英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0627 - 老人乘车不免票！

Topic 1-Illegal Blood Selling Industry

 

The illegal blood selling industry chain is becoming more difficult to crack down, thanks to the prevalence¹ of communication apps such as QQ and wechat which makes illegal blood sale more covert².

 

Topic 2-Shanghai to Stop Free Bus Ride Service for Elderly

 

Starting from last Sunday, elderly people in Shanghai could not use their senior citizen card to take free bus ride in the city. Why is the policy? Is it a reasonable decision?

 

Topic 3-Weird³ Company Regulations

 

Every company has its own regulations, even some weird ones. A market executive⁴ of a recent job fair in Chongqing has pointed⁵ out that nearly 30% of job hoppers quit their former job because they can no longer bear such weird regulations.     

1 prevalence   

n. 流行，盛行

参考例句：

• They were very surprised by the prevalence of anti-government sentiments. 他们对普遍存在的反政府情绪感到很吃惊。
• Thus, the prevalence of the disease'should be significantly reduced" by the new regulation. 所以，这种棉屑病应该通过落实新规章而“大大的减少”。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

2 covert   

adj.隐藏的；暗地里的

参考例句：

• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
• The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。

3 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。

4 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

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。