英語角-圓桌會(huì)議 RoundTable1106 - 有多少人敢于出柜？

Topic1 China Mobile Plans to Experiment Free Text Messages Industry insiders reveal that China's largest telecom carrier, China Mobile, is planning to integrate its instant messaging services.

It means text messages and multimedia messages won't be charged per message, but on the basis of the data flow involved instead.

The plan is expected to be announced at the end of this year and put into operation before the end of next year.

Is it something that they should do or should have done?

Topic2 Should handing in discovered antiques be rewarded?

An ordinary construction company employee in Northwest China has been rewarded 500 yuan after handing in a 3,000 year-old relic he accidentally discovered.

Li Lei, from Danfeng county of Shanxi Province, found a bronze sword dated back 3,000 years ago while operating his forklift truck.

He was also given a certificate of honor in addition to the monetary prize, which he described as "too little" for he had expected several thousand yuan at least.

Is 500 yuan too small a reward?

Topic3 LGBT Coming Out Report Recently, Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly confirms he is gay in an opinion piece, making him the highest-profile chief executive to come out. He also says he is proud to be gay.

In China, not many gay people have the gut to come out.

So what's the situation like here? Are people less willing to admit their sexual orientation5?

Topic4 Summarizing Main Theme Boring What do you hate the most in your Chinese class when you were a student? When being asked this question, many people would answer 總結(jié)中心思想, or concluding the main message of an article.

Recently, ex-spokesman for the Education Ministry Wang Xuming says that this part of teaching is totally unnecessary and should be excluded from the Chinese language education.

Do you agree with what he said?