这是博客新开的【话题讨论区】，大家可以针对给出的话题谈谈自己的看法，以锻炼大家的语言组织能力。

    【话题讨论】回帖要求：
　
     使用中英双语来回答或单纯用英语回答，篇幅不限，但至少包含一个完整的句子；如果某个单词词组不会写，建议大家采取在群里问询、给我留言、查询词霸、查询英语新闻等各种方式寻求答案，相信只要努力，必有所收获。

    热心的朋友可以将生活中的有趣话题推荐给我们，希望我们可以共同将这个板块建设好，共同提高大家的英语水平。

    Today's topic:

    Yesterday one friend of mine asked me a question: what do you think about mental age?  which is much better, older or younger than your physical age? To this, different people have different points of views. that's why I want to have a discussion with you.

    Different from physical age, mental age is an intelligence test score. Physical age, as we all know, means how long you have lived in the world.But mental age is much related with one's world view，values and life style. Generally, there is a gap between mental and physical age，behind or advanced. For me,my internal mental age has lagged behind my physical age.And it occurred to me that in my head, I'm not a grownup;I think of myself as being in my early 20s,however, the fact is not what I thought.

    So we're curious: how old do you think of yourself as being, and how different is that (if at all) from what the calendar tells you?

    you want yourself to be more mature or you refuse to being a grownup?

    Please write down your ideas.

    今日话题：

    昨天一位朋友，对我提出了一个问题：“心理年龄大一些好还是小一些好”，我认为这是一个见仁见智的问题，所以想和大家一起讨论一下。

    心理年龄，与实际年龄相对应，表示的是一个人的心理成熟度。实际年龄只表示你来到这个世界的时间长短，而心理年龄却与一个人的世界观、价值观、生活方式等关系密切。通常来说，人的心理年龄和实际年龄间都有一个差距，或早于或晚于。对我而言，我的心理年龄远小于实际年龄。我通常认为我不是一个成年人，我还认为自己不过20出头，可事实远非如此。

    因为我们的问题是：你认为自己心理年龄是多大？与实际年龄的差别是什么？

    你想自己更成熟一些还是拒绝长大？

    请把你的看法写在下面。

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Joke of Today

Give Me a Dime

　　Son: Dad, give me a dime.

　　Father: Son, don't you think you're getting too big to be forever begging for dimes?

　　Son: I guess you're right, Dad. Give me a dollar, will you?

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   这是博客新开的【话题讨论区】，大家可以针对给出的话题谈谈自己的看法，以锻炼大家的语言组织能力。

    【话题讨论】回帖要求：
　
     使用中英双语来回答或单纯用英语回答，篇幅不限，但至少包含一个完整的句子；如果某个单词词组不会写，建议大家采取在群里问询、给我留言、查询词霸、查询英语新闻等各种方式寻求答案，相信只要努力，必有所收获。

    热心的朋友可以将生活中的有趣话题推荐给我们，希望我们可以共同将这个板块建设好，共同提高大家的英语水平。

     Today's topic:

    I happened to look up a rule in ancient China :" if there are some affairs between a man and a woman, he is deserved to be exiled to a distant place and she ought to be Ling Chi executed (cut into pieces) in public. There is no doubt that the law is unfair and quite cruel，which is called a love shackle.

    Since Modern Liberation Movement, freedom of marriage has been a common sense in people's mind. However, one morbid fact in society is that divorce rate is going up year by year as a result of the other men or women’s intervening in other people’s families. what's more, more and more families have maintained fake harmony.

    In your opinion, which leads to this state? The development of economy or the degeneration of people's moral? Is it an advance or Retrogression?

    What can we do to change it? Enhance loyalty to the love and marriage? or we should build a law similar to the ancient ones? Absolutely, women equals to men.

    Please share your opinions with us.

    今日话题：

    偶然间翻阅历史，发现中国古代律法有一条规定：男子通奸，至多流放；女子失节，当街凌迟。毫无疑问，这条律法是不公正的，残酷的，号称是对爱情自由的桎梏。

    现代解放运动以来，婚姻自由也成为人们意识中的一种常识。可目前社会一种病态情况是，由于第三者插足他人家庭，离婚率逐年上升，更为让人痛心的是，很多家庭保持着貌合神离的状态。

    你认为是什么导致这种情况的发生？是经济的发展还是人们道德水准的下降? 这是一种进步还是倒退?

    怎样才能改变这种情况？增强对爱情、婚姻的忠诚度？或者应该出台类似古代的法律？但有一条，法律上绝对应该男女平等！

    请大家就此发表自己的看法。

    不知道今天的话题是不是有些难，只是学习英语，不能脱离我们周边的生活：）

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    Candy and God

    There is an Indian story about a bar of candy that came to see God in Heaven and complained: "Dear God, I am so sweet. I am so nice! I keep the Five Precepts. I meditate all the time." The sugar candy, as you know, it always sits on the table doing nothing. He says he never does harm to anyone. "But anyone, even the ants, the flies -- anyone who comes near me wants to eat me. Why? What have I done? Doesn't the law of karma exist anymore?" Because God says that if you do something bad, if you harm someone, if you are sour, then people will return sourness to you. But if you are sweet to people, if you are nice and you don't do any harm to people, then they will never harm you, right?

    So the candy said, "Why me? I am a candy. (Laughter) I am so sweet, and people always eat me and abuse me, why?" And God said, "You better step a little bit further before I answer you." And the candy said, "Why, you don't like me?" So God said, "Just do it! Stand away, please!" Hes nearly lost Hiers temper. Oh, Hes shouted very hard, very loud. And the sugar was shaking, thinking that God got angry with him and didn't like him. He said, "M-m-m-y G-g-god, but what did I do?" So God said, "You didn't do anything, but if you stay too near, I will also want to eat you!" (Laughter and applause)

    Everything in this world has a nature of its own. Some are charming, some are seducing, like the candy, chocolate, the cakes, and some burn everything like fire, as soon as you get near.

    【中文译文】：

    有一个印度故事，是讲一颗糖果去天堂见上帝，它跟上帝抱怨说：「亲爱的上帝，我那么甜、那么好，不但遵守五戒，又一直都在打坐。」是啊！糖果一向都「坐」 在桌上，无所事事。它说它从不曾伤害过任何人。「不过每个人一靠近我，就想把我吃掉，连蚂蚁、苍蝇也不例外，为什么？我犯了什么错？难道因果法律已经荡然 无存了吗？」因为上帝说过，假如你做坏事、伤害别人、对人不好，那么别人也会对你不好。但如果你对别人好，又不伤害任何人，人家就不会伤害你，对吗？

    所以糖果说：「为什么我不同呢？我是一颗糖果（大众笑），这么甜，而人们却一直想吃我、虐待我，为什么？」上帝说：「你最好站远一点，我才回答你。」糖果 说：「为什么？您不喜欢我吗？」上帝说：「只管照着做，站远一点，拜托！」上帝快要发脾气了，喊得很用力、很大声。糖果在发抖，它以为上帝在生气它，不喜 欢它。它说：「老…天…啊！我做错了什么呢？」上帝告诉它：「你没做错什么，只不过你如果站得太靠近的话，连我也想把你吃掉。」（大众笑及鼓掌）

    天地万物各有其本质，有些东西很有吸引力、很诱人，像糖果、巧克力、蛋糕等；有些则像火一样，任何东西一靠近就会被它烧掉。

Joke of Today

No other choice

    One day,Eve asked Adam,"Doyou really love me?"

    Adam  said  helplessly,"Do  I  have  any other choice?"

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