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 Topic1 Shenzhen Residents' Visits to HK Capped at Once A WeekYesterday, the central government announces that residents of Shenzhen would be limited to one visit to Hong Kong a week, in a move to defuse public anger in Hong Kong over surging numbers of mainland Chinese visitors who cross the border to buy goods.

How necessary is it?

Topic2 University RelocationSince the late 1990s, more and more Chinese universities have either relocated or started new campuses in the suburb. As enrollment¹ expanded, this is an inevitable² move to create more room for increased number of students.

But does it also bring problems?

Topic3 Unsafe product alert: be very, very careful what you buy on WeChatEcommerce on WeChat, Tencent's mobile messaging service platform, has really started to take off over the past year. In fact, there are plenty of new startups like Call a Chicken that base their entire business on the chat platform.

But that doesn't mean that buying from WeChat is necessarily safe, and a recent CCTV report suggests just the opposite.

Can there be problems shopping through Wechat?

Topic4 Hamburgers are Chinese invention?

Heated online debate has been triggered over the relationship between hamburgers and rou jiamo, a Chinese snack that has been described as "the world's first hamburger".

According to the Huffington Post, the world's first hamburger comes from China.

What's rou jia mo? Do you consider it as a type of hamburger?

Topic5 Teenage Girl Goes Through Extreme Plastic SurgeryA 15-year-old girl who has undergone extensive plastic surgery has become an instant internet celebrity³. Her pointed⁴ chin and snow-white skin has made her a "snake spirit" which is a reference to one popular folk legend in China.

Why do people care?

1 enrollment   

n.注册或登记的人数；登记

参考例句：

• You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注册时你会收到一份阅读书目。
• I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我刚刚接到复旦大学的入学通知书。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 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。

4 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。