英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0527 - 伤不起的高考标语

 Topic1 Human Flesh SearchHe JiongHuman flesh search has been under debate over several years. As the Supreme¹ People's Court in China outlined the liabilities in a document to handle such problem in 2014, the controversy² seems to come to end.

Nonetheless, some heated affairs that happened recently drew public's attention to this cliche³ again.

What's the most recent case?

Topic2 Art house films still suffer in ChinaChina once again won the hearts of the audience as Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien was awarded the best director at this year's Cannes Film Festival and mainland filmmaker Jia Zhangke with the Carrosse d'Or.

But these art house directors have either mentioned the difficulty in finding investors⁴ or admitted that they have basically abandoned the domestic market for art films.

Are art films suffering in China? Is there a crisis?

Topic3 Gaokao SlogansJune is coming, and college entrance exam is just around the corner. For students in their final year of high school, this is the final hours of sweat and striving. On the verge⁵ of College Entrance Examination, every senior high school are sparing no effort to inspire students. Some senior high schools recently become the focus on Internet because of their special slogans.

What do those slogans say?

Topic4 Break-ups common for college students at graduationMore than 70 percent of those polled in a survey think it's common for relationships between college students to end at graduation.

Results of the online survey conducted by China Youth Daily's social research center show that 70.7 percent of people think college break-ups at graduation are common, 5.3 percent think it's uncommon⁶, and the remaining 24 percent have no strong opinion.

Are breakups upon graduation common?

Topic5 Celebrities⁷ Open RestaurantsRestaurants owned by celebrities usually draw enough attention from fans and public. However, how many of them can still remain profitable after a high-profile opening? The answer is: FEW.

What's the situation?

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

3 cliche   

n./a.陈词滥调(的)；老生常谈(的)；陈腐的

参考例句：

• You should always try to avoid the use of cliche. 你应该尽量避免使用陈词滥调。
• The old cliche is certainly true:the bigger car do mean bigger profits.有句老话倒的确说得不假:车大利大。

4 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

5 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

6 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。

7 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目