
101. automobile: beneficial or harmful
53. user-unfriendly systems in today's society
107. the goal of IT industry is to help people to learn how to obtain information
111. the overall quality of life has never been better than present due to technology
114.technology separates and alienates people
Art, lifestyle reflect social values (7)
16. public architecture as a reflection of society
78. the historic values of older buildings
83. how buildings shape us
32. advertisements as reflections of a nation's ideas
96. museums indicate social valuess
104. nation's values: scientific and artistic achievements vs. business
130. we can learn more about a society by how people spend their leisure time than how they work
Environment conservation (5)
2.Energy sources and international effort
13. responsibility of government for preserving the natural environment
41. penalties for damaging the natural environment
47. responsibility of government for preventing environmental damage
137. restriction on access should be made to protect national parks and historical sites
Effect of globalization (4)
40. our role: citizens of the world or the nation
65. Multinational corporations and global homogeneity
105. Remaining treasures in their original countries
113. All nations should investment in space station
Advertisement (3)
44. investing in high-quality advertising to gain benefits
85. Advertising as influential art
86.advertising-appealing to emotion vs. reason
Macromedia and society (3)
54. Commercial success of films and TV programs: violence and obscenity
134. Macromedia have the right to contact potential customers
138. do macromedia stifle intellectual curiosity
The importance of history (2)
43. the importance of studying history
89. studying history: a waste of time?
Sensitive social problems (6)
15. children and internet adult material
95. employing young children is harmful
82. meeting women's needs in the workplace
97. sex discrimination in business
88. accepting blame for hateful actions and words
38. Endangered everyday courtesy 礼貌
B. Business (51)
Recruit, incentive and rewarding: (10)
19. recruitment: business courses vs. broad background
21. rewarding employees
27. employees' job satisfaction and security
48. assessing personality traits in hiring employees
72. effects of employee incentives
123. company should make employees make long-time commitment
92. following order: employees' real loyalty?
127. most valuable employees are those concerning efficiency rather than quality
129. objective information is more informative than subjective interviews
128. organizations should rely on inside advice
Business and society (7)
66. products should be made safe
35. short-sighted as a business disease
90. products that don't last waste resources
117. society depends more on the success of small business rather than that of larger one
58. the final objective of business: make more time for people
59. business's social duty regarding juvenile crime
84. informing customers about products and services
Profit vs. ethnics (6)
18. making money vs. serving society
64. goal of business: profit vs. public warfare
42. reacting to changing environmental standards
45. ethical business conduct and maximizing profits
70. ethical constraints in creating and marketing products
110. the most effective business leaders should maintain the highest ethical standard
Teamwork vs. individual ability (6)
5. decision-making in an organization
25. hiring capable people as a key business strategy
36. teamwork vs. individual commitment
69. the ability to work well other employees
106. efficient way to assign task to employees is divide
115. all employees should help plan to use profit
Performance evaluation (5)
50. responding to employee performance
60. assess to personal information about employees
108. employees should not have full access to their own personnel files
109. all personnel evaluation should be multidirectional.
133. employees should not evaluate their supervisors' performance
Leadership (4)
32. earning respect as a leader
76.decision-making and effective leadership
124. effective leaders can solve complex question in a simple way
132. leadership is more valuable for a manager than expertise and experience
Freedom vs. restriction in workplace (4)
68. workplace design and employee input
93. freedom and restriction
120. formality in dress should be addressed
136. companies should allow employees express their feelings through internal email
Personal life and work (4)
9. personal lives of employees
17. time management and flexibility
30. should employees take work home
67. how work affects our personal lives
Key for success (3)
26. location: still the key to business success
51. is competition good for a business
56. the secret of business: know more things
Organizational behavior (2)
3. flat or pyramid organization
14. an organization of a clear hierarchy
C. Government (17)
Governments' responsibilities:
1.radio and TV censorship;
91. establishing regulations to ensure public health
13. responsibility of government for preserving the natural environment
47. responsibility of government for preventing environmental damage
22. responsibility of government for arts
116. government should provide funding for the art, but only for those reflecting the majority's values
24. power and influence-business vs. government
46. bureaucracy's impact in business and government
63. bureaucracy of government alienates citizen
61. government as a necessary burden on business
71. imposing limits on commercialism
131 self-regulating will be better for businesses than government regulating
87. workers are responsible for unemployment: technology and adjusting to job obsolescence
34. mandatory public service
100. legislative action is more effective than consumer action
118. people loyalty to political parties hind forming their own opinions
126. to stop more serious crimes, law should enforced to penalty minor crimes
D. Personal Life (22)
Success of individual (9)
6. the definition of success
11. personal failing of great achievers
39. professional success and personal sacrifices
49. hard work as the key to success
52. achieving success by setting goals
74. rule-breakers: the most memorable people
75. the motivating forces of self-interest and fear
77. the test for true genius
81. success and non-conformists
Individual viewpoint (13)
10.process vs. product
29. focusing on the task rather than the result
103.life process and life goal
7.giving advice to other people
55. never tell people how to do things
4. power of restraint
73. following one's instincts
79. social skills as purchasable commodities
80. our saving and borrowing habits
121. the way an idea is presented is more important than itself to impact on people
31. financial gain as a factor in choosing a career
57. respecting one another's differences
112. people soon tire of the status quo: shifting theoretical position
