英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0611 - 腋毛刮还是不刮，是个问题

 Topic1 Over 60% of village seniors shun¹ urban retirementOver 60 percent of the seniors in villages are reluctant to move to cities for their retired² life, according to the latest report on China's elderly villagers.

The report was based on information from 17,000 seniors in 573 counties, showed that 40 percent of senior villagers prefer living with their children for the rest of their retired life.

Is it a problem that they prefer living in the rural areas?

Topic2 New 1st OU Another drug taking star reported by Chaoyang MassesThe omnipotent³ Chaoyang residents are on the go again. Latest news says that a CCTV host busted⁴ by police while taking drugs fell from a building in Beijing and died. The host as well as another drug user was reported by Chaoyang residents, the so-called "Chaoyang Masses", to the local police.

The phrase "Chaoyang Masses" has been very popular recently with the aid of Internet.

Why are Chaoyang residents so famous?

Topic3 Should Women Shave Armpit Hair?

A recent "Armpit Hair Competition" on Sina Weibo triggers heated debate. The competition was started by a women's rights activist⁵ Xiao Meili. Should Women Shave Armpit Hair?

What's going on? Why do we care?

Topic4 Are you satisfied with your look?

Germany market research institute GfK has released findings on how satisfied people are with their personal looks internationally.

The result shows over half of the people asked are fairly satisfied or completely satisfied with their personal looks.

Latin American countries are happiest and Japanese are the most self-critical with their looks. Chinese are in the middle.

Are you satisfied with your look?

1 shun   

vt.避开，回避，避免

参考例句：

• Materialists face truth,whereas idealists shun it.唯物主义者面向真理，唯心主义者则逃避真理。
• This extremist organization has shunned conventional politics.这个极端主义组织有意避开了传统政治。

2 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

3 omnipotent   

adj.全能的，万能的

参考例句：

• When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need of science.我们达到万能以后就不需要科学了。
• Money is not omnipotent,but we can't survive without money.金钱不是万能的，但是没有金钱我们却无法生存。

4 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。