英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0503 - 农村儿童变胖都怪垃圾食品

 Topic 1-China Releases Family Wealth Report

 

Chinese Family Wealth Survey of 2015 looks at the situation of Chinese household wealth. The net value of property remained the most important part of most families’ wealth, taking up 65.6% of the per capita wealth. What does the report say? Why is that?

 

Topic 2-Junk food is fattening¹ rural Chinese children: study

 

A new study has spotted² an explosion of fat children in rural China. Researchers are blaming the Western-style diet high in sugar and carbohydrates³ as the main culprit to the problem. How serious is the problem and what should we do to stop the trend?

 

Topic 3-Regulator pushes for removal of domestic roaming fees

 

China's telecom regulator says it will push telecom service providers to waive⁴ domestic roaming charges for long-distance mobile phone calls. This is a fee that has received wide criticism, but remains⁵ a key source of revenue for the "Big Three" telecom companies.

 

 

1 fattening   

adj.（食物）要使人发胖的v.喂肥( fatten的现在分词 )；养肥（牲畜）；使（钱）增多；使（公司）升值

参考例句：

• The doctor has advised him to keep off fattening food. 医生已建议他不要吃致肥食物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• We substitute margarine for cream because cream is fattening. 我们用人造黄油代替奶油，因为奶油会使人发胖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

3 carbohydrates   

n.碳水化合物，糖类( carbohydrate的名词复数 )；淀粉质或糖类食物

参考例句：

• The plant uses the carbohydrates to make cellulose. 植物用碳水化合物制造纤维素。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All carbohydrates originate from plants. 所有的碳水化合物均来自植物。 来自辞典例句

4 waive   

vt.放弃，不坚持(规定、要求、权力等)

参考例句：

• I'll record to our habitat office waive our claim immediately.我立即写信给咱们的总公司提出放弃索赔。
• In view of the unusual circumstances,they agree to waive their requirement.鉴于特殊情况，他们同意放弃他们的要求。

5 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。