英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0224 - 你的路也是大家的路

Topic1-Alibaba Blazes a Trail with Online Health Care Pilot

 

Alibaba, the internet company, has launched a new service in providing online diagnoses and prescriptions¹ to a fishing village in Hubei. Online health care is supposedly lucrative² and uncharted territory that many companies are vying³ for. Is it going to make companies the big bucks⁴? And more importantly, will it make seeing a doctor a lot easier for patients?

 

Topic2-One Upper

 

If you have had a bad day, a one-upper has had the absolute worst day of their entire life and possibly the worst in recorded history. If you met a hot guy on vacation, the one-upper is dating Brad Pitt or 胡歌 or 霍建华 right now. The one-upper is the most obnoxious⁵ and hateable person you have ever met, but they are probably proud that they have one-upped everyone else you ever thought you hated.

 

Topic3-Enclosed Residential⁶ Communities to be Opened up in China?

 

Chinese central authorities have issued a guideline on urban development including strict regulation against bizarre and illegal buildings, and building a better public transportation system. But, what's caused controversy⁷ is the government wants to see roads within gated residential communities opened up and added to the public road system.

 

Topic4-Chinese Museum Becomes 2nd Most Popular in the World

 

Do you know what museum is most visited in China? The answer is the National Museum of China! According to a ranking of the "Top 20 most popular museums around the world", it is also the second most popular museum in the world. What makes a museum popular?

 

 

1 prescriptions   

药( prescription的名词复数 )； 处方； 开处方； 计划

参考例句：

• The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
• Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。

2 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

3 vying   

adj.竞争的；比赛的

参考例句：

• California is vying with other states to capture a piece of the growing communications market.为了在日渐扩大的通讯市场分得一杯羹，加利福尼亚正在和其他州展开竞争。
• Four rescue plans are vying to save the zoo.4个拯救动物园的方案正争得不可开交。

4 bucks   

n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 )；钱；（英国十九世纪初的）花花公子；（用于某些表达方式）责任v.（马等）猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 )；抵制；猛然震荡；马等尥起后蹄跳跃

参考例句：

• They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
• They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 obnoxious   

adj.极恼人的，讨人厌的，可憎的

参考例句：

• These fires produce really obnoxious fumes and smoke.这些火炉冒出来的烟气确实很难闻。
• He is the most obnoxious man I know.他是我认识的最可憎的人。

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

7 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。