英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable1120 - 好学生为什么刺死班主任？

Topic1-High school top student stabs teacher to death

A top student from a high school in Hunan Province stabbed his teacher to death in a dispute. Reports revealed later that this student was the deceased teacher’s favorite in the class.

Motivational Monday

Those that tackle difficult situations with a positive attitude can make such a huge impact on our lives.

Everyone needs that motivational quote of the day to keep pushing forward. Because we face difficulties and hard times in their life. These difficulties can break our spirit and bring us down and makes us feel uninspired.

Hope you enjoy these positive quotes and they help you to start the day with some motivation and inspiration!

Topic2-Myths? vs. Truth? RoundTable’s Myth-busting¹ session

Today’s topic is about myth busting. Since we were babies, we’ve been told: soap is self-cleaning or when food drops on the floor within 5 seconds you can eat it up. However, if we use science as an investigation² tool, we will be able to identify the truth as oppose to myths.          

1 busting   

打破，打碎( bust的现在分词 )； 突击搜查（或搜捕）； （使）降级，降低军阶

参考例句：

• Jim and his wife were busting up again yesterday. 吉姆和他的妻子昨天又吵架了。
• He figured she was busting his chops, but it was all true. 他以为她在捉弄他，其实完全是真的。

2 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。