英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1209 - 复旦投毒者该偿命吗？

 Topic1 Student who poisoned roommate faces 2nd trialA medical student at a prestigious¹ university in Shanghai stood second trial on Monday, ten months after being sentenced to death for murdering his roommate with poison in April of last year.

Lin Senhao, a postgraduate² from Fudan University, denied intentional³ homicide charges during the trial, held at Shanghai Higher People's Court.

The headline trial lasted for over 13 hours and ended on late Monday night. The court will announce a verdict soon.

Should he die for what he did?

Topic2 Beijing prioritizes conservation in urban planningBeijing's local authorities said the city has decided⁴ to prioritize the conservation of its historic landscape in the capital's urban planning.

Beijing is about to finish modifying its urban planning, and most government efforts have been spent on how to better conserve⁵ Beijing's historic landscape.

Huang Yan, director of the Beijing Municipal Commission of Urban Planning, said that, "Based on the new urban planning, Beijing will rebuild the layout with mountains and rivers surrounding the city. City construction has to blend in modern elements, but traditional culture must be kept and promoted."Is there a problem of the city's historical landscape disappearing?

Topic3 Chinese New Year's EveAn online poll showed that 70 percent of Chinese citizens were willing to change their Spring Festival holiday arrangements. According to current plans, many Chinese have to work on Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve-the time of family reunion.

Do you agree with starting the holiday from the Chinese Lunar New Year's Eve?

Topic4 Mother takes young son to female bathhouseA mother taking her 5-year-old son to a female bathhouse has angered another female customer so much that the latter went so far as to take a naked photo of the mother and posted it online.

Who is more at fault here, the mom who took her son to a female bath, or the customer who posted the naked photo (although blurred⁶ at important parts) online?

Topic5 A Huge "Disaster" for Selfiers Who Use Beautifying AppsSelfie-beautifying apps such as Meitu might be girls' favorite, as its make-up functions can make you look prettier in photos. You have have smooth white skin, a small face, large eyes, and slim body figure even you are nothing like these at all.

Recently, an app named Primo breaks those girls' dream. It is said that the app can remove all the beautifying functions in a second. Netizens call it as "a huge disaster for Selfiers." Some male netizens cheer that they will no longer be tricked by beautified photos.

Is it true?

1 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

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 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

4 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

5 conserve   

vt.保存，保护，节约，节省，守恒，不灭

参考例句：

• He writes on both sides of the sheet to conserve paper.他在纸张的两面都写字以节省用纸。
• Conserve your energy,you'll need it!保存你的精力，你会用得着的！

6 blurred   

v.（使）变模糊( blur的过去式和过去分词 )；（使）难以区分；模模糊糊；迷离

参考例句：

• She suffered from dizziness and blurred vision. 她饱受头晕目眩之苦。
• Their lazy, blurred voices fell pleasantly on his ears. 他们那种慢吞吞、含糊不清的声音在他听起来却很悦耳。 来自《简明英汉词典》