英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0925 - 一起去厕所是妹子们的专利哦！

 Topic1 Online Charity DonationAccording to a report released by China Charity and Donation Information Center (under the Ministry¹ of Civil Affairs), China's social media have become the main channel for the public to make charitable donations.

More than 400 million Yuan of charity donations received in 2014 were made through Weibo and WeChat. Topic2 Chinese University Offer Dating CourseThe increasingly skewed sex ratio in China not only worries the parents of marriageable young people, but also their universities. Tianjin University in northern China has defied traditional Chinese conservatism by offering its students a dating course.

Topic3 Shanghai Subway Authority Reveals Footage of Fare DodgersShanghai Subway Authority has started a two-month crackdown on fare dodgers². Among the measures, the authority is considering to reveal photos of fare dodgers on social network websites. Is this a good idea?

Topic4 Annoying Parent WeChat GroupsWhat's the biggest challenge in having a kid? I used to think it's when the mother gives birth to a child enduring so much pain. But as parents report, the real challenge is when the children go to school and you join "WeChat Group for Students' Parents", that's where the nightmare begins.

Topic5 Girls Go to the Bathroom TogetherWhy do girls feel the need to go to the bathroom in groups? It's definitely not because our bladders are on the same schedule. For those of you who are baffled by this mystery, let us break it down for you.

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 dodgers   

n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
• But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句