英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0315 - 网络慈善能否放心捐

Topic1- 80% of “laolai” still default: Supreme¹ Court

 

Chinese people are afraid of losing face. But for some defaulters or “laolai”(老赖) in Chinese, it is not the case. According to recent statistics from the Supreme Court, 80% of “laolai” have failed to honor court-ordered payments. Why can they still default?

 

Topic2- Worldwide Cost of Living 2015

 

According to the Economist² Intelligence Unit's latest worldwide cost of living survey，Singapore remains³ the world's most expensive city. Hong Kong, together with Zurich, took 2nd place. Shanghai ranks No. 11, and is still the most expensive city on the Chinese mainland. What other interesting findings are revealed by the survey?

 

Topic3- How to use donated money properly?

 

Recently, a netizen’s pictures about his overseas trip posted on WeChat’s friends circle has aroused heated public debate, as people think that he used donation that has been collected to save his daughter’s life for recreational purposes. Are people too quick to judge? Or is it all right for them to question where the money goes?

 

Topic4-10 Weird⁴ Things That Urban People Do

 

An online post has pointed⁵ out ten things that urban people do but rural people find silly. What are these things? Why do urban people do these things? And why rural people cannot understand?

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

3 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

4 weird   

adj.古怪的，离奇的；怪诞的，神秘而可怕的

参考例句：

• From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
• His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。

5 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。