英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1010 - 放假加限号,迎接APEC
时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语角-圆桌会议
英语课
Topic1 6-Days off in Beijing During APECHere is some good news for Beijingers. Government employees and students in the capital will enjoy a six-day holiday as the city hosts this year's APEC, or Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders' summit.
Is this necessary?
Topic2 Actors with Wrongdoings Won't Show on TV or MoviesOn Sept 29, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued an official document stating that performing stars with illegal behaviors, such as drug abuse and prostitute visiting, cannot appear on TV and movies any more. This is the first official decision by authorities since many stars were involved in drug abuse or whoring scandals. Will it be effective in purifying the entertainment industry?
Topic3 Quque-jumping Dama gets hit in the headA Chinese dama of over 50 years old has been hit in the head with a brick when she jumped a long queue in front of a public toilet in Gulangyu, Xiamen.
The dama was reportedly in a hurry to use the toilet. She was attacked by a woman staying in the queue after having used the toilet.
The two then fought with each other in a cat fight and both suffered injuries.
Should it have happened?
Topic4 Sea reclamation 1 to be strictly 2 controlledThe Ministry 3 of Land and Resources (MLR) has announced that China would strictly control sea reclamation in coastal 4 provinces and municipalities due to fear over ecological 5 destruction. In recent years, sea reclamation has been important in economic development.
Is there a problem to be solved?
Topic5 Heritage debate ensues after 'monkey buskers' convictedThroughout China there are traveling buskers doing street shows with Monkeys.
They often come into a city, set up and do their performances in the streets for a few days, and then leave before the public gets bored of them.
Now a court in northeast China has convicted four "monkey busking trick" performers, arousing nationwide concern about the protection of intangible cultural heritages, and the protection of animals.
Is it a heritage or crime?
Topic6 Gift money for weddings cost woman a month's incomeOctober is a golden month for couples to tie the knot in China.
While a wedding can be momentous 6 for newly-weds, attending a wedding or two or even more as a guest could mean an entire month's income is gone.
A Ms. Lin from Ningbo, Zhejiang Province got 8 wedding invitations during the National Day holiday, and they cost her an entire month's income.
Is it still a good tradition or not to give gift money on weddings?
n.开垦;改造;(废料等的)回收
- We should encourage reclamation and recycling.我们应当鼓励废物的回收和利用。
- The area is needed for a land reclamation project.一个土地开垦项目要在这一地区进行。
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
- His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
- The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
adj.海岸的,沿海的,沿岸的
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
adj.生态的,生态学的
- The region has been declared an ecological disaster zone.这个地区已经宣布为生态灾难区。
- Each animal has its ecological niche.每种动物都有自己的生态位.