英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0224 - 对口型假唱可以吗？

 Topic1 Chinese firms face trust deficitAn international survey has found that Chinese companies are consistently less trusted than companies headquartered in the developed nations.

The trust deficit¹ is now a major hurdle² for the growing number of Chinese enterprises looking to "go global".

How bad is the trust discount?

Topic2 Car Rental³ Industry in ChinaChina's car rental sector⁴ is set to boom, according to a recent survey conducted by Chinese consulting firm Zero Power Intelligence.

The Shenzhen-based company predicted that market demand for rental cars in China would rise exponentially over the next five years.

Is this a growing market? Why?

Topic3 ID Photos UglyMy ID photo is too ugly to help the airport security guards recognize me. This is a complaint from a college student recently. His words are echoed by many net users.

However, according to a police officer, it is very unlikely for them to make citizens prettier on their ID photos.

Is it no surprising to you that ID photos usually don't compliment people's appearance?

Topic4 Internet addicts⁶ rehab centerMrs. Huang is mother of a 14 year old girl who is addicted⁷ to the internet. In order to help her daughter quit, she sent her to the Beijing Zhong He Education Center which claims itself to be a professional internet addict⁵ rehab center.

However, her daughter's syndrome⁸ became worse after returning from the center. Mrs. Huang sued the center and the court ruled that the Center should return 8,000 yuan tuition fee to Mrs. Huang.

The case drew people's attention to these internet addiction⁹ correction centers. Are there problems with the center?

Topic5 Is collective punishment good in schools?

A parent in Nanjing recently complained that in his son's elementary school, all students in the same team would be required to copy textbooks as punishment if one of team members failed to finish homework on time. This arouses public controversy¹⁰ on whether collective punishment should be adopted in classrooms.

Is collective punishment common in schools? And moreover is it OK?

Topic6 Lip SynchingRecently, singer Da Zhang Wei admitted to lip synching on the CCTV's Spring Festival Gala when performing his new song Bei Er Shuang.

Da Zhang Wei also tried to justify¹¹ himself by saying the gala was not a commercial performance, so he was not paid to sing. Does his explanation make sense?

1 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

2 hurdle   

n.跳栏，栏架；障碍，困难；vi.进行跨栏赛

参考例句：

• The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready.天气将会是最大的障碍，所以我必须要作好准备。
• She clocked 11.6 seconds for the 80 metre hurdle.八十米跳栏赛跑她跑了十一秒六。

3 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

4 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

5 addict   

v.使沉溺；使上瘾；n.沉溺于不良嗜好的人

参考例句：

• He became gambling addict,and lost all his possessions.他习染上了赌博，最终输掉了全部家产。
• He assisted a drug addict to escape from drug but failed firstly.一开始他帮助一个吸毒者戒毒但失败了。

6 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

7 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

8 syndrome   

n.综合病症；并存特性

参考例句：

• The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
• Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。

9 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

10 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

11 justify   

vt.证明…正当(或有理)，为…辩护

参考例句：

• He tried to justify his absence with lame excuses.他想用站不住脚的借口为自己的缺席辩解。
• Can you justify your rude behavior to me?你能向我证明你的粗野行为是有道理的吗？