英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0629 - 大妈露天热石Spa

Topic 1-Chinese Craze of Buying Housing in Foreign Countries

 

The Chinese has become the largest foreign buyers of US homes in 2015, as they pour billions into American housing market, seeking safe offshore¹ assets. Britain, Australia, and Canada also have a huge surge of Chinese buyers of real estate property.

 

Topic 2-How to Get Compensation from Cheating Crowd-funding

 

Some backers of a cherry crowd funding project on Taobao claimed that they've been cheated by the creator, as they did not get what was promised to them.

 

How can people protect their rights if the crowd-funding project goes wrong?

 

Topic 3-Dama on Hot Rocks

 

This summer, the hottest new trend in Xi'an, located in the northwest of China among middle-aged² and elderly ladies is to lie on hot rocks in order to restore your health. In the city, wherever there is a big rock, a few old ladies can be spotted³ leaning against it, lying on top of it or even hugging it under the blazing sun.    

1 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

2 middle-aged   

adj.中年的

参考例句：

• I noticed two middle-aged passengers.我注意到两个中年乘客。
• The new skin balm was welcome by middle-aged women.这种新护肤香膏受到了中年妇女的欢迎。

3 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。