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 Topic 1-Autistic 4-year-old dies after ‘therapy’ center makes him walk 19 km¹

 

A 4-year-old boy with autism has passed away after receiving unproven treatment from an unlicensed autism recovery² center in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province. His mother claimed the boy died after a 19 kilometer walk in heavy clothing.

 

Topic 2-China bans camgirls from “seductive banana eating” online

 

In a continuing effort to sanitize the Chinese internet, the Ministry³ of Culture is going after bananas. Chinese live-streaming video websites have announced webcam girls are banned from "seductively eating bananas" as part of a crackdown on pornography.

 

Topic 3-Parents Ask 12-year-old Son Write I.O.U

 

A 12-year old boy in Wenzhou was asked to write an I.O.U. to his parents as punishment for secretly spending 9000 Yuan ($1,400) on mobile⁴ games. Is it the right way parents used to encourage the son to learn from his mistakes? Should the game company pocket the money the boy paid using his parent’s account⁵?

1 km   

n.(=kilometre) 公里，千米

参考例句：

• Our speed averaged out at 50 km an hour.我们的平均速度是每小时50公里。
• The car does ten km. to the litre.这辆汽车每升汽油跑10公里。

2 recovery   

n.恢复，痊愈；追回，寻回，收复

参考例句：

• The doctors said that his recovery was a miracle. 医生们说他的复原是件奇事。
• The quick recovery was truly in response to medication.这次迅速康复确实是对药物治疗的反应。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• 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。

4 mobile   

adj.可移动的，易变的，机动的；n.运动物体

参考例句：

• The old lady sits on a mobile chair every morning.那位老妇人每天上午坐在一把可携带使用的椅子上。
• She's much more mobile now that she's bought a car.自从她买了汽车后，活动量就大多了。

5 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。