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Oral English Practice Current events （时事） Topic discussion Toyota motor once asked Yao Ming to be their spokesperson, and they promised to pay him up to 20 million dollars, equivalent to more than 160 million RMB, isn’t it a large number? 　　Besides, Toyota had always been the sponsor of the Rockets and even the basket court is named Toyota Center. However, to their surprise, Yao refused Toyota and gave no explanation at all. Wasn’t he so cool? Andy Liu refused to say Hello to his Japanese fans in Japanese in the concert held in Japan. Also he insist abolishing all the Japanese songs. He said, “I would not have been here if it was not because of the contract. I could choose to cancel this concert if I insist. I am here just because the fans are innocent and art is transnational. Even so, I think artists are not transnational. I am a Chinese singer.” Then he sang a patriotic song Chinese People in front of hundreds of Japanese fans. When asked to put on the sportswear of a Japanese brand during the games, Liu Xiang thought of an excellent idea to avoid advertising for Japanese goods, that is to cover the logo of the brand so that people cannot see it. He is so determined to refuse the Japanese goods. ◆What should we do to defend our territory and dignity of as college students? ◆How do you understand rational patriotism? Japanese people said they would never apologize to two countries, namely Korea and China. Japanese goods are everywhere in China, like mobile phones, automobiles and cameras, and on the contrary no Japanese goods can be seen in Korea, which is why Japan dare not look down upon Korea. One of Panasonic senior officer said: no matter how hard we try, Korean wont buy our products, but even if we never apologized to China, the Chinese people still buy our products. Conclusion: ◆To be patriotic, we should do the things that benefit our country and society and always be prac