英语角-圆桌会议不会拼英语单词？别急，老外也不会！

 　　Topic1-How to protect the injured person after a car accident

　　Two videos online have gone viral on the internet. The recent video shows a motorist flashing the back lights of his car and slowly following an older lady pushing a wheelchair in order to make sure she crosses a wide intersection¹ safely. The gentleman's kindness has attracted thousands of thumbs-up from social media users. Another video showed the chilling last moment of a victim of a hit-and-run accident who was hit by another car. It's an opportune² time to discuss how can safety of pedestrians³ be enhanced?

　　Topic2-Here's the hardest word to spell in each state, according to Google

　　Can you spell "sauerkraut" [?sa??rkra?t] without looking? How about "Chihuahua," or perhaps "pneumonia⁴?" If spelling those words trips you up, don't worry — you're not alone.

　　Google released a map of the words residents of each state in the US tend to have the hardest time spelling. The project is in honor of the National Spelling Bee in May.

　　Topic3-Trial Run for women only subway cars in Shenzhen

　　Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province has piloted a program since June the 1st, which designates a special subway carriage for pregnant ladies, babies and kids. In Southern China, Shenzhen will run a trial for women-only subway cars to better facilitate the convenience and safety for their female passengers.

　　The move has received resistance on Sina weibo as many internet users do not agree with segregating⁵ people by gender⁶.

1 intersection   

n.交集，十字路口，交叉点；[计算机] 交集

参考例句：

• There is a stop sign at an intersection.在交叉路口处有停车标志。
• Bridges are used to avoid the intersection of a railway and a highway.桥用来避免铁路和公路直接交叉。

2 opportune   

adj.合适的，适当的

参考例句：

• Her arrival was very opportune.她来得非常及时。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

3 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 pneumonia   

n.肺炎

参考例句：

• Cage was struck with pneumonia in her youth.凯奇年轻时得过肺炎。
• Pneumonia carried him off last week.肺炎上星期夺去了他的生命。

5 segregating   

（使）分开( segregate的现在分词 )； 分离； 隔离； 隔离并区别对待（不同种族、宗教或性别的人）

参考例句：

• The government has just repealed the law segregating the public facilities. 这个政府已经撤销了分离公共设施的法律。
• Siblings and dizygotic twins share only 50% of their segregating genes. 同卵双生双胞胎和双卵双生双胞胎分享仅50%的基因。

6 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。