英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1108 - 干了这碗毒马汤！

Topic 1-QQ groups encourage young people to kill themselves

 

Two college students, who met on Tencent's QQ instant messenger platform, committed suicide together in a hotel in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province recently. After the incident, Nanjing-based Modern Express reporters discovered several other QQ groups through which strangers meet and plan their deaths together.

 

Topic 2-Bojack horseman cartoon popular in China

 

Chinese audiences are becoming increasingly invested in the chaotic¹ and emotional story of the American animated² comedy Bojack Horseman. Recently, Chinese fans are embracing the series, and Bojack screenshot's hype are becoming all the rage on Chinese social media. With this kind of attention being seen for a show that some might see as a "dark comedy", why is it so popular in China?

 

Topic 3-Deposit to prevent food waste

 

How do you like a buffet³ meal? You pay a fixed⁴ amount and eat as much as you can. But this could lead to the problem of food waste.

 

A seafood⁵ buffet restaurant in Beijing is charging a deposit in a bid to stop customers from taking more than they can eat. 

1 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。

2 animated   

adj.生气勃勃的，活跃的，愉快的

参考例句：

• His observations gave rise to an animated and lively discussion.他的言论引起了一场气氛热烈而活跃的讨论。
• We had an animated discussion over current events last evening.昨天晚上我们热烈地讨论时事。

3 buffet   

n.自助餐；饮食柜台；餐台

参考例句：

• Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
• Could you tell me what specialties you have for the buffet?你能告诉我你们的自助餐有什么特色菜吗？

4 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

5 seafood   

n.海产食品，海味，海鲜

参考例句：

• There's an excellent seafood restaurant near here.离这儿不远有家非常不错的海鲜馆。
• Shrimps are a popular type of seafood.小虾是比较普遍的一种海味。