英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1103 - 经济适用男女新标准，你符合吗？

 Topic1 Chinese Food in Japan Safer Than Japanese Food, Says Japanese WriterIn many Japanese people's opinion, Chinese foods are always paired with words such as polluted and dangerous. However, recently an economic writer named Tachibana Akir puts forward a different view and says Chinese foods are actually safer than Japanese foods.

What does she mean when she said Chinese food is safer?

Topic2 Alibaba Rebrands Travel Unit Amid Online Tourism PushTo battle for dominance in the fast-growing online travel market, Alibaba is rebranding its Taobao Travel division as an individual unit called Alitrip, or Qu A (去啊).

Its promotional ad goes like this, "it doesn't matter where you go, just go!" and the ad itself has started a big stir in the advertising¹ circle.

First, the ad. People are talking about it heatedly. Is it just a publicity² stunt³?

Topic3 Chinese people need to come forward more according to surveyA survey of more than 5,000 respondents shows that nearly 80% of them believe there is a need for the Chinese people to come forward instead of doing or saying nothing before somebody else does.

Yet 55% of the respondents say few people are willing to do that partly due to the mentality⁴ thinking "birds that come forward will be shot first."Is there a problem of not many people coming forward in China?

Topic4 The 2014 standard for a budget husband/wifeWith the popularization of the word "经济适用男", which refers to "a budget husband", netizens seem interested in updating the standards for "a budget husband/wife" regularly based on changes in social and economic environment. The 2014 version of the standard has just come out.

What's new?

Topic5 Man tries to start a mistress match businessA man in Xiamen is trying to start a business that aims to find mistresses for rich merchants. He has already matched up 4 mistresses with merchants so far.

Is his business idea running against the law?

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 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。

3 stunt   

n.惊人表演，绝技，特技；vt.阻碍...发育，妨碍...生长

参考例句：

• Lack of the right food may stunt growth.缺乏适当的食物会阻碍发育。
• Right up there is where the big stunt is taking place.那边将会有惊人的表演。

4 mentality   

n.心理，思想，脑力

参考例句：

• He has many years'experience of the criminal mentality.他研究犯罪心理有多年经验。
• Running a business requires a very different mentality from being a salaried employee.经营企业所要求具备的心态和上班族的心态截然不同。