英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0909 - 爱心帐篷，暖心还是多余？

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Topic 1-Pregnant woman on Beijing subway

 

A pregnant woman has caused havoc¹ in the Beijing subway when nobody would give up their seat for her. Incidents of aggression² at Beijing’s busy subway line may be nothing new. But is it a proper way to block the subway just to ask for a seat?

 

Topic 2-Parent college campers

 

At the start of a new semester, more universities across China are setting up tented camps for parents who are seeing off their college freshman³ children. On Chinese social media, netizens discuss if these so-called ‘tents of love’ (爱心帐篷) are indeed a sign of love, or if they epitomize the non-independence of China’s post-1990s generation.

 

Topic 3-Peter Pan Syndrome⁴

 

All children, except one, grow up. That’s the opening in Scottish author James Matthew Barrie’s novel Peter Pan and Wendy. Peter Pan, the character he created, is a boy who can fly but refuses to grow up. The novel is a fairy tale, but there are some people living like a Peter Pan in the real world. We say they have the Peter Pan Syndrome. What is the Peter Pan Syndrome? Is it good or bad? 

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