英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0318 - 广州弃婴岛暂停

 Topic1 Useless Official Property Declaration SystemA year ago, Nansha District of Guangzhou started a property publicity¹ pilot as a measure to deter² and clean corruption³.

Recently Professor Lin Zhe of Party School of the Central Committee of CPC criticized that domestic experiments so far have proved to be useless or even an accessory to corruption.

Lin says in recent years, none corruption related crime is discovered under the help of the official property declaration system.

Are there problems with the current experiments on official property declaration?

Topic2 Guangzhou Halts Operation of Baby IslandsAfter 50 days of opening, the first baby hatch or so-called "abandoned Baby Island" in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has stopped operation for a while.

The reason is said to be due to an overwhelming number of abandoned babies that welfare organizations need to handle. It's the first baby hatch among the 30-plus such projects nationwide to stop receiving abandoned babies.

It's unknown when the facility will open again.

Is there good enough reason to stop operating the baby island?

Topic3 Roles of Security GuardsA short video entitled "Security Guards in the Forbidden City beat up female tourist" caught public attention. Many web users are shocked by the news and call for criminal punishment on these security guards.

Later the whole security guards bullying⁴ tourists thing turns out to be fake news, but it still arouses public debate on what role a park security guard should play and what security guard could do to drunk, violent and aggressive violators.

Is there a debate with the power of security guards? What's the power of security guards?

Topic4 Blacklist of Companies Who Refuse to Honor Court-ordered PaymentsLast week, the website of People's Daily launches a ranking list of people who refuse to honor court-ordered payments. In other words, it offers details of long-time defaulters, known as laolai in Chinese, throughout the whole country.

What does this list tell us? Is defaulting a big problem?

Topic5 NPC deputy suggest amendment⁵ on crime of corruption30 NPC deputies jointly⁶ handed in a motion on amending⁷ the criminal law concerning corruption.

Is there a current problem?

Topic6 Kungfu Becomes Compulsory⁸ Class in Jiangsu SchoolsMany Chinese dream of being a kung fu master when they were young. Now, the small kids in Jiangsu are one step closer to that dream, since the local educational department issues a regulation, stipulating⁹ that kung fu should be a compulsory content in their PE courses.

1 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

2 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 bullying   

v.恐吓，威逼( bully的现在分词 )；豪；跋扈

参考例句：

• Many cases of bullying go unreported . 很多恐吓案件都没有人告发。
• All cases of bullying will be severely dealt with. 所有以大欺小的情况都将受到严肃处理。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

6 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

7 amending   

改良，修改，修订( amend的现在分词 )； 改良，修改，修订( amend的第三人称单数 )( amends的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Amending acts in 1933,1934, and 1935 attempted to help honest debtors rehabilitate themselves. 一九三三年，一九三四年和一九三五年通过的修正案是为了帮助诚实的债务人恢复自己的地位。
• Two ways were used about the error-amending of contour curve. 采用两种方法对凸轮轮廓曲线进行了修正。

8 compulsory   

n.强制的，必修的；规定的，义务的

参考例句：

• Is English a compulsory subject?英语是必修课吗？
• Compulsory schooling ends at sixteen.义务教育至16岁为止。

9 stipulating   

v.（尤指在协议或建议中）规定，约定，讲明（条件等）( stipulate的现在分词 )；规定，明确要求

参考例句：

• Shall we first sign a barter trade agreement stipulating the general terms and conditions? 我们先签一个易货贸易协议，规定一般性条款，行吗？ 来自互联网
• The other firm are stipulating for and early exchange of information regarding the contract. 作为协议条件，另一家公司坚持要求早日交换有关合同的信息。 来自互联网