英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1115 - 混在“自来黑”中的“职业黑”

Topic 1-Boy found dead in abandoned well after 100-hour rescue

 

A six-year-old boy has been found dead in an abandoned well in north China's Hebei Province after 107 hours of desperate rescue efforts. The story is being widely shared and discussed across the Internet.

 

How have abandoned and dry wells become a death trap for rural children?

 

Topic 2-Hired internet trolls bully¹ celebrities² as a job

 

For some people, the internet is like the Wild West: a lawless play-pen where they can get away with being verbally nasty to anyone they'd like. You know—internet trolls ("black fans").

 

Now there are some internet trolls who are paid to spread rumors³ and attack celebrities with vicious words.

 

Who's hiring them? Who's behind the paid internet trolls?

 

Topic 3-Husky in wolf pit

 

A zoo in eastern China's Shandong province has admitted to keeping a wounded husky dog in a populated wolf den⁴, arguing that the dog was "respected" by the wolves, despite the fact the dog was seen with two limp legs.     

1 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

2 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

3 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 den   

n.兽穴；秘密地方；安静的小房间，私室

参考例句：

• There is a big fox den on the back hill.后山有一个很大的狐狸窝。
• The only way to catch tiger cubs is to go into tiger's den.不入虎穴焉得虎子。