英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0908 - 教师“十大禁语”，你的老师说过几个？

 Topic1 Taboo¹ Sentences for TeachersRecently Hubei Province has published the top 10 taboo sentences and 10 beautiful sentences for teachers, hoping to regulate teachers' usage of language. What are the taboo and beautiful sentences? Are you familiar with them?

Topic2 Primary School Replaces Napping with MeditationIn South China's Guangdong Province, pupils at a primary school were asked to sit in meditation² instead of taking naps during the mid-day breaks.

What happened?

Topic3 Singer Criticized for Not Being Patriotic³ EnoughTaiwan pop star Christine Fan or Fan Weiqi apologized and deleted an online post showing her baby twins that she sent on last Thursday. She was trying to end a verbal assault by some netizens who said it was inappropriate to show scenes from her personal life on a day marking victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression⁴.

The debate centered on the question of whether celebrities⁵ are indifferent to important national events that went on during the weekend. What is your take on this?

Topic4 Luxury "Equipment" for New SemesterThe new semester has started. Recent media reports revealed that some primary school students took expensive stationery⁶ while going to school. Why did parents buy these new "equipment" for their children? Do young students really need luxury "equipment"?

1 taboo   

n.禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用；adj.禁忌的；v.禁忌，禁制，禁止

参考例句：

• The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
• Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里，婚前的性行为犯禁吗？

2 meditation   

n.熟虑，（尤指宗教的）默想，沉思，（pl.）冥想录

参考例句：

• This peaceful garden lends itself to meditation.这个恬静的花园适于冥想。
• I'm sorry to interrupt your meditation.很抱歉，我打断了你的沉思。

3 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

4 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

5 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

6 stationery   

n.文具；(配套的)信笺信封

参考例句：

• She works in the stationery department of a big store.她在一家大商店的文具部工作。
• There was something very comfortable in having plenty of stationery.文具一多，心里自会觉得踏实。