英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0516 - 狮身人面像惊现石家庄，法老你知道吗？

 Topic1 Chinese families are not what they used to beAn official report on family development in China shows the traditional Chinese family has been undergoing a dramatic change.

The number of people in a Chinese family home is getting smaller, with single-person households on the rise.

The report was issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission ahead of Thursday's International Day of Families.

What have changed?

Topic2 Survey asks what constitutes domestic violence62.5 percent of interviewees in a Guangzhou survey say they don't think beating children is a form of domestic violence.

How many of you have got beaten up by your parents or relatives? Do you consider it as domestic violence?

What does the survey say about domestic violence in China?

Topic3 Mainland tourists prefer Taiwan over Hong Kong?

An article published on The Wall Street Journal says that as Hong Kong begins to lose its appeal for some mainland tourists, Taiwan is rising in the ranks.

According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the number of mainland tourists visiting the island over this month's Labor¹ Day weekend holiday rose 33% on-year to nearly 32,000, while Hong Kong saw a 2% decrease to 388,070 visitors, the first drop in nine years.

Is HK losing popularity among mainland travellers while Taiwan is gaining popularity?

Topic4 "Rice theory" explains north-south China cultural differencesA study published last Friday by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China's noodle-slurping northerners are more individualistic, show more "analytic² thought" and divorce more frequently.

By contrast, rice-eating southerners show more hallmarks traditionally associated with East Asian culture, including more "holistic³ thought" and lower divorce rates.

Is there a character difference within China?

Topic5 Sphinx in ShijiazhuangIf you really want to see the famous Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt and have no time to travel that far, you don't have to look that far.

A full-scale replica⁴ of the world renowned⁵ monument has been newly constructed at the Donggou village of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

What is it for?

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 analytic   

adj.分析的，用分析方法的

参考例句：

• The boy has an analytic mind. 这男孩有分析的头脑。
• Latin is a synthetic language,while English is analytic.拉丁文是一种综合性语言，而英语是一种分析性语言。

3 holistic   

adj.从整体着眼的，全面的

参考例句：

• There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整体主义著作中，“整体”这个词的用法极其含混。
• In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".仅就历史决定论是一种技术而论，它的方法不是渐进的，而是“整体主义的”。

4 replica   

n.复制品

参考例句：

• The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.温室已按原样重建。
• The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.这位年轻的画家临摹了这幅著名的作品。

5 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。