英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0926 - 北京人爱打的？

 Topic 1  Child abuse in ChinaRecently, a group of pictures have been spreading quickly on the Internet. A young father abused his child and now large bruises¹ and swollen² skin are so obvious on the boy's body that people wonder what on earth has made the father so cruel to his child.

How big of a problem is child abuse in China?  Is it getting worse?

Topic 2  Should China legalize surrogacy?

An illicit³ surrogacy trade is burgeoning⁴ in the Chinese capital Beijing, where would-be parents can pay surrogate mothers as much as 400,000 yuan to carry their child and in China, around 10,000 babies are delivered by their surrogates.

How big of a market is there?

Topic 3  What Kind of Talk Show Does China Want?

Many Chinese talk show fans would love to pay hundreds of yuan to hear transsexual dancer and television celebrity⁵ Jin Xing lash⁶ out.

Having officially become a talk show host, Jin Xing accomplished⁷ the first round of ten shows at the People's Grand Theater in Shanghai which has proven to be captivating.

What's the landscape of talk shows in China now?

Topic 4  Taxi fares in Beijing cheap?

An international survey has found that passengers in Beijing pay significantly cheaper taxi fares compared with other major international cities—a fact that could spell trouble for the city's air pollution.

According to a survey that taxi web portal rechner.de conducted for Germany Economic Weekly, passengers in Tokyo are paying the most expensive taxi fares in the world, while Beijing offers the cheapest among international cities.

Is it really cheap to take a taxi in Beijing?

Topic 5  Bloody advice for women to become strongA female-virtue class in South China's Guangdong province says that in order to succeed in the business world women have to cut off their breasts and remove their wombs.

The class now has many wondering do women have to give up all their feminine features to accomplish something?

Is it easy for women to accomplish something?

1 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 swollen   

adj.肿大的，水涨的；v.使变大，肿胀

参考例句：

• Her legs had got swollen from standing up all day.因为整天站着，她的双腿已经肿了。
• A mosquito had bitten her and her arm had swollen up.蚊子叮了她，她的手臂肿起来了。

3 illicit   

adj.非法的，禁止的，不正当的

参考例句：

• He had an illicit association with Jane.他和简曾有过不正当关系。
• Seizures of illicit drugs have increased by 30% this year.今年违禁药品的扣押增长了30%。

4 burgeoning   

adj.迅速成长的，迅速发展的v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的现在分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝）

参考例句：

• Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 lash   

v.系牢；鞭打；猛烈抨击；n.鞭打；眼睫毛

参考例句：

• He received a lash of her hand on his cheek.他突然被她打了一记耳光。
• With a lash of its tail the tiger leaped at her.老虎把尾巴一甩朝她扑过来。

7 accomplished   

adj.有才艺的；有造诣的；达到了的

参考例句：

• Thanks to your help,we accomplished the task ahead of schedule.亏得你们帮忙,我们才提前完成了任务。
• Removal of excess heat is accomplished by means of a radiator.通过散热器完成多余热量的排出。