英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0630 - 手机使用方式暴露你的年龄

 Topic1 4-Yr-Old Dies after Being Locked up in CarA 4-year-old boy has died after being forgotten and locked up in the car by his parents in Xiangtan, central China's Hunan Province last Saturday. The tragedy has again triggered heated debate on children getting hurt due to careless parenting.

What should be done to avoid such tragedies from happening?

Topic2 Zhou Libo got criticized for improper¹ jokes about HanfuComedian-host Zhou Libo is being criticized again for making improper jokes. In a recent TV show he hosts, Zhou called traditional Han costume of performers as Korean costume and said something indicating it looks like clothes from some places of prostitution. Many netizens criticized him for not respecting the performers and lack of basic cultural knowledge.

Is it OK for Zhou to make such jokes in public?

Topic3 PKU and Tsinghua in Feud² Over Top StudentsTsinghua University and Peking University, two of the most prestigious³ universities in China, accused each other of luring⁴ top students in gaokao via underhanded means.

What happened?

Topic4 Different People Prefer Different Smartphone FunctionsSmart phones today are indispensable to almost everyone. They're communication devices, music players, electronic book readers and portal micro game consoles.

Although we are all unable to live without smart phones, people of different ages don't use smart phones in exactly the same way.

What does the research say?

1 improper   

adj.不适当的，不合适的，不正确的，不合礼仪的

参考例句：

• Short trousers are improper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
• Laughing and joking are improper at a funeral.葬礼时大笑和开玩笑是不合适的。

2 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

3 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

4 luring   

吸引，引诱（lure的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• Cheese is very good for luring a mouse into a trap. 奶酪是引诱老鼠上钩的极好的东西。
• Her training warned her of peril and of the wrong, subtle, mysterious, luring. 她的教养警告她：有危险，要出错儿，这是微妙、神秘而又诱人的。