英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1028 - 是谁伤害了小蝌蚪？

Topic1-Men's Health Day and sperm¹ quality issue

 

Today (October 28th) marks the 17th World's Men's Health Day, with this year's theme focusing on male infertility². The latest figures from the largest sperm bank in China show that only 19.4 percent of sperms³ meet the donation standard in the first nine months, much less than that of eight years ago.

 

Should people be worried?

 

Topic2-Palace Museum goes digital

 

The Palace Museum, China's largest museum and biggest treasure house, is taking its steps into the digital world. Its various cultural products have won people's heart, and people say they never imagined the museum can be so cute.

 

How has the once sublime⁴ and somewhat distant museum revamped its image?

 

Topic3-Is Doggy poop pastry⁵ a local specialty⁶ of Shanghai?

 

Doggy Poop pastry has become a best seller product in many specialty stores in Shanghai. Many travellers buy it because they like the taste and also think it is a Shanghai local specialty. However, a number of Shanghai locals say they've never heard of it ever.      

1 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

2 infertility   

n.不肥沃，不毛；不育

参考例句：

• It is the Geneva, Switzerland-based Biotech Company's second recombinant infertility drug. 它是瑞士生物技术公司在日内瓦的公司生产的第二种重组治疗不孕症的药。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术制药疫苗
• Endometritis is a cause of infertility. 子宫内膜炎是不育的原子。 来自辞典例句

3 sperms   

精子( sperm的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Sperms fertilize ova in the fallopian tube. 在输卵管内精子使卵受精。
• The gender is determined by the father's sperms not by the mother. 性别是由爸爸的精子决定的而不是妈妈。

4 sublime   

adj.崇高的，伟大的；极度的，不顾后果的

参考例句：

• We should take some time to enjoy the sublime beauty of nature.我们应该花些时间去欣赏大自然的壮丽景象。
• Olympic games play as an important arena to exhibit the sublime idea.奥运会，就是展示此崇高理念的重要舞台。

5 pastry   

n.油酥面团，酥皮糕点

参考例句：

• The cook pricked a few holes in the pastry.厨师在馅饼上戳了几个洞。
• The pastry crust was always underdone.馅饼的壳皮常常烤得不透。

6 specialty   

n.(speciality)特性，特质；专业，专长

参考例句：

• Shell carvings are a specialty of the town.贝雕是该城的特产。
• His specialty is English literature.他的专业是英国文学。