英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0807 - 飞机上有熊孩子怎么破？

 Topic1 Education of Labor¹ for Primary and Middle School StudentsA newly released announcement requires primary and middle schools to arrange a certain amount of homework for their labor classes, and its performance will be added into student performance files, which will be an important reference when students enter a higher education or are appraised².

Will this measure be effective to improve the education of labor?

Topic2 Unusual letter involving two government branches going viral onlineA picture of an unusual letter written by a police station to a civil service bureau went viral in the past few days. Netizens applaud the police for saying something that they've always complained about: too much red tape!

What happened?

Topic3 How to Make Chinese Friends?

Wechat public account Shameless recently published an article tutoring expats in China on how to make Chinese friends. It poked³ fun at some stereotypical⁴ images foreigners have on China and Chinese. Will the tips win you more Chinese friends or drive them away from you?

Topic4 5 Types of Parents on a PlaneHop on board a plane — any plane — and you will find many types of travelers. Somewhere on board will always be a loud talker, a farter, a snorer and a guy who stuffed Chinese food under his seat and is stinking⁵ up the whole plane. Columnist⁶ Keryn Means has described 5 types of annoying parents on a plane.

These passengers are inevitable⁷.

Check out these parent behaviors and see if you find them annoying. Or, are you one of them?

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 appraised   

v.估价( appraise的过去式和过去分词 )；估计；估量；评价

参考例句：

• The teacher appraised the pupil's drawing. 老师评价了那个学生的画。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He appraised the necklace at ￡1000. 据他估计，项链价值1000英镑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 poked   

v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 )；戳出；拨弄；与（某人）性交

参考例句：

• She poked him in the ribs with her elbow. 她用胳膊肘顶他的肋部。
• His elbow poked out through his torn shirt sleeve. 他的胳膊从衬衫的破袖子中露了出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 stereotypical   

n.常规

参考例句：

• Personas should be typical and believable, but not stereotypical. 人物角色应该是典型和可信赖的，但不是一成不变的。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• Anything could be stereotypical, so I guess it could be criticism. 任何东西都可以变的老套，所以我猜那就是一种批评。 来自互联网

5 stinking   

adj.臭的，烂醉的，讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。
• Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us. 是的！就是那些该死的蠢猪似的臭飞船！是它们毁了我们。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

6 columnist   

n.专栏作家

参考例句：

• The host was interviewing a local columnist.节目主持人正在同一位当地的专栏作家交谈。
• She's a columnist for USA Today.她是《今日美国报》的专栏作家。

7 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。