英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0211 - 那些逝去的友情啊(在线收听) |
Topic 1: China's household cooking consumes too much energyA recent survey has found that Chinese middle-aged women, or dama, can become the world's model energy savers if only they spend less time at the kitchen stove. The survey found that, on average, Chinese homes spend as much as 4.5 times the amount of energy on cooking meals as German or British homes and about 2.5 times the amount used in French homes.
Topic 2: The favorite songs are the ones from 16 to 21 years oldResearchers from the Netherlands have found that the songs you will never forget are the ones you listened to between the ages of 16 and 21. For many Chinese, this means those old KTV songs will never go away.
Topic 3: Romantic City RankingBeijing has been ranked the fourth most romantic city in the world, according to a recent Time Out Global Dating Survey.
However, in a domestic ranking of similar theme, Beijing even fails to make into the top 10.
Topic 4:Chinese women are more toilsome than menThe Daily Telegraph hascarried an article called Sexism in China: where women are second class citizens saying that in China women shoulder greater pressure from both work and family are even more than men.
And all the women ask for in return from her significant other is LOVE.
Topic 5: Why do friends drift apart?
In the age of social networks, everybody tries to stay connected with their circle of friends, or get reconnected with their long lost ones.
But let's admit that friends DO drift apart, and not every friendship ends with drama and arguments. |
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