英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0306 - 冯导再提恢复繁体字，你会写几个字？
时间：2019-03-05 作者：英语课 分类：英语角-圆桌会议
英语课
Topic1 Should schools start teaching traditional characters again?
Chinese director Feng Xiaiogang is urging schools to start teaching traditional Chinese characters again.
As a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Feng stressed on the cultural importance of traditional Chinese characters and suggested schools should teach those that reflect the wisdom of our ancestors.
What is his reasoning? Does it make sense?
Topic2 Laoganma Chili 1 Sauce Recalled in AustraliaChina's famous Lao Gan Ma brand chili sauce has recently been recalled from Asian grocery stores in Australia's New South Wales.
The reason is the presence of an undeclared allergen—peanut.
Why should we care?
Topic3 No Haircut in 1st Lunar MonthIf your uncle dies, it's on your head!
Now that we are in the first month of the Lunar year, stories about how someone's haircut has led to familial strife 2 has once again reared their ugly heads in the media.
News website china.cnr.cn reported last week an incident in which a man surnamed Jiang in Changchun, Jilin Province, got into a quarrel with his maternal 3 uncle, or jiujiu in Chinese, after the uncle noticed Jiang's new hairdo.
So the belief is that if guys shave their head during the 1st lunar month, their maternal uncle dies. Does the tradition make sense?
Topic4 Coming Out As Gay to Your ParentsFor the homosexual group, Spring Festival is not easy, as it is a time to endure a barrage 4 of questions about when they are going to get married.
Recently, a mini-film called Coming Home goes viral online. It encourages the group to come out to their parents.
Let's first hear a clip from the film. (clip) Does it highlight a difficult situation?
Topic5 When Intimate Scenes Pop Up on TV And You're With FamilyRecently, People.cn posts a weibo, asking net users what how they usually react when watch TV with their families and an intimate scene pop up.
Have you ever encountered this problem? How did you handle it?
n.辣椒
- He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
- It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。
n.争吵，冲突，倾轧，竞争
- We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
- Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。
adj.母亲的，母亲般的，母系的，母方的
- He is my maternal uncle.他是我舅舅。
- The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts.那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。