英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1103 - 经济适用男女新标准，你符合吗？（在线收听） |
Topic1 Chinese Food in Japan Safer Than Japanese Food, Says Japanese WriterIn many Japanese people's opinion, Chinese foods are always paired with words such as polluted and dangerous. However, recently an economic writer named Tachibana Akir puts forward a different view and says Chinese foods are actually safer than Japanese foods. What does she mean when she said Chinese food is safer?
Topic2 Alibaba Rebrands Travel Unit Amid Online Tourism PushTo battle for dominance in the fast-growing online travel market, Alibaba is rebranding its Taobao Travel division as an individual unit called Alitrip, or Qu A (去啊).
Its promotional ad goes like this, "it doesn't matter where you go, just go!" and the ad itself has started a big stir in the advertising circle.
First, the ad. People are talking about it heatedly. Is it just a publicity stunt?
Topic3 Chinese people need to come forward more according to surveyA survey of more than 5,000 respondents shows that nearly 80% of them believe there is a need for the Chinese people to come forward instead of doing or saying nothing before somebody else does.
Yet 55% of the respondents say few people are willing to do that partly due to the mentality thinking "birds that come forward will be shot first."Is there a problem of not many people coming forward in China?
Topic4 The 2014 standard for a budget husband/wifeWith the popularization of the word "经济适用男", which refers to "a budget husband", netizens seem interested in updating the standards for "a budget husband/wife" regularly based on changes in social and economic environment. The 2014 version of the standard has just come out.
What's new?
Topic5 Man tries to start a mistress match businessA man in Xiamen is trying to start a business that aims to find mistresses for rich merchants. He has already matched up 4 mistresses with merchants so far.
Is his business idea running against the law? |
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