英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 獅身人面像驚現(xiàn)石家莊？

Topic1 Chinese families are not what they used to beAn official report on family development in China shows the traditional Chinese family has been undergoing a dramatic change.

The number of people in a Chinese family home is getting smaller, with single-person households on the rise.

The report was issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission ahead of Thursday's International Day of Families.

What have changed?

Topic2 Survey asks what constitutes domestic violence 62.5 percent of interviewees in a Guangzhou survey say they don't think beating children is a form of domestic violence.

How many of you have got beaten up by your parents or relatives? Do you consider it as domestic violence?

What does the survey say about domestic violence in China?

Topic3 Mainland tourists prefer Taiwan over Hong Kong?

An article published on The Wall Street Journal says that as Hong Kong begins to lose its appeal for some mainland tourists, Taiwan is rising in the ranks.

According to Taiwan's Tourism Bureau, the number of mainland tourists visiting the island over this month's Labor1 Day weekend holiday rose 33% on-year to nearly 32,000, while Hong Kong saw a 2% decrease to 388,070 visitors, the first drop in nine years.

Is HK losing popularity among mainland travellers while Taiwan is gaining popularity?

Topic4 "Rice theory" explains north-south China cultural differences. A study published last Friday by a group of psychologists in the journal Science finds that China's noodle-slurping northerners are more individualistic, show more "analytic thought" and divorce more frequently.

By contrast, rice-eating southerners show more hallmarks traditionally associated with East Asian culture, including more "holistic thought" and lower divorce rates.

Is there a character difference within China?

Topic5 Sphinx in ShijiazhuangIf you really want to see the famous Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt and have no time to travel that far, you don't have to look that far.

A full-scale replica of the world renowned monument has been newly constructed at the Donggou village of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province.

What is it for?

1 labor

n.勞動，努力，工作，勞工;分娩;vi.勞動，努力，苦干;vt.詳細分析;麻煩

參考例句：

We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我們從不延誤付給他勞動報酬。

He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艱苦勞動兩周后，他已經(jīng)疲憊不堪了。

2 analytic

adj.分析的，用分析方法的

參考例句：

The boy has an analytic mind. 這男孩有分析的頭腦。

Latin is a synthetic language,while English is analytic.拉丁文是一種綜合性語言，而英語是一種分析性語言。

3 holistic

adj.從整體著眼的，全面的

參考例句：

There is a fundamental ambiguity in the use of word "whole" in recent holistic literature.在近代的整體主義著作中，“整體”這個詞的用法極其含混。

In so far as historicism is technological,its approach is not piecemeal,but "holistic".僅就歷史決定論是一種技術(shù)而論，它的方法不是漸進的，而是“整體主義的”。

4 replica

n.復(fù)制品

參考例句：

The original conservatory has been rebuilt in replica.溫室已按原樣重建。

The young artist made a replica of the famous painting.這位年輕的畫家臨摹了這幅著名的作品。

5 renowned

adj.著名的，有名望的，聲譽鵲起的

參考例句：

He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。

She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人權(quán)而聞名