英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0114 - 你作过弊吗？

 Topic1 Parents Sell Own BabiesThirty seven babies have been rescued as part of a massive¹ crackdown in child trafficking in the country. The majority of the babies are sold to traffickers by their birth parents.

How sick is this?

Topic2 Mass culture has become puberty culture?

People's Daily said mass culture in modern China reached a booming² stage, but around the same time, it rapidly turns to teenage culture. It mainly focuses on desire and entertainment, without the concern for dream and ideal³.

Does the article have a point?

Topic3 Party Members Sit in Front Rows to Prevent Cheating in ExamsStudent leaders and party members should sit in the front rows during the final exams. This is a new rule issued by North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, which aims to prevent cheating in exams.

Will it work?

Topic4 70 percent of Chinese parents admit phubbing while playing with kidsJust when many young parents are eagerly minimizing⁴ their children's time with the digital world, they appear to be bad role models themselves.

A recent survey shows that 70 percent of Chinese parents admit phubbing while playing with kids.

Is there a problem?

1 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

2 booming   

adj.急速发展的v.激增( boom的现在分词 )；猛涨；发出隆隆声；以低沉有力的声音说话

参考例句：

• The opera singer has a deep, booming, masculine voice. 这位歌剧演唱家有一副深沉而又浑厚有力的嗓音。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He is booming as a teacher. 作为一位教师，他日趋成功。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ideal   

adj.理想的，完美的；空想的，观念的；n.理想

参考例句：

• The weather at the seaside was ideal—bright and breezy.海边的天气最宜人，风和日丽的。
• They promised to be faithful to their ideal for ever. 他们保证永远忠于自己的理想。

4 minimizing   

极小化，求最小参数值

参考例句：

• It was a new production technique aimed at minimizing wastage. 这是一项旨在使损耗减至最低的新生产技术。
• The filters should be cemented together, thus minimizing the surface reflection losses. 为了尽量减少表面的反射损失，应该把这些滤色镜胶合在一起。