{"id":606,"date":"2017-11-14T21:02:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T13:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/?p=606"},"modified":"2017-12-22T00:28:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T16:28:20","slug":"6-minute-english-dress-code-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tommykwan.com\/blog\/english-learning\/6-minute-english-dress-code-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"6-Minute English &#8211; Dress code debate"},"content":{"rendered":"[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/worldservice\/learningenglish\/general\/sixminute\/2012\/06\/120627_6min_dress_code_debate.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Ref #6-Minute English &#8211; Dress code debate<\/a>]\n<ul>\n<li>You are a <strong>man of taste!<\/strong> &#8211; <strong>\u6709\u54c1\u5473<\/strong>\u7684\u7537\u4eba<br \/>\nWhat do they wear?<br \/>\nWell, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>there <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">is<\/span> quite a range<\/strong><\/span> \u90fd<strong>\u5e7e\u5ee3\u6cdb<\/strong>\u4e0b~<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You all look lovely &#8211; including yourself.<br \/>\nHmm, <strong>I&#8217;m not sure how sincere you are about that<\/strong>, but I&#8217;ll<strong><strong> give you the benefit of the doubt.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Well surprisingly I have no idea about<\/strong> (sth.)<br \/>\ne.g Well surprisingly I have no idea about women&#8217;s fashion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I&#8217;ll go for a)<br \/>\n#<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>go for (sth.)<\/strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> (in a big way)<\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n=to choose (sth.)<br \/>\n=like (sth.)<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>(very much)<br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><strong>#go for (sb.)<\/strong><br \/>\n=to attack (sb.)<br \/>\ne.g The dog go for me suddenly.<br \/>\n<strong>#go for it<\/strong><br \/>\n=to do anything you have to in order to get sth.<br \/>\ne.g Come on, Tommy, go for it! &#8211; to be the pilot.<br \/>\ne.g Hey, man, go for it, invite her for a dance!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Controversial<\/strong> (adj.) &#8211; (sth.) <strong>spark a debate<\/strong> and lots of people taking about it &#8211; and often arguing about it!<\/li>\n<li>Controversy (n.) &#8211; <strong><strong>(sth.) cause controversy<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(The issue\/problem\/gossip) <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">is currently the <\/span>(second) <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">most discussed topic<\/span><\/strong> (<em>on<\/em> Facebook\/Weibo\/Twitter) and even has even <strong>prompted a protest<\/strong> &#8211; people<strong> held up a banner reading &#8211; &#8220;<\/strong>I have the right to dress whatever I want to<strong><strong>&#8220;<\/strong><\/strong>#(sth.)\u00a0<strong>is currently the (second) most discussed topic <\/strong>(somewhere)#prompt(<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">v.<\/span>) &#8211; make &#8230; happen<br \/>\ne.g the video prompt the protest.<strong>#prompt<\/strong> (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">adj.<\/span>) &#8211; action done quickly<br \/>\ne.g Thanks for your prompt reply.<br \/>\ne.g Pilot have to be prompt in dealing with problem<br \/>\ne.g This need to be prompt, I&#8217;m afraid.#<strong>prompt<\/strong> (sb.) <strong>to<\/strong> (do sth.) [<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ph.<\/span>] &#8211; make (sb.) decide to (say\/do sth.)<br \/>\ne.g What prompt <em>you<\/em> to<em> tell<\/em> the truth?<br \/>\ne.g What prompt <em>you<\/em> to <em>leave<\/em> her?<strong>#hold up a banner reading<\/strong> &#8220;&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\ne.g I was hold up a banner reading &#8220;Welcome Mr.Smith to HK~&#8221;#Reading = understand<br \/>\ne.g <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>My reading of the situation is that<\/strong> <\/span>we&#8217;d better not\u00a0tell fibs to her, not even a white lie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>It seems that opinion is divided.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(sth.) <strong>is a huge problem <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">in<\/span> society <\/strong><\/span>and<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong> the question of how to avoid it is a difficult one.<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\ne.g Sexual harassment is a huge\u00a0problem in society and the question of how to avoid it is a difficult one.#(sth.)\u00a0<strong>is a huge problem in society<\/strong><br \/>\n#<strong>the question of how to avoid it is a difficult one.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ya, <strong>it&#8217;s a difficult question really!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Everyone should be treated with respect<\/strong>\u00a0(no matter what \/ no matter what they choose to wear)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Speaking of<\/strong>\u00a0(sth.)&#8230;<\/span><br \/>\ne.g Speaking of cinema, I think of &#8230;<br \/>\ne.g Speaking of Marry, I asked you &#8230;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>dress in conservative way<\/strong> <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em> public<\/span> &#8211; wear traditional clothes and avoid outlandish or revealing.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Outlandish<\/strong><\/span> (adj.) &#8211; unusual and difficult to accept or like<br \/>\ne.g Wearing a see-through or transparent dress might be outlandish<\/li>\n<li><strong>get harassed<\/strong> &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue<\/span> to <em>be annoyed<\/em><br \/>\nharass (v.) &#8211; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">continue<\/span> to annoy<br \/>\ne.g She is always dressing provocatively and coquettishly, it&#8217;s not surprising that she get harassed.<\/li>\n<li>provocative (adj.) \u6311\u91c1\u7684 \/ <strong>Provocatively<\/strong> (adv.)\u00a0<strong>\u6311\u91c1\u5730<\/strong> &#8211; in a manner which attracts attention<\/li>\n<li>coquettish (adj.) \/ <strong>coquettishly<\/strong> (adv.) = in a <strong>flirty<\/strong> manner &#8211; behavior as if sexually attracted to sb. <strong><strong>\u767c&#8221;\u9175&#8221;<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">It&#8217;s not surprising that &#8230;.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong>e.g It&#8217;s not surprising that she get harassed.<br \/>\ne.g It&#8217;s not surprising that\u00a0she suffer from sexual harassment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>sexual harassment<\/strong> &#8211;<strong> \u6027\u9a37\u64fe<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>That&#8217;s certainly<\/strong>\/absolutely <strong>the opposite of<\/strong>\u00a0(sth.)<br \/>\ne.g That&#8217;s certainly the opposite of my meaning!<br \/>\ne.g That&#8217;s certainly the opposite of conservative!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Do you really thing\/believe that &#8230;.?<\/span><br \/>\ne.g I don&#8217;t think many people would believe it.<br \/>\ne,g <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>I don&#8217;t thing many people would<\/strong><\/span> go out <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>in<\/em> public<\/span> wearing <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>an<\/em> outfit<\/span> you could see through!<\/li>\n<li><em>an<\/em> <strong>outfit<\/strong> (n.) &#8211; a set of clothes for a particular occasion or activity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>clip<\/strong> (n.) &#8211; short part of a film\/TV program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>caption<\/strong> (n.) &#8211; short piece of text under a picture in book\/magazine\/newspaper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>pervert<\/strong>(s)<\/span> (n.) \u8b8a\u614b\u4f6c &#8211; sb&#8217;s sexual behavior is strange and unpleasant by most people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<strong>cherish<\/strong> (v.) &#8211; tender, loving, care<br \/>\ne.g Please cherish yourselves!<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>e.g If you don&#8217;t cherish yourselves, no people won&#8217;t!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Ref #6-Minute English &#8211; Dress code debate] You are a man of taste! &#8211; \u6709\u54c1\u5473\u7684\u7537\u4eba What do they wear? Well, there is quite a range \u90fd\u5e7e\u5ee3\u6cdb\u4e0b~ &nbsp; You all look lovely &#8211; including yourself. 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