英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0714 - 校车之殇

 Topic1 World Cup RoundupToday we are joined by Scott Tu, FIFA and AFC Match Commissioner¹ and our sports editor, Michael Fox, to talk about the just finished 2014 World Cup. Just this morning, Beijing time, Germany beat Argentina in extra time 1-0. What do you guys think of the outcome? Were you surprised?

Topic2 BOC Money Laundering² AllegationsThe People's Bank of China has now said that they are looking into allegations by China Central Television that the Bank of China, China's 4th largest lender, has been laundering money offshore³ for their clients.

What exactly are CCTV's allegations?

Topic3 Is there a way to prevent school bus accidents in China?

An initial investigation⁴ has suggested that overloading⁵ and use of an unauthorized route are the likely causes of a fatal kindergarten bus accident in central China's Hunan Province on Thursday.

Eight kindergarten students, as well as the driver and two teachers, were killed. Raising the question, why is this happening again?

Is history repeating?

Topic4 Celebrites as visiting professors in college classroomGuo Jingming, the famous Chinese young-adult fiction writer and businessperson, has been appointed visiting professor at Shanghai University, making headline news about this controversial figure, again.

Why so much controversy⁶?

1 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

2 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 offshore   

adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面

参考例句：

• A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
• A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 overloading   

过载，超载，过负载

参考例句：

• Enables multiple users to search the site without overloading the server. 使多个用户搜索网站，而无需超载的服务器上。
• The driver got stripped down again for overloading his trunk. 那位卡车司机因为超载又受到责备。

6 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。