英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1116 - 机器人记者会替代人类记者吗？

 Topic1-Charity Law: more donationsA draft of China’s Charity Law has been considered by the countries’ top legislative¹ body for initial discussion. It proposes individuals cannot ask for donation from the public unless they receive approval from the government. If it is enacted², will desperate individuals lose the most vital and effective avenue to ask for help?

Topic2-JD.com to close C2C marketplace to curb³ fake goodsChina's online retailer⁴ JD.com will shut down the online customer-to-customer (C2C) platform Paipai.com in three months in order to fight fake goods. Problems with fake and poor-quality products sold online have attracted complaints for years. But is it the real reason for the shutdown of paipai?

Topic3-Robot JournalistRobots are invading our society, assisting or even replacing human beings in many fields. This month a robot journalist has officially been employed by Xinhua News Agency. How does the robot write articles? Will it replace human reporters?

Topic4-How about having lunch with your teacher?

For 6 years, Zhang Xiaomei, a teacher at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics has bought her students more than 700 lunches. She says she gets to know her students during these meals. Is this a good way to foster teacher-student relationship?

1 legislative   

n.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的

参考例句：

• Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
• Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。

2 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

3 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

4 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。