英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0904 - 清华开女生安全课，男生怎么办？

 Topic1 Breast Cancer Grows FastThe breast cancer rate in Beijing has increased by 90% in the past two decades, according to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital's Breast Center. In recent years, breast cancer has become one of the biggest health risks for female. The incident rate is the highest among all kinds of malignant¹ tumors.

How serious is the problem?

Topic 2 Housing Maintenance FundsAccording to a report from Economic Information, housing maintenance funds nationwide amount to 500 billion yuan. However, the huge amount of money keeps growing and is being used to produce illegal profits.

The housing maintenance fund is also known as pension for apartments, since it is to be used for the maintenance and repair of the shared part and facilities in communities.

Are there problems with the fund or the way it's being used?

Topic3 Weird² InsuranceIf you buy fruits online and find they have gone bad by the time they reach your door, you can get compensation. This is a new type of insurance developed by an e-commerce company. As long as customers claim the fruits they receive are bad, they can get compensation of as high as 1000 yuan.

Aside from this, there are lots of other fun and weird insurances in China. What are the ones you've heard of?

Topic4 College girls' self defence classRecently, we hear quite a few news stories about attack and violence on college girls without company. This arouses a discussion about how women can better protect themselves. Tsinghua University decided³ to open girls' security class and taught them how to deal with emergency.

What is your first reaction upon hearing such stories and hearing about such a class?

Topic5 New school year brings traffic congestionFor four years in a row, Beijing has seen its worst traffic of the year during the September rush. This year is no exception.

The capital's main roads are always packed with cars, especially around school zones.

And it all seems to make sense: everyone is using their own private car to ferry their kids to and from school.

Is there a problem?

Topic6 A middle school's regulation on students' haircutAt the beginning of the new semester, A Beijing school's regulation on students' haircut aroused a heated debate over the media. Huairou No.1 Middle School asks boys to only keep board inch (板寸). Some think this will push students to focus on study, but others think this is unnecessary.

What's the new regulation?

1 malignant   

adj.恶性的，致命的；恶意的，恶毒的

参考例句：

• Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
• He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。

2 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。