英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1222 - 吃饭还是吃空气？

Topic1-Restaurant Charges Air Purifying FeeAre you willing to pay for better air quality in public places? A customer in Zhangjiagang张家港, east China's Jiangsu province has complained to the local pricing authority about a restaurant charging an air purifying fee without prior notice. When has breathing been charged with a fee?

Topic2-Schools and Parents Urge Regulation on Classroom Air Purifier InstallingAs schools in Beijing and other parts of China suspend classes because of the red alert over air pollution, some parents have donated purifiers to their kid's classroom, while others chip in to make the purchase as a group.

However some schools have returned the air purifiers to their well-intended donors¹. Why is it so difficult to install air purifiers in the classroom?

Topic3-Government to Encourage Farmers to Buy Homes in Cities with Excess InventoryAccording to Economic Information Daily, a Xinhua-affiliated newspaper, China's top housing ministry³ will give financial subsidies⁴ to farmers and migrant workers to buy homes in third and fourth-tier cities where unsold inventory² is stockpiling.

Topic4-Beijing's Commodity Consumption Sales to Surpass 1 Tln Yuan in 2015Official statistics show that retail⁵ sale volume on consumer goods will surpass 1 trillion Yuan in the Chinese capital for the first time before the end of 2015, setting the record of commodity consumption sales. What has Beijingers spent on? 

1 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 subsidies   

n.补贴，津贴，补助金( subsidy的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies. 欧洲各国农业部长在农业补贴问题上未能打破僵局。
• Agricultural subsidies absorb about half the EU's income. 农业补贴占去了欧盟收入的大约一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。