英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0313 - 幼儿园为何私自喂幼儿处方药？

 Topic1 Kindergarten Feeds Kids Drugs Without Telling ParentsYesterday, a kindergarten in Xi'an is closed after parents disclosed the school has long been administering antiviral drugs to children.

Why the kindergarten let the healthy kid take the drug? Who should be responsible?

What happened exactly?

Topic2 Surgery Accident InsuranceSeveral hospitals in Beijing are trying to promote accident insurances for the patients who will have a surgery. The aim is to ease the tension between doctors and patients.

Is there a need for such kind of insurance?

Topic3 Cost of Marriage RankingA little heads-up for our single male listeners—no matter if you plan to get married or not, you'd better start saving money now.

A recent report reveals that in big cities, the cost of taking a wife is more than 1 million yuan. Can you afford it?

Is it that expensive?

Topic4 China Gives the Go-ahead for Private BanksShang Fulin, chairman of the China Banking¹ Regulatory Commission, says on Tuesday that ten companies including Internet giants Alibaba and Tencent have been picked to invest in China's first five privately² owned banks.

Shang says the planned banks, part of sweeping³ reform plans announced last year, will be expected to operate independently and according to market principles. He gave no timetable for when they would open or details of their intended size.

Private capital only accounts for 10% of total capital of mid⁴ and big banks. The figure is as high as 50% in small sized banks and 90% in rural small sized finance institutions.

Are private banks really coming? How big is the will to allow market forces into the banking sector⁵?

Topic5 Political advisor⁶ dispenses⁷ with government adviceA political advisor to the national legislature has criticized excessive government intervention⁸ by saying "if the government encourages farmers to raise pigs, then chickens must be the better choice."Yue Hongfu, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the comment in favor of market forces as the better motor for creating economic growth.

Yue argues the government is poor at picking up market signals, and making mistakes is inevitable⁹ when officials decide to intervene in the economy.

Does it make sense when farmers don't follow government directions?

Topic6 Worst Song LyricsNow "the crappiest lyrics¹⁰ I've ever heard" has become a hot topic on weibo. More than 34,000 net users joined the heated discussion and recommend bad songs for each other.

What are the crappiest lyrics that you've ever heard?

1 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

2 privately   

adv.以私人的身份，悄悄地，私下地

参考例句：

• Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise.一些部长私下承认失业率可能继续升高。
• The man privately admits that his motive is profits.那人私下承认他的动机是为了牟利。

3 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

4 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

5 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。

6 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

7 dispenses   

v.分配，分与；分配( dispense的第三人称单数 )；施与；配（药）

参考例句：

• The machine dispenses a range of drinks and snacks. 这台机器发售各种饮料和小吃。
• This machine dispenses coffee. 这台机器发售咖啡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

9 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

10 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。