英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0309 - 中学防狼手册，叔叔我们不约

 Topic1 Chinese parents Buy Expensive Apartments to Send Children to Good SchoolsA recent survey shows more than 46% of Chinese parents in first tier cities would buy or rent apartments in areas that guarantee their children go to the best primary schools.

These so-called "school-district homes" or 学区房 in Chinese represent one of the hottest property sectors¹ in China, with shoe-box type units fetching astronomical² prices if the location is right.

What is a school district apartment? Are Chinese parents insane?

Topic2 Male Students Offered Guide to Online Sexual HarassmentRecently, a booklet that teaches middle school student how to stay away from online harassment³ goes viral. People find the case analysis in the guide amusing, which contains tips for both female and male students.

Will it really work?

Topic3 Discount movie ticketsHow would you feel about seeing a movie for 19.9 yuan ($3.17) or even just 9.9 yuan? No, I'm not kidding you.

During the recent Spring Festival Holiday and Women's Day, a number of e-commerce companies in China were offering movie tickets at extremely low prices. With prices like these, spending less than 20 yuan a person for a two-hour trip to the cinema became a popular choice for entertainment for many moviegoers in China.

However, while these low prices managed to get more people into seats, some insiders point out that these promotions⁴ carry a number of hidden dangers that may throw the film industry into chaos⁵.

Are we seeing a "price war" for movie tickets online?

Topic4 Boy refuses to conspire⁶ with mother to dodge⁷ train ticketThe mother of a fourth grade boy has not only told her son to evade⁸ the train ticket fare, but also scolded him for not conspiring⁹ with her after being caught on a train from Jiangxi to Beijing.

The boy ended up paying for the ticket with his Spring Festival gift money.

While in central China's Henan province, after a university student saved the lives of two children before drowning, the mother of one of the children coached them to lie about the incident, claiming that the student drowned of his own accord.

Does it mean nothing that parents should be the role models of their own children?

1 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 astronomical   

adj.天文学的，（数字）极大的

参考例句：

• He was an expert on ancient Chinese astronomical literature.他是研究中国古代天文学文献的专家。
• Houses in the village are selling for astronomical prices.乡村的房价正在飙升。

3 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

4 promotions   

促进( promotion的名词复数 )； 提升； 推广； 宣传

参考例句：

• All services or promotions must have an appeal and wide application. 所有服务或促销工作都必须具有吸引力和广泛的适用性。
• He promptly directed the highest promotions and decorations for General MacArthur. 他授予麦克阿瑟将军以最高的官阶和勋奖。

5 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

6 conspire   

v.密谋，（事件等）巧合，共同导致

参考例句：

• They'd conspired to overthrow the government.他们曾经密谋推翻政府。
• History and geography have conspired to bring Greece to a moment of decision.历史和地理因素共同将希腊推至作出抉择的紧要关头。

7 dodge   

v.闪开，躲开，避开；n.妙计，诡计

参考例句：

• A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.她向树后一闪，才没被车从身上辗过。
• The dodge was coopered by the police.诡计被警察粉碎了。

8 evade   

vt.逃避，回避；避开，躲避

参考例句：

• He tried to evade the embarrassing question.他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
• You are in charge of the job.How could you evade the issue?你是负责人，你怎么能对这个问题不置可否？

9 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。