英語角-圓桌會(huì)議 RoundTable - 春節(jié)至少花掉一月工資

Topic1 Party Secretary Cleans ToiletZhu Zhongzhi, party secretary of Dali, cleaned a dirty squat public toilet during a campaign to call for the public to take part in city hygiene. High officials are often seen doing basic job in front of the public, thus becoming a source of news. Some officials receive good comments, while others are criticized badly.

In this case, should we commend the party secretary or criticize him?

Topic2 College library opens to publicStudents will begin their winter vacation of 2014 as early as this weekend. Since most students will go back home and leave college campus empty, curious citizens wonder whether they can be allowed to use college libraries.

Should college libraries be open to the public?

Topic3 Spring Festival Spending and SyndromeThe year end is always the busiest season for most of us. There are so many things to wrap up and so many new plans to make. At this moment, we need to take care of both our health and wallet.

First of all, let's look at the wallet side of things. This is a big source of complaint. Really how much do people need to spend or have to spend on Spring Festival?

Topic4 China cut spring festival galasChina has cut three out of four widely watched Spring Festival galas sponsored by ministries and state media, as the ruling party has stepped up efforts to cut pomp and fight corruption.

The three galas to be hosted by the ministries of public security, culture, and civil affairs respectively have been canceled, leaving only the Spring Festival Gala of China Central Television (CCTV) to be aired during the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.

Is it good?

Topic5 Chinese Mom Puts Up Ads Begging Son to Come HomeChinese dama successfully catches attention overseas once again. This week, a Chinese mother publishes a letter on a newspaper in Melbourne, in which she begs her son to come home for the Spring Festival after her repeated attempts to force him into marriage scared him away.

Do you sympathize with the mother for having a disloyal son or the son for having a pushy mother?

Topic6 Spring Festival homecomingWhile many complain about failing to bag a ticket home, a female teacher has decided to stop whining and start a detoured trip to reunite with the family for the Lunar Chinese New Year.

Since Sun and her daughter aren't able to go home on the through train from Shenzhen in southern China to Shenyang in the Northeast, the mother thought she might as well take her 7 year-old girl to see the world along a route that will eventually take them home.

Instead of just one and half days' direct train trip, the two will spend 11 days traveling and sightseeing in Xiamen, Hanzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, Yantai and Dalian before finally arriving in Shenyang.

It seems Sun is not the only one thinking outside of the box when it comes to the ways of homecoming for the Spring Festival.