英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0407 - 高铁设“女宾专包”

 Topic1 Boy Abused By Adoptive ParentsThis past weekend, a group of photos of a boy showing bloodstains all over his body goes viral online.

The detention¹ of the boy's adoptive mother has aroused public concern over the corporal punishment of children by parentsWhat happened? Is it outrageous²?

Topic2 Should Qingming Festival Be Celebrated³ for Fun at All?

China's box office has made it a special occasion for the just concluded Qingming Festival, the one that's supposed to be a solemn and sometimes sad day.

So is it ok when people celebrate the festival for a little bit fun with new movies hitting the screen at this time of the year?

What's the festival for originally?

Topic3 E-cigarettes quitting or fueling addiction⁴?

Mr.Huang from Changsha is enduring the painful process of quitting smoking. To his surprise, his 10-year-old daughter calmly fetches a 'fruit-flavored' e-cigarette from her schoolbag and suggests him "daddy, try this."According to Changsha Evening News which first reported the story, Mr.Huang called the city helpline 12345 to curb⁵ the sales of e-cigarettes in the city. Similar reports also surfaced in Nanjing and Changchun. How could children have gotten hands on e-cigarettes?

Topic4 Ladies-only coaches launched on overnight high-speed trainsChina's railway operators say that they'll roll out female-only compartments⁶ starting April 10th.

Is this necessary?

1 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

4 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

5 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

6 compartments   

n.间隔( compartment的名词复数 )；（列车车厢的）隔间；（家具或设备等的）分隔间；隔层

参考例句：

• Your pencil box has several compartments. 你的铅笔盒有好几个格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The first-class compartments are in front. 头等车室在前头。 来自《简明英汉词典》