英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0527 - 伤不起的高考标语

Topic1 Human Flesh SearchHe Jiong

Human flesh search has been under debate over several years. As the Supreme People's Court in China outlined the liabilities in a document to handle such problem in 2014, the controversy seems to come to end.

Nonetheless, some heated affairs that happened recently drew public's attention to this cliche again.

What's the most recent case?

Topic2 Art house films still suffer in China

China once again won the hearts of the audience as Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien was awarded the best director at this year's Cannes Film Festival and mainland filmmaker Jia Zhangke with the Carrosse d'Or.

But these art house directors have either mentioned the difficulty in finding investors or admitted that they have basically abandoned the domestic market for art films.

Are art films suffering in China? Is there a crisis?

Topic3 Gaokao Slogans

June is coming, and college entrance exam is just around the corner. For students in their final year of high school, this is the final hours of sweat and striving. On the verge of College Entrance Examination, every senior high school are sparing no effort to inspire students. Some senior high schools recently become the focus on Internet because of their special slogans.

What do those slogans say?

Topic4 Break-ups common for college students at graduation

More than 70 percent of those polled in a survey think it's common for relationships between college students to end at graduation.

Results of the online survey conducted by China Youth Daily's social research center show that 70.7 percent of people think college break-ups at graduation are common, 5.3 percent think it's uncommon, and the remaining 24 percent have no strong opinion.

Are breakups upon graduation common?

Topic5 Celebrities Open Restaurants

Restaurants owned by celebrities usually draw enough attention from fans and public. However, how many of them can still remain profitable after a high-profile opening? The answer is: FEW.

What's the situation?