英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0731 - 男主外女主内的家庭更幸福？

 Topic1 The Abducted¹ WomanRecently, a report titled Abducted Woman Becomes Model Teacher has sparked heated discussion online. Many netizens feel outraged² as they think the report only focused on praising the sacrifice of the teacher and neglected the abhorring³ crime that happened on her in the first place.

What happened?

Topic2 8.2% of Post-90s Women Have Their Own ApartmentA recent survey on women's financing situation has shown that women born in 1990s have more financial freedom, and 8.2% of them have their own housing property, which is better than women born in 1980s. Do you have your own house or apartment?

Topic3 Mosquito FactoryEvery two days, 70,000 to 100,000 male mosquitoes will be released on an island in Guangdong. So far, they have released half a million. These mosquitoes are welcomed by the locals. Why is that?

Topic4 Your High School GPA Could Affect Your IncomeWhen you were in high school, didn't your parents always tell you: study hard now, and you'll earn big money when you grow up? Well, they may be just right. US researchers find that high school grade point average, or GPA, is tied to earnings⁴ in adulthood⁵.

What does the research say?

Topic5 Men are happier when their partners stay home?

A recent survey says that men are happier when their wives do not work. The report from Australia surprised many.

But is it that surprising? Is this what men have always been thinking?

1 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

2 outraged   

a.震惊的，义愤填膺的

参考例句：

• Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
• He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。

3 abhorring   

v.憎恶( abhor的现在分词 )；（厌恶地）回避；拒绝；淘汰

参考例句：

• He is a very upright man, abhorring evil as a deadly foe. 他具有正义感，一向嫉恶如仇。 来自互联网

4 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

5 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。