二阶段口译备考话题：
　　Directions: Read the following passage and then talk on the following topic for at least 5 minutes. Be sure to make your point clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is ...” “My registration number is ...”
　　Police in Shanghai have published a list of beggars who have been caught most often on metro trains over the past four years, sparking debates about the problem of "professional" beggars. The increasing number of beggars and homeless people in cosmopolis has drawn much attention.
　　Topic: beggar、human-touch
　　Questions for Reference:
　　1. How do you feel about those beggars and vagrants, Sympathetic or hated? Why?
　　2. Who, in your mind, should be responsible for the popping up of more and more beggars and vagrants on local street? How could we control the situation and seek solutions to it?
　　3. Other than human-touch, asylums, what else should we have when solving this problem?
　　相关新闻1：
　　Shanghai exposes professional beggars
　　SHANGHAI- Police in Shanghai have published a list of beggars who have been caught most often on metro trains over the past four years, sparking debates about the problem of "professional" beggars.
　　Posted online last week by the Xujiahui police station of the Shanghai public security bureau urban rail and bus corps, a 22-year-old man, who has been caught 308 times, topped the list. An 88-year-old woman, caught 292 times, was runner-up.
　　Police officers have tried to help the beggars by sending them to rescue stations, while others would prefer not to be sent to them. The corps has investigated 9,006 cases between January 1 and August 10, with 962 beggars being sent to rescue stations.
　　It said that some "professional" beggars even rent their children to other "professional" beggars for about 200 yuan (about 31.75 U.S. dollars) per day. The child will be used to help beg in order to gain sympathy from the public.
　　Some "professional" beggars can make more than 1,000 yuan every day, far better than many white-collar workers, the corps said.
　　According to the law of punishment for public security and administration, police can detain those suspected of illegal begging activities, such as forcing others to give them money. However, Shanghai police said that it is hard to gather evidence as many citizens are not willing to testify.
　　According to the law, suspects who raise juveniles or look after those who are older than 70 will not be detained. Therefore, many children and old people are used by "professional" beggars to avoid punishment.
　　Additionally, they are usually well-organized. Once they have been stopped by police, they will contact fellow beggars via cell phones to help them avoid being caught.
　　Experts suggest the government should categorize the beggars and treat them properly according to their situation.
　　As for juveniles, mentally-ill, or those from outside the city who cannot make a living, the government should give them more support. But for the "professional" beggars who are too lazy to work, the government should have stricter regulations and restrictions, experts said.
　　Xie Xialing, professor on sociology at the Shanghai-based Fudan University, said the government can create special zones in the city for beggars to busk.
　　Xie said the government can provide some professional services to the beggars, such as setting up aid distribution stations to offer basic food and clothes and provide free vocational training.
　　Tang Xiaotian, vice secretary-general of Shanghai Law Society, said those who organize or force others to beg to make profit should be punished. Tang also said police should publish information about the "professional" beggars and the organizers in order to help people distinguish the real beggars from the fake ones.
　　Since the list was published, many took to Sina Weibo, a popular micro-blogging site, questioning whether the police have the right to publish such information.
　　"Cat eye" wrote that the police have infringed upon the beggars’ privacy and damaged their dignity.
　　The police station replied on its official micro-blogging account that it has not revealed the names, photos or the home towns of the beggars and it is focusing on the so-called "professional" beggars -- the people who see begging as an occupation.
　　Internet users also said that publishing information can do nothing to deter "professional" begging but instead foster apathy towards those who are really in need.
　　"Ji Shichang" posted that the country should prohibit "professional" begging, but publishing is unfair to the real beggars.
　　相关新闻2：
　　Shanghai Police Ask for Beggar Task Force
　　Local police suggested to a group of city government advisers Wednesday that Shanghai should set up a special task force to control its growing problem with homeless people and beggars.
　　"We are coping with an increasing army of beggars on Shanghai streets," senior police officer Pan Zihan told members of the Shanghai People’s Political Consultative Congress Wednesday.
　　The situation is currently monitored by three government departments -- the Public Security Bureau, the Civil Affairs Bureau and the Construction and Management Commission.
　　Pan suggested the government set up one team with officials from the three departments to control the situation and seek solutions to the growing number of beggars and homeless people on local streets.
　　When patrolling streets, police officers often try to persuade beggars to seek government aid rather than begging on the streets, but they can’t force the beggars to stop soliciting money.
　　Beggars and homeless people can spend up to 10 days at a time living in one of the city’s 20 aid stations while receiving meals, medical assistance and money to return to their hometowns if they are from outside of the city, as most of them are.
　　A growing number of beggars have popped up on downtown streets recently, raising complaints from business owners and residents.
　　In some cases, police have found juveniles who were forced into begging by criminal gangs.
　　Since the State Council issued a regulation in August abandoning forced deportation, government officials can only persuade, not force, beggars and vagrants to give up street life for government assistance.
　　"The problem is that most beggars are not willing to leave the streets, because they think they can make more money by begging," Pan said.
　　While the city’s aid stations provide the beggars with about 10 yuan (US$1.2) worth of necessities a day, some can earn several hundred yuan on a good day working the streets, said Pan.
　　From august until the end of November, Shanghai’s aid stations have helped 2,901 street people, 804 of whom admitted to making a living by begging.
　　The city government advisers did not comment on the police proposal.