Architects are hopeless when it comes
to deciding whether the public will view their designs as marvels or
monstrosities, according to a study by Canadian psychologists. They say
designers should go back to school to learn about ordinary people’s
tastes. Many buildings that appeal to architects get the thumbs down from the public. Robert Gifford of the University of Victoria in British Columbia decided to find out whether architects understand public preferences and simply disagree with them, or fail to understand the lay person’s view. With his colleague Graham Brown, he asked 25 experienced architects to look at photos of 42 large buildings in the US, Canada, Europe and Hong Kong. The architects predicted how the public would rate the buildings on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 represented "terrible” and 10"excellent". A fur A. Architects have a dark future in designing marvelous buildings. B. Architects don’t care about how ordinary people view their designs. C. It is very difficult for architects to please the general public. D. Architects don’t know much about the public tastes for buildings. [填空题]People 18 to 29 are the most mobile age group, ______ (他们过去的迁移模式决定了许多地区的未来发展).
[单项选择]What is the most common mistake companies make when sourcing globally
A. They fail to consider all their important objectives. B. They ignore the effect it might have on their image. C. They forget to allow for exchange rate fluctuations. [单项选择]The most sparsely populated county in Wales is where you will find Britain’s happiest place, say researchers, as Powys tops the list of 273 districts, with Edinburgh apparently the most miserable place in Britain. Eight of the top 10 districts with the highest levels of well-being are in Scotland or the north of England. However, the research results suggested that the differences between areas were due to personal circumstances rather than physical location.
The study, by a team from the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, used data from the. British Household Panel Survey, which questioned a representative sample from 5 000 households about their sense of well-being. The researchers were able to draw up a map of happiness down to district level across England, Scotland and Wales. Although the sample for each district was small, the team believes the findings are of interest from an academic point of view. Two former coal-mining communities in Wales were found to b A. To persuade people to move to sparsely populated areas. B. To prove that Edinburgh is not suitable for people to live in. C. To attract government’s attention to people’s sense of happiness. D. To offer readers the information of people’s feeling of well-being. 我来回答: 提交
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