Spotlight：Trump-like rooster
【明報專訊】A giant rooster statue that looks like US president-elect Donald Trump was erected outside a shopping mall last December in Taiyuan (太原), China. It is 23 feet tall. People relate it to Trump because of its iconic blonde hairstyle and hand gestures. It was placed there to usher in the Year of the Rooster. Some call it "a perfect blend of Chinese culture and Western". Casey Latiolais, its designer, refused to tell why it was given Trump-like features, but said that he was surprised by the huge size of that statue.
(sources: The New York Times, Global Times, China News Service)
■Game １
Dr Panda is going to buy some Lunar New Year foods. He has ＄40. The price of a mooncake is ＄20, and that of a packet of melon seeds is ＄10. He is to use all the money. Help him decide what to buy.
■Game ２
The Smarties are going to a flower market to buy some orchids and peonies. They are lost because Eason has shown them the wrong way. Can you show them the right way? (Answers on p 8)
■English highway﹕blonde
It can be used both as an adjective and as a noun. Blonde (adjective) hair is pale gold in colour, and a blonde (noun) is a woman with blonde hair.
e.g. It is no longer trendy to have one' hair dyed blonde.
■Glossary
erect (v) 豎立
blend (v) 融合
refuse (v) 拒絕
peony (n) 牡丹
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