英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0107 - 土豆君变主食了，该怎么吃？

 Topic1 Falling prices force farmers to dump milkAn increasing number of cow keepers in China are deciding to discard the milk they collect and close business, as raw milk procurement¹ price keeps diving amid rising cost and competition from import.

What should be done?

Topic2 China adds potatoes as a food stapleIn the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: the potato.

The Ministry³ of Agriculture announced the potato will soon be the Chinese people's latest staple² after rice, wheat and corn.

Why should it become a staple food in China?

Topic3 Letting price decided⁴ by marketFrom Nov, 2014, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), with other departments removed control on pricing of 24 commodities and services and decentralized one pricing right to provincial⁵ authorities.

What will be achieved through new pricing regimes?

Topic4 Is Female Drivers More Dangerous?

A female driver in Wuhan hit her neighbor to death when driving her new car in the community to show off. This is not the first accident caused by green-handed female driver. Last year, a surveillance video showed a female driver was thrown out of her car while reversing and was killed by her own car. Is female driver really more dangerous?

Are female drivers more dangerous?

Topic5 French girl marries Chinese guy for love, not moneyWhen it's a popular public belief in China that a man needs to be able to afford an apartment before getting married, a French girl who marries a Chinese guy says all she wants from the man is love.

Should you marry for Love, and not money in China?

Is this marriage an exception, a challenge to Chinese traditions?

1 procurement   

n.采购；获得

参考例句：

• He is in charge of the procurement of materials.他负责物资的采购。
• More and more,human food procurement came to have a dominant effect on their evolution.人类获取食物愈来愈显著地影响到人类的进化。

2 staple   

n.主要产物，常用品，主要要素，原料，订书钉，钩环；adj.主要的，重要的；vt.分类

参考例句：

• Tea is the staple crop here.本地产品以茶叶为大宗。
• Potatoes are the staple of their diet.土豆是他们的主要食品。

3 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。

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 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。