The Natural Speaker (11版)

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【簡介】 This thoroughly revised textbook is a friendly step-by-step guide to public speaking that explores the fundamental skills necessary to present a natural and rewarding speech to any audience. By providing an overview of speech construction, practice, and delivery, this book is designed to enhance and improve upon students’ natural strengths. Featuring a warm and humorous writing style, The Natural Speaker illustrates the concepts and skills required for enjoyable public speaking as the authors invite readers to view speaking as a life-long journey. It is an easy-to-read book that introduces each chapter with relevant and engaging stories, explains concepts in simple language, and presents practical skills for improving public speaking. Its supportive tone encourages the reader to practice, improve, and use these oral presentation skills in formal and informal settings. This eleventh edition features new sections on topics including social anxiety in public speaking, the role of artificial intelligence in speech research and outline construction, and public speaking as a form of personal growth. This book serves as an accessible core textbook for Public Speaking courses and provides guidance for individual readers and public speaking workshops. Online resources include an Instructor’s Manual, PowerPoint slides, a sample course outline, and sample test questions. They are available at www.routledge.com/9781032826929.

Human Impact on the Natural Environment: Past, Present and Future (8版)

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【簡介】 A brand new edition of the definitive textbook on humankind's impact on the Earth's environment--now in full colorThis classic text explores the multitude of impacts that humans have had over time upon vegetation, animals, soils, water, landforms, and the atmosphere. It considers the ways in which climate changes and modifications in land cover may change the environment in coming decades. Thoroughly revised to cover the remarkable transformation in interest that humans are having in the environment, this book examines previously uncovered topics, such as rewilding, ecosystem services, techniques for study, novel and no analogue ecosystems, and more. It also presents the latest views on big themes such as human origins, the anthropocene, domestication, extinctions, and ecological invasions.Extensively re-written, Human Impact on the Natural Environment, Eighth Edition contains many new and updated statistical tables, figures, and references. It offers enlightening chapters that look at the past and present state of the world--examining our impact on the land itself and the creatures that inhabit it; the oceans, lakes, rivers and streams; and the climate and atmosphere. The book also takes a deep look at our future impact on the planet and its resources--our affect on the coastal environments, the cryosphere and the drylands, as well as the hydrological and geomorphological impacts.Fully updated to take account of recent advances in our understanding of global warming and other phenomenaOffers current opinions on such topics as human origins, the anthropocene, domestication, extinctions, and ecological invasionsFeatures a full-color presentation to allow for more and clearer photographs and diagramsContains more international case studies than previous editions to balance UK examplesHuman Impact on the Natural Environment is essential reading for undergraduates in geography and environmental science, and for those who want a thorough, wide-ranging and balanced overview of the impacts of humans upon natural processes and systems from the Stone Age to the Anthropocene and who wish to understand the major environmental issues that concern the human race at the present time.

Natural Wonders (1版)

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【簡介】 "非常適合課堂和家庭使用！ 您準備好參加自然奇觀的終極測驗了嗎？ 您是否想知道... 哪裡可以看到泥火山？ 為什麼有些湖泊的水是粉紅色的？ 哪裡可以找到漂浮的山脈？ 哪片沙漠有古代鯨魚化石？ 與 Quiz Champs 主持人 Wanda Waterfall 一起尋找這些有趣問題的答案。測試您對主題的掌握程度，了解有趣的事實，並在過程中嘲笑一些愚蠢的笑話！ Quiz Champs 系列經過精心設計，為年輕學習者帶來有趣且有教育意義的學習體驗。已提供答案和其他資訊來幫助學習。 系列特色： 有趣的問答和笑話 有趣、好玩的外觀和感覺 適合年輕讀者的簡單語言 吉祥物隱藏在25頁的書中 盡可能融入幽默 Great for classroom and home use! Are you ready to take the ultimate quiz on natural wonders? Have you ever wanted to know ... where to see a mud volcano? why some lakes have pink water? where you can find floating mountains? which desert is home to ancient whale fossils? Join Quiz Champs host Wanda Waterfall as you find answers to intriguing questions such as these. Test your mastery of the topic, learn fun facts and crack up at silly jokes along the way! The Quiz Champs series has been specially crafted to be a fun and educational learning experience for young learners. Answers and additional information have been provided to aid in learning. Series distinctives: Engaging quiz questions and jokes Fun, playful look and feel Simple language for young readers Mascot hidden in 25 pages of the book Humour infused where possible " 【目錄】

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