英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0730 - 神剧都去哪儿了？

 Topic1 Children face legal hurdles¹ to be adoptedChinese police rescued over 13,000 trafficked children between 2009 and 2011. However, over 90 percent of them had not been able to find their parents via a national DNA² database where parents finding missing children can upload their DNA.

What's worse, many of these children were sold by their birth parents to traffickers, which means they may never find their parents, or be eligible³ for adoption⁴.

What's the situation?

Topic2 Disappearance⁵ of "Legendary⁶ TV Dramas"As half of the summer vacation has gone, some are sighing for the disappearing of those so-called "Legendary TV Dramas". Is it a trend of time or a pity?

Before we talk about the topic, let's take a listen to a clip of songs from the "Legendary TV Dramas". How many of them did you recognize?

Topic3 Improper⁷ Behavior to SculpturesRecently, several photos posted online show that the private parts of some stone sculptures in Xi'an International Horticultural Expo Garden turned black because of frequent touch of visitors. Should such behaviors be frowned upon?

Topic4 Why women like effeminate men?

Women today, at least young women, may have a very different aesthetic⁸ appreciation⁹ of men. With the popularity of such boy bands TFBoys and EXO, some pose the question are females becoming increasingly fond of effeminate men rather than masculine men.

Is it true that Chinese women like less masculine men now?

1 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

2 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

3 eligible   

adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的

参考例句：

• He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
• Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。

4 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

5 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

6 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

7 improper   

adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的

参考例句：

• Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
• Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

8 aesthetic   

adj.美学的，审美的，有美感

参考例句：

• My aesthetic standards are quite different from his.我的审美标准与他的大不相同。
• The professor advanced a new aesthetic theory.那位教授提出了新的美学理论。

9 appreciation   

n.评价；欣赏；感谢；领会，理解；价格上涨

参考例句：

• I would like to express my appreciation and thanks to you all.我想对你们所有人表达我的感激和谢意。
• I'll be sending them a donation in appreciation of their help.我将送给他们一笔捐款以感谢他们的帮助。