英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1009 -广场舞大妈“攻占”南京路

 Topic1 Car rental¹ business takes off as holiday travelers choose drivingThe Chinese National Day holiday has seen a boom in the car rental sector² as more travelers preferred driving a car while sightseeing.

Leading car rental companies are also getting listed on Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges and a P2P car rental website, uuzuche.com, has secured a venture capital investment of more than 10 million US dollars.

Are all these a vote of confidence for the development of car rental business in China?

Topic2 Local specialties³ not special after allChinese travelers have long before found that souvenirs and local special products sold at some tourist sites tend to be similar, and in certain cases, exactly the same.

They are caught in a dilemma⁴ of whether to buy them or not to give their dear ones as gifts after traveling to a place.

Is there a problem?

Topic3 Iphone 6 craze in the Chinese MainlandSince Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus were released globally and yet to be sold on the Chinese mainland, increasing number of Chinese people are seen at Apple stores in almost every big city abroad, Hong Kong, New York and Tokyo. The Chinese craze for new iPhone is still rising despite netizens' criticism of the new phones.

How big is the craze?

Topic4 Diabetic primate⁵ in Beijing zooWith so many tourists visiting Beijing zoo during the National Day holiday, animal feeding by visitors becomes quite common in these days. The food from tourists is not properly chosen and causes diabetes⁶ in many animals.

Should this have happened?

Topic5 Square dance on the Nanjing RoadDuring the National Day holiday, even though there were thousands of tourists, Shanghai dama still did their routine square dance on the Nanjing Road. Some people think this is special scenery, but others question that public dance occupies too much public space and affects social order.

What do you think of the square dance on the busiest street in Shanghai?

Is it a problem?

1 rental   

n.租赁，出租，出租业

参考例句：

• The yearly rental of her house is 2400 yuan.她这房子年租金是2400元。
• We can organise car rental from Chicago O'Hare Airport.我们可以安排提供从芝加哥奥黑尔机场出发的租车服务。

2 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。

3 specialties   

n.专门，特性，特别；专业( specialty的名词复数 )；特性；特制品；盖印的契约

参考例句：

• Great Books are popular, not pedantic. They are not written by specialists about specialties for specialists. 名著绝不引经据典，艰深难懂，而是通俗易读。它们不是专家为专业人员撰写的专业书籍。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 文学
• Brain drains may represent a substantial reduction in some labor force skills and specialties. 智力外流可能表示某种劳动力技能和特长大量减少。 来自辞典例句

4 dilemma   

n.困境，进退两难的局面

参考例句：

• I am on the horns of a dilemma about the matter.这件事使我进退两难。
• He was thrown into a dilemma.他陷入困境。

5 primate   

n.灵长类（目）动物，首席主教；adj.首要的

参考例句：

• 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
• The woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the Americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。

6 diabetes   

n.糖尿病

参考例句：

• In case of diabetes, physicians advise against the use of sugar.对于糖尿病患者，医生告诫他们不要吃糖。
• Diabetes is caused by a fault in the insulin production of the body.糖尿病是由体內胰岛素分泌失调引起的。