英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0813 - 中传女生被害，马克有话说！

 Topic1 College Girl Killed by SchoolmateThe recent case of a college girl killed by her schoolmate raised people's attention about safety again. How to better protect ourselves? And what we can do to avoid risk of being harmed?

Topic2 Flight Crew Punished for Refusing to Take Ill-behaved PassengersXiamen Airlines punished the flight crew who refused to take some ill-behaved passengers last week, including a 10-year-old girl who insulted the chief steward¹. This has sparked heated debate online. Should the airline company punish the flight crew?

Topic3 Children Start Puberty Earlier Than BeforeNew study has shown that children in China were attaining² puberty at an earlier age than previous generations. Does earlier puberty means sexual precocity³? How can parents prevent sexual precocity?

Topic4 Father devastated⁴ after daughter accepts Japanese boyfriend's proposalHow far would parents go when they find out their children will marry someone they dislike? A father in Shanghai burst into tears after hearing his daughter had accepted a proposal from her Japanese boyfriend, according to a China.org.cn report.

1 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

2 attaining   

（通常经过努力）实现( attain的现在分词 )； 达到； 获得； 达到（某年龄、水平、状况）

参考例句：

• Jim is halfway to attaining his pilot's licence. 吉姆就快要拿到飞行员执照了。
• By that time she was attaining to fifty. 那时她已快到五十岁了。

3 precocity   

n.早熟，早成

参考例句：

• The boy is remarkable for precocity. 这孩子早熟得惊人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He is remarkable for precocity. 他早熟得惊人。 来自辞典例句

4 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。