英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 狀元筆記熱銷說明什么

Topic1 China bans teachers from accepting gift money
China's Ministry of Education has taken measures to address the problems in professional ethics of teachers.

A six-point regulation now bans the country's teaching staff from accepting gifts or money from students or their parents and attending banquets arranged by students' families.

The ministry says the six bans are the least teachers should do.

Are the rules necessary?

Topic2 Gaokao Top Scorers' Notes
After this year's college entrance examination, many top scoring students, or zhuang yuan, become well known by the public. And their notes are also becoming hot commodities on the Internet. A whole package of copied notes will cost more than 200 yuan, and whether it's useful or not, many parents and students are still buying it.

Are these notes helpful?

Topic3 Has "Chinese dama" been stigmatized?

Since 2013, the word "Chinese dama" has rushed into public attention. All of a sudden the word appears frequently in mass media. We see them dancing to loud music at squares home and abroad; we see them in expensive shopping malls and also in community open markets.

In headline news, they fight for seats on bus, bicker with members from other square dance groups, and purchase gold like buying discounted eggs. Somehow, dama has become a negative word. Are they being stigmatized?

When and how did dama become a popular word in China? What did they do?

1 ministry

n.(政府的)部;牧師

參考例句：

They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他們派了一個代表團到部里投訴。

We probed the Air Ministry statements.我們調(diào)查了空軍部的記錄。

2 ethics

n.倫理學;倫理觀，道德標準

參考例句：

The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的職業(yè)道德不允許他那樣做。

Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.個人道德和職業(yè)道德有時會相互抵觸。

3 commodities

商品( commodity的名詞復數(shù) ); 農(nóng)產(chǎn)品; 有價值的物品; 有用的東西

參考例句：

rice, flour and other basic commodities 稻米、面粉和其他基本商品

The manufacturers in some countries dumped their surplus commodities abroad. 一些國家的制造商向國外傾銷過剩產(chǎn)品。

4 stigmatized

v.使受恥辱，指責，污辱( stigmatize的過去式和過去分詞 )

參考例句：

He was stigmatized as an ex-convict. 他遭人污辱，說他給判過刑。 來自辭典例句

Such a view has been stigmatized as mechanical jurisprudence. 蔑稱這種觀點為機械法學。 來自辭典例句

5 bicker

vi.(為小事)吵嘴，爭吵

參考例句：

The two children used to bicker about who should do the washing-up.這兩個小孩子過去常為該由誰洗餐具一事而爭吵。

They always bicker when they meet at school.在學校見面時他們總是爭吵。