英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0525 - 祖国之花为何胖出新境界？
时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：英语角-圆桌会议
英语课
Topic1-Childhood Obesity 1 and Chinese Overweight Problems
As living standards in China improve, our waistlines have expanded accordingly over the past few decades. The phenomenon poses serious threat to our health condition and increases the burden on China's healthcare system. At the same time, more kids are overweight, which becomes a rising concern over the country's future.
Topic2-Article criticizes Chinese TV series for glorifying 2 stalking as pursuing love insistently 3
An article criticizing the plot of popular TV series, "Ode to Joy" the sequel, for glorifying stalking as a way to pursue true love persistently 4 has went viral online. Is it sexual harassment 5 or the way to woo girls? What's the fine line in between?
Topic3-Soon-to-be grads asked to pay for their love to the university
A recent weibo post reveals that a university in east China's Shandong Province asked the soon-to-be graduates to quote-on-quote donate 10 Yuan each to the university in order to show their love for their alma marter.
Can love for your university be bought?
1 obesity
n.肥胖，肥大
- One effect of overeating may be obesity.吃得过多能导致肥胖。
- Sugar and fat can more easily lead to obesity than some other foods.糖和脂肪比其他食物更容易导致肥胖。
2 glorifying
赞美( glorify的现在分词 )； 颂扬； 美化； 使光荣
- I had no intention of either glorifying or belittling Christianity, merely the desire to understand it. 我并没有赞扬基督教或蔑视它的立意，我所想的只是了解它。
- You are glorifying a rather mediocre building. 你正在美化一栋普普通通的建筑。
3 insistently
ad.坚持地
- Still Rhett did not look at her. His eyes were bent insistently on Melanie's white face. 瑞德还是看也不看她，他的眼睛死死地盯着媚兰苍白的脸。
- These are the questions which we should think and explore insistently. 怎样实现这一主体性等问题仍要求我们不断思考、探索。
4 persistently
ad.坚持地；固执地
- He persistently asserted his right to a share in the heritage. 他始终声称他有分享那笔遗产的权利。
- She persistently asserted her opinions. 她果断地说出了自己的意见。
5 harassment
n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱
- She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
- The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。