英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0818 - 小三劝退师有用吗？

 Topic1 Is Forced Donation against Moral ethics¹?

After the massive Tianjin warehouse² explosions, several celebrities³ have donated money to the victims and their families. Many netizens left messages on the weibo account of Jack⁴ Ma, executive chairman of Alibaba Group, asking him to donate. Is it right to force someone to donate money while ignoring his willingness?

Topic2 Life survey of white-collarsWhite-collars are usually believed to have comfortable working environments. However, a recent survey by Zhaopin.com, a Chinese recruitment services website, proved that is not true. Unsatisfactory working environment, too many meetings and lack of exercise are the main problems they suffer.

What's going on?

Topic3 Mistress DissuadersRecent media reports have revealed that a new career nicknamed "mistress dissuader⁵" can charge quite a high price for saving a marriage. What's a mistress dissuader? And what do they do to save a marriage?

Topic4 Zhejiang University's freshmen⁶ encounter 'astounding⁷' test againDry noodles or wet noodles, which takes more time to cook? Who stars in the British film "Imitation Game"? Would you be bummed⁸ to get these questions in a test? 244 freshmen that have already enrolled⁹ to Zhejiang University encountered these unusual questions in a test which decides their fate to enter the best college in the university or not.

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

3 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

4 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

5 dissuader   

劝阻； 劝止； 劝戒

参考例句：

• I tried to dissuade him from giving up his job. 我劝过他，让他不要放弃自己的工作。
• I tried to dissuade her from getting married. 我曾劝阻过她别结婚。

6 freshmen   

n.（中学或大学的）一年级学生( freshman的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• We are freshmen and they are sophomores. 我们是一年级学生，他们是二年级学生。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• University freshmen get lots of razzing, but they like the initiation. 大一新生受各种嘲弄，但是他们对这种入门经验甘之如饴。 来自辞典例句

7 astounding   

adj.使人震惊的vt.使震惊，使大吃一惊astound的现在分词)

参考例句：

• There was an astounding 20% increase in sales. 销售量惊人地增加了20%。
• The Chairman's remarks were so astounding that the audience listened to him with bated breath. 主席说的话令人吃惊，所以听众都屏息听他说。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 bummed   

失望的，沮丧的

参考例句：

• I was really bummed out that there were no tickets left. 没有票了，我非常恼火。
• I didn't do anything last summer; I just bummed around. 去年夏天我游手好闲，什么正经事也没做。

9 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》