英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0529 - 培养国人文明出游习惯，酒店也义不容辞？

 Topic1 Salary GapEarlier this week, the National Bureau of Statistics, or NBS, publishes the Average Salary Report 2013. It shows there are still wide income gaps between various jobs. Workers in finance sectors¹ still earn the most while those in agriculture, forestry², animal husbandry and fishery industries earn the least.

What are some of the trends we can tell from the report?

Topic2 Wedding and funeral restriction³ on government officials in ShijiazhuangThe Discipline Inspection⁴ Commission of Shijiazhuang in Hebei Province recently announced new rules to prevent private banquets and parties from becoming opportunities for corruption⁵. This echos central authority's frugality⁶ campaign which targets CPC members and government officials.

Is this rule specifically targeting private banquets necessary?

Topic3 Second generation of employeesRecently a demographic nicknamed Zhi Er Dai职二代has attracted public attention.

Zhi Er Dai, meaning second generation of employees, refers to people who land jobs with the help of their parents and without going through required recruitment procedures other have to.

A survey shows about 80% of a total of 48,760 respondents say there are such coworkers around them and nearly 90% of them say such a group impairs⁷ employment equality.

Is the problem serious?

Topic4 Cremation⁸ in Anqing CityThe Oriental Morning Post in Shanghai published an article saying that six local elderly people in Anqing of Anhui Province committed suicide so their bodies could be buried legally in coffins¹⁰. But local government denied that the suicide was connected to a new rule on cremation.

According to a notice from Anqing government on March 25, all corpses¹¹ must be cremated¹² after June 1st.

Anqing was one of two cities in the province which still allowed coffin⁹ burial. At the end of 2013, only 11 percent of deceased in the city were cremated, far lower than the provincial¹³ average of 80 percent.

What happened?

Topic5 Do We Still Need Reformatory SchoolsIn China, reformatory schools or Gong Du Xue Xiao, are special education institutions for students whose misconducts are not as serious as crimes. Such schools used to exist and prosper¹⁴, but are now in a tight corner.

Why is that? Do we still need these schools?

Topic6 Do Chinese tourists need to be educated?

More and more Chinese are traveling around the world.

The country's rising outbound tourism could be challenging for those in the travel or hospitality trade to adapt at an equal if not faster pace.

Now a business insider says hotels can play an active role in educating the tourists to make everybody just a little bit happier.

Does it make sense?

1 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

3 restriction   

n.限制，约束

参考例句：

• The park is open to the public without restriction.这个公园对公众开放，没有任何限制。
• The 30 mph speed restriction applies in all built-up areas.每小时限速30英里适用于所有建筑物聚集区。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

6 frugality   

n.节约，节俭

参考例句：

• We must build up our country with industry and frugality.我们必须勤俭建国。
• By frugality she managed to get along on her small salary.凭着节俭，她设法以自己微薄的薪水生活。

7 impairs   

v.损害，削弱( impair的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Smoking impairs our health. 吸烟会损害我们的健康。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Almost anything that impairs liver function can cause hepatitis. 任何有损于肝功能的因素，几乎都会引起肝炎。 来自辞典例句

8 cremation   

n.火葬，火化

参考例句：

• Cremation is more common than burial in some countries. 在一些国家，火葬比土葬普遍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Garbage cremation can greatly reduce the occupancy of land. 垃圾焚烧可以大大减少占用土地。 来自互联网

9 coffin   

n.棺材，灵柩

参考例句：

• When one's coffin is covered,all discussion about him can be settled.盖棺论定。
• The coffin was placed in the grave.那口棺材已安放到坟墓里去了。

10 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

11 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

12 cremated   

v.火葬，火化（尸体）( cremate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He wants to is cremated, not buried. 他要火葬，不要土葬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The bodies were cremated on the shore. 他们的尸体在海边火化了。 来自辞典例句

13 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

14 prosper   

v.成功，兴隆，昌盛；使成功，使昌隆，繁荣

参考例句：

• With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
• It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。