英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1211 - 逢青春，必堕胎？

 Topic1 New suggestions for traffic congestion¹ in BeijingIn the recent Legal Advice for Alleviating² Traffic Congestion in Beijing, experts put forward five suggestions, in which the right of way for pedestrians³ and riders is the newly proposed one.

Do you think the new measures can ease traffic congestion in Beijing?

Topic2 Air quality assessment⁴ methods in ShandongRecently, the Qingdao municipal government got a 3.32 million yuan award for air quality improvement within this year. According to the Shandong Province Air Quality Assessment Methods, cities with air quality improving will get an award from the Provincial⁵ Government and most cities got it.

Do you think it's an effective way to improve air quality in China?

Topic3 Job hopping⁶ up, pay rises likely to be slowerRecruitment portal 51job.com said in a recent report that, job hopping rose in 2014 as companies face challenges to their business, and the not-so-good news is that salaries are expected to rise more slowly next year.

Should we care? What does the report say?

Topic4 Abortion⁷ in youth moviesYouth movies are becoming popular recently as they either appeal to young audience or awaken⁸ the nostalgia⁹ in many 30-year-olds. However, plots about abortion seem to be a must in these movies. People are questioning that whether this could mislead the young people today.

Do you think youth movies should feature too much abortion?

1 congestion   

n.阻塞，消化不良

参考例句：

• The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
• Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。

2 alleviating   

减轻，缓解，缓和( alleviate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• If it's alleviating pain,who knows what else it's doing? 如果它减轻了疼痛，天知道还影响什么？
• Measuring poverty is not the same as alleviating it, of course. 当然，衡量贫困和减轻贫困是截然不同的。

3 pedestrians   

n.步行者( pedestrian的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Several pedestrians had come to grief on the icy pavement. 几个行人在结冰的人行道上滑倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Pedestrians keep to the sidewalk [footpath]! 行人走便道。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？

5 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

6 hopping   

n. 跳跃 动词hop的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The clubs in town are really hopping. 城里的俱乐部真够热闹的。
• I'm hopping over to Paris for the weekend. 我要去巴黎度周末。

7 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

8 awaken   

vi.醒，觉醒；vt.唤醒，使觉醒，唤起，激起

参考例句：

• Old people awaken early in the morning.老年人早晨醒得早。
• Please awaken me at six.请于六点叫醒我。

9 nostalgia   

n.怀乡病，留恋过去，怀旧

参考例句：

• He might be influenced by nostalgia for his happy youth.也许是对年轻时幸福时光的怀恋影响了他。
• I was filled with nostalgia by hearing my favourite old song.我听到这首喜爱的旧歌，心中充满了怀旧之情。