英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0330 - 4岁学编程，赢在起跑线？

 Topic 1-Young woman sells eggs to buy iPhone7

 

A young woman sold 20 of her eggs for 25 thousand Yuan, and used the money to buy an iPhone 7.

 

The procedure¹ is illegal and dangerous. How can we avoid such illegal practice?

 

Topic 2-Kids' coding² courses popular in China

 

Private education institutions are offering coding courses for Chinese kids. Chinese parents who have a reputation of pushing their kids to study, will not let their kids be left behind with this new trend. One parent has sent his kid as young as 4 years old to attend a coding course.

 

Is it too early too young for kids to learn computer coding? Should coding be made available for primary school education?

 

Topic 3-7 Weird³ Things You Do, Explained By Science

 

Do you say yes to thing then not do them? Do you laugh at things that are really not funny?

 

Your brain has a lot to answer for.               

1 procedure   

n.程序，手续，步骤；常规的做法

参考例句：

• The results show clearly that this procedure is correct.事实充分说明这种做法是正确的。
• It has passed through an interesting procedure of evolution.它经过了一个有趣的进化过程。

2 coding   

n.译码

参考例句：

• He devised a way of coding every statement uniquely. 他设计了一种把每句话进行独特编码的方法。 来自辞典例句
• Point data appearing on the coding forms can be categorized as follows. 编码显示的点数据，可以归纳如下。 来自辞典例句

3 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。