英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0817 - 进化的红色罚单，自带银行账号

 Topic1-Shenzhen Proposes Law to Accelerate Urban RenewalThe city of Shenzhen is mulling a new relocation policy that is: as long as 95% of home owners in a complex agree to sell and relocate, a developer could force people to vacate.

If the policy is enacted¹, does it mean the will of that 5% minority does not count? Why do I smell a sense of tyranny of the majority here?

Topic2-Private Chinese companies are rising rapidly while multinationals²' allure³ in China wanesA senior career consultant⁴ at leading Chinese headhunter Zhaopin.com, said job openings at domestic private firms offered on its site had risen 172 per cent so far this year compared with the same period in 2011. The trends seems to be Chinese employees prefer domestic private companies over multinationals. What's taking the shine off multinationals?

Topic3 Secret of Fitting Room MirrorsMirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? Apparently⁵ we all look our fairest in the fitting rooms.

A group of photos featuring a British woman wearing the same dress in front of the mirror of different fitting rooms have gone viral. She looks totally different in these photos. Some British experts say it's because of the tricks played by mirrors in fitting rooms.

Topic4-Bank account attached with wedding invitationIn this Internet Age we live in, it could be hard to get by without e-payment methods. But if you receive a wedding invitation with the new couple's bank account details printed on it, would you be okay with it? Isn't blatantly⁶ asking for money?

Topic 5-Children looking for ghostwriters to finish summer vacation homeworkThe end of this summer vacation is around the corner, many students are busy working to finish their homework. Some are looking for ghost writers to do this for them. Is it OK to do so?

1 enacted   

制定（法律），通过（法案）( enact的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• legislation enacted by parliament 由议会通过的法律
• Outside in the little lobby another scene was begin enacted. 外面的小休息室里又是另一番景象。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2 multinationals   

跨国公司( multinational的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These local companies are only small fry compared with the huge multinationals. 同那些跨国公司比，这些当地的公司不过是小鱼小虾。
• Some people believe that the multinationals have too much power. 有人认为跨国公司的权力太大了。

3 allure   

n.诱惑力，魅力；vt.诱惑，引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• The window displays allure customers to buy goods.橱窗陈列品吸引顾客购买货物。
• The book has a certain allure for which it is hard to find a reason.这本书有一种难以解释的魅力。

4 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

5 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

6 blatantly   

ad.公开地

参考例句：

• Safety guidelines had been blatantly ignored. 安全规章被公然置之不顾。
• They walked grandly through the lobby, blatantly arm in arm, pretending they were not defeated. 他们大大方方地穿过门厅，故意炫耀地挎着胳膊，假装他们没有被打败。