英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1013 - 老爸啥都会修，老公呢？

 Topic1 Tourism, advertising¹ 'least trusted' industries in ChinaTrust is a heavy topic in Chinese society. A newly released report on China's social psychology² shows a general improvement in social trust, especially in government and media, but trust in some industries such as tourism and advertising was declining.

Is it surprising?

Topic2 Prohibition³ of Minimum Consumption in RestaurantsRecently the Ministry⁴ of Commerce released a management rule on the catering⁵ industry, banning restaurants from setting up "minimum consumption requirement". Restaurants are also encouraged to provide small dishes. The discussion of minimum consumption has been going on for a while. Why does the ministry release such a prohibition?

Topic3 New regulation for college teachersRecently, the Ministry of Education issued a new regulation on college teachers' ethics⁶. According to it, college teachers cannot harm the interests of the country, the schools and students, plagiarize⁷ other's academic achievements and impose sexual harassment⁸ to or have sexual relationship with students. People say that it was issued under the circumstance that many teachers violated professional ethics.

Why now?

Topic4 Beijing parks adopt noise bansTwo Beijing parks have adopted noise bans that don't allow group activities such as square dancing after 12 pm every day.

Management with the Jingshan Park and Beihai Park say park goers have been very cooperative and the results have been satisfying with noise levels within the parks dropping to 80 decibels⁹ recently from 90 last year.

The municipal park authority says the noise ban currently being piloted in the two parks might be promoted among other Beijing parks that suffer from noise pollution.

Is there a noise problem?

Topic5 Husbands not as Versatile¹⁰ as DadsMany girls see their dads as all rounders, as they can fix everything at home, including leaking pipes and burned-out lights. However, when the girls grow up and get married, some of them find their husbands are not as versatile as their dads.

Is it true?

1 advertising   

n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的

参考例句：

• Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
• The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。

2 psychology   

n.心理，心理学，心理状态

参考例句：

• She has a background in child psychology.她受过儿童心理学的教育。
• He studied philosophy and psychology at Cambridge.他在剑桥大学学习哲学和心理学。

3 prohibition   

n.禁止；禁令，禁律

参考例句：

• The prohibition against drunken driving will save many lives.禁止酒后开车将会减少许多死亡事故。
• They voted in favour of the prohibition of smoking in public areas.他们投票赞成禁止在公共场所吸烟。

4 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。

5 catering   

n. 给养

参考例句：

• Most of our work now involves catering for weddings. 我们现在的工作多半是承办婚宴。
• Who did the catering for your son's wedding? 你儿子的婚宴是由谁承办的？

6 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

7 plagiarize   

v.剽窃，抄袭（别人学说、著作）

参考例句：

• Never plagiarize your paper.课程论文千万不要抄袭。
• It's not a viable option to plagiarize someone else's work.剽窃他人作品的行为是不可取的。

8 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

9 decibels   

n.分贝( decibel的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The typical lawn mower makes about 90 decibels of noise. 典型的割草机发出的声响约为90分贝。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• A normal conversation reaches 55 decibels. 普通的谈话即可达55分贝。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 versatile   

adj.通用的，万用的；多才多艺的，多方面的

参考例句：

• A versatile person is often good at a number of different things.多才多艺的人通常擅长许多种不同的事情。
• He had been one of the game's most versatile athletes.他是这项运动中技术最全面的运动员之一。