英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0520 - 美国读高中，不像传说那么美

 Topic 1: China's Fake¹ UrbanizationAn article on Sohu Business titled "China's Fake Urbanization" has recently attracted a lot of attention from inside and outside China. It claims that while the urban-to-rural ratio went past 50% in 2012, many of these residents are still treated as second class citizens.

What is Urbanization?

Topic 2: English will not quit GaokaoThe college entrance examination: the bane of every high school student who ever wished to have a normal childhood. However, after much noise from the central and local governments, it does seem that China examination environment is set to change…. That is, at least according to one academic.

At a conference on Saturday, Gu Mingyuan, chairman of the Chinese Society of Education, said that by 2017 English will not be a part of the gaokao.

Why do you think people don't want English as part of the gaokao?

Topic 3: Community Service for the ElderlyChaoyang District here in Beijing is going to start offering community service for older people over the next three months. By calling community service center hotline 96156, senior people will get help with cooking, laundry, chores, grocery purchase or someone to talk to.

Do we need something like this?

Topic 4: Chinese people's misconception about the US high school educationIt used to be that Chinese parents wanted to send their kids abroad for postgraduate² degrees. Then it became undergraduate. Now, more and more parents seek to send their children to high school and even earlier. However, it seems that, according to former Peking University Dean³, many parents choose the US based on misconceptions of the US academic environment.

Why do parents want to send their kids to the US for high school or earlier?

Topic 5: Lanzhou Parking Management ProblemsEarlier this month, Lanzhou government asked that all the parking spaces in the city to be registered and put on official record. This aims to regulate⁴ the management of these parking spaces and bring them under official city management.

How serious are the parking problems in the city?

Topic 6: Nurses dressed up as flight attendantsA hospital in Jiangsu Province has taken it upon themselves to dress their nurses up like flight attendants⁶, in a bid to improve the hospital's service.

As it turns out, it's not all its nurses, but a carefully selected group of 12 nurses have undergone professional training to be a flight attendant⁵.

Is there a problem? Do nurses need to provide better service?

1 fake   

vt.伪造，造假，假装；n.假货，赝品

参考例句：

• He can tell a fake from the original.他能分辨出赝品和真品。
• You can easily fake up an excuse to avoid going out with him.你可以很容易地编造一个借口而不与他一同外出。

2 postgraduate   

adj.大学毕业后的，大学研究院的；n.研究生

参考例句：

• I didn't put down that I had postgraduate degree.我没有写上我有硕士学位。
• After college,Mary hopes to do postgraduate work in law school.大学毕业后， 玛丽想在法学院从事研究工作。

3 Dean   

n.(大学)院长，系主任，教务长

参考例句：

• The students much like the new dean.学生们很喜欢这位新系主任。
• Who is the dean of the Foreign Languages Department?外语系主任是谁？

4 regulate   

vt.管理，控制，调节，调校，调整

参考例句：

• This system can regulate the temperature of the room.这种系统能调节室内温度。
• They regulate the flow of water by the sluice gate.他们用水闸门控制水的流量。

5 attendant   

n.随从，跟班，出席者，服务员；adj.伴随的，出席的，注意的，在场的

参考例句：

• She was interrupted by the entrance of an attendant.服务员进来，打断了她的话。
• We met the officer attendant on the general.我们见到了随从将军的副官。

6 attendants   

n.服务人员( attendant的名词复数 )；侍者；随从；伴随物

参考例句：

• Other flight attendants and passengers are believed to have fought. 我们相信其他服务人员及乘客也都进行了斗争。 来自时文部分
• Psyche gave ear to the admonitions of her vocal attendants. 普绪喀听从这些有声无形的外人的意见。 来自辞典例句