symposium
n
(pl -sia )
1 small conference for discussion of a particular subject (专题)讨论会, 研讨会.
2 collection of essays by several people on a particular subject, published as a book 专题论文集
contribute to a symposium on environmental issues 为环境问题论文集撰稿.
If you let one drop of his blood fall, you will lose all your land and all your money.
要是你让他身上的血流下一滴,你将失去你所有的土地和财产。
He did not know from which part of Africa his ancestor had come.
他不知道祖先来自非洲的什么地方。
I am sorry that you have a disagreement with your father. Personally, I think it is important to follow your interests and your abilities, and it sounds as though you have plenty of both of these already.