英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0812 - 爱她就要给她......

Topic 1-Crowd Funding Coffee Shops Closed down One after Another

 

Once the most fashionable thing in the investment circle was to crowdfund a coffee shop, but in the last 2 years, we've seen a series of closedowns of these cafes. The most recent and prominent example is 克拉café in Shenzhen has closed its doors.

 

What went wrong? Did the entrepreneurs make bad business decisions? Or is the crowdfunding business model inherently flawed?

 

Topic 2-70 Percent of Married Men Surrender Their Payrolls¹ to Wives

 

A recent survey found that 70 percent of married men willingly surrender their payrolls to their wives. Are families happier when the woman is in charge of family coffers?

 

Topic 3-Laughing at Our Parents: When Did That Become OK?

 

Recently, there was a report heavily circulated online: "Stuff your mom bought to decorate the house yet you just can't appreciate them." The response from the younger generation is mocking mom and dad's taste. Since when did it become okay to laugh at our parents?                       

1 payrolls   

n.（公司员工的）工资名单( payroll的名词复数 )；（公司的）工资总支出，工薪总额

参考例句：

• Indices of employment, payrolls, and production steadied in February 1931931年2月，就业、工资额和生产指数稳定。 来自辞典例句
• Wall Street responded to the payrolls figures with gusto. 华尔街对就业数据作出了积极的反应。 来自互联网