英語(yǔ)角-圓桌會(huì)議 RoundTable0904 - 清華開(kāi)女生安全課，男生怎么辦？

Topic1 Breast Cancer Grows Fast The breast cancer rate in Beijing has increased by 90% in the past two decades, according to the Peking Union Medical College Hospital's Breast Center. In recent years, breast cancer has become one of the biggest health risks for female. The incident rate is the highest among all kinds of malignant tumors.

How serious is the problem?

Topic 2 Housing Maintenance Funds According to a report from Economic Information, housing maintenance funds nationwide amount to 500 billion yuan. However, the huge amount of money keeps growing and is being used to produce illegal profits.

The housing maintenance fund is also known as pension for apartments, since it is to be used for the maintenance and repair of the shared part and facilities in communities.

Are there problems with the fund or the way it's being used?

Topic3 Weird Insurance If you buy fruits online and find they have gone bad by the time they reach your door, you can get compensation. This is a new type of insurance developed by an e-commerce company. As long as customers claim the fruits they receive are bad, they can get compensation of as high as 1000 yuan.

Aside from this, there are lots of other fun and weird insurances in China. What are the ones you've heard of?

Topic4 College girls' self defence class Recently, we hear quite a few news stories about attack and violence on college girls without company. This arouses a discussion about how women can better protect themselves. Tsinghua University decided to open girls' security class and taught them how to deal with emergency.

What is your first reaction upon hearing such stories and hearing about such a class?

Topic5 New school year brings traffic congestion For four years in a row, Beijing has seen its worst traffic of the year during the September rush. This year is no exception.

The capital's main roads are always packed with cars, especially around school zones.

And it all seems to make sense: everyone is using their own private car to ferry their kids to and from school.

Is there a problem?

Topic6 A middle school's regulation on students' haircut At the beginning of the new semester, A Beijing school's regulation on students' haircut aroused a heated debate over the media. Huairou No.1 Middle School asks boys to only keep board inch (板寸). Some think this will push students to focus on study, but others think this is unnecessary.

What's the new regulation?