英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0620 - 高考完咋花钱？

Topic 1-Officials Participate in TV Reality Shows

 

Recently, a TV reality show starring Shanxi government officials has been aired on local TV. Officials pull out all the stops in order to promote their cities and compete with government officials for the top title.

 

The reality show is said to be very different from officials doing work report or being questioned.

 

Is it a good thing to have officials on an entertainment show?

 

Topic 2-Post-gaokao Economy Booming in China

 

Travel agencies, driving schools and cram¹ schools are seeing a boom in business, every year after the National College Entrance Examination or Gaokao. Why is that?

 

Topic 3-Working Overtime²

 

According to Labor³ Law of the People's Republic of China, laborers⁴ shall not work for more than 8 hours a day or 44 hours a week on average. How many hours do you work everyday?

 

Are you working more than 8 hours a day? 

1 cram   

v.填塞，塞满，临时抱佛脚，为考试而学习

参考例句：

• There was such a cram in the church.教堂里拥挤得要命。
• The room's full,we can't cram any more people in.屋里满满的，再也挤不进去人了。

2 overtime   

adj.超时的，加班的；adv.加班地

参考例句：

• They are working overtime to finish the work.为了完成任务他们正在加班加点地工作。
• He was paid for the overtime he worked.他领到了加班费。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 laborers   

n.体力劳动者，工人( laborer的名词复数 )；（熟练工人的）辅助工

参考例句：

• Laborers were trained to handle 50-ton compactors and giant cranes. 工人们接受操作五十吨压土机和巨型起重机的训练。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Wage-labour rests exclusively on competition between the laborers. 雇佣劳动完全是建立在工人的自相竞争之上的。 来自英汉非文学 - 共产党宣言