英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0312 - 有些人因为虚荣心留在北上广？

 Topic1 Leave or Stay?

In three to four months, college students are going to graduate and look for jobs. Nearly 10 million graduates choose to stay in big cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

NPC deputy and TV host Cao Kefan recently says some people choose to stay in big cities because of vanity.

Does what he says make sense?

Topic2 Zhong Nanshan criticizes medical reformZhong Nanshan, NPC deputy and respiratory physician, says China's medical reform has seen no breakthrough in the last four years and in fact things have become worse in some areas.

He recognizes that China's medical insurance now covers more people, which is progress. But he says this doesn't mean that the reform is totally successful. Does he have a point?

Topic3 Gaokao to undergo reformChina's Education Minister Yuan Guiren has recently told the media that the country's decades old National College Entrance Examination System, or Gaokao is going to test fewer subjects.

The ministry¹ is also mulling over other aspects of the reform such as university enrolment based on both the students' Gaokao scores and their general academic performances during high school.

The minister also said that English tests for Gaokao will be held more than once a year and the tests for arts and humanities disciplines will be unified².

What's the problem with the Gaokao?

Topic4 College Graduates Not Competent EnoughCui Xiangqun, a scientist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, says she doesn't see the difference between college graduates and post-secondary school students. She blames the declining students' qualities on China's university education.

This triggers heated debate on the quality of China's tertiary education.

Is there a declining of the quality of college graduates?

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 unified   

(unify 的过去式和过去分词)； 统一的； 统一标准的； 一元化的

参考例句：

• The teacher unified the answer of her pupil with hers. 老师核对了学生的答案。
• The First Emperor of Qin unified China in 221 B.C. 秦始皇于公元前221年统一中国。