英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0608 - 宿迁“文明20条” 吃饭不能吧唧嘴

 Topic 1: Parents willing to pay millions for substitute gaokao takersAn organization of Gaokao ghostwriters, who use another students’ identity, have been exposed to public by undercover reporters recently.

Even though cheats are abhorred¹ by so many examinees and strictly² banned by laws, parents are still interested in seeking for ghostwriters, even willing to pay millions to help their children enter the top universities in China.

What is the mindset of these students and parents?

Topic 2: Blood shortage in ChinaBlood alarm is going off in southern China’s Guangdong Province. With storage of blood in all types bogging³ down in serious shortage, doctors and patients are struggling to look for blood resources and even seeking help from illegal market.

How serious is the situation? How are Chinese cities coping with the crisis?

Topic 3: Showing respect for the family elderlyA post office in China’s Henan province has adapted a set of pictures featuring multiple ways of showing respect for the family elderly into stamps.

It is a sheet of stamps with pictures of the "Modern 24 Stories of Respect for the Elderly".

The reason of starting with the word “Modern” is because there’s thye famous “Twenty four stories about Filial Piety”, which is an analogue⁴ to the ancient ways passed on by Chinese tradition.

Topic 4: 20 Initiatives of Civil BehaviorsThe local civilization office of Suqian city in Jiangsu has recently published 20 initiatives of civilized⁵ behaviors, listing some uncivilized behaviors with details. The “20 Initiatives of Civil Behaviors” is a result of voting by citizens in the city.

Do these initiatives make sense?

1 abhorred   

v.憎恶( abhor的过去式和过去分词 )；（厌恶地）回避；拒绝；淘汰

参考例句：

• He abhorred the thoughts of stripping me and making me miserable. 他憎恶把我掠夺干净，使我受苦的那个念头。 来自辞典例句
• Each of these oracles hated a particular phrase. Liu the Sage abhorred "Not right for sowing". 二诸葛忌讳“不宜栽种”，三仙姑忌讳“米烂了”。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

2 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

3 bogging   

n.陷入，沉入v.（使）陷入泥沼， （使）陷入困境( bog的现在分词 )；妨碍，阻碍

参考例句：

• Every day danger mounted, he said, but the deal was bogging down. 他说，危险与日俱增，但是谈判却迟迟没有进展。 来自辞典例句
• It's bogging down on me. 现在这样快憋死我了。 来自辞典例句

4 analogue   

n.类似物；同源语

参考例句：

• The gill of a fish is the analogue of the lung of a cat.鱼的鳃和猫的肺是类似物。
• But aside from that analogue standby,the phone, videoconferencing is their favorite means of communication.除了备用的相似物电话，可视对话是他们最喜欢的沟通手段。

5 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为