英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0316 - 在办公室调情后果会怎样？

Topic1 72% worry about post-retirement expenses

 

A recent survey shows that nearly 72 percent admit that they worry about life post-retirement.

 

According to an online survey conducted by ePanel Inc, a market research and consulting organization, out of 2,200 respondents only 18.2 percent did not express worry about post-retirement life.

 

The rest 10 percent said it was difficult to comment on the issue.

 

Should they be worried?

 

Topic2 Luxury E-commerce Sites Not Doing Great

 

Fortunes have been made in various areas of the e-commerce sector¹ in China, but so far there has been less success with online sales of luxury goods.

 

Why is that?

 

Topic3 Zhi Nv Ai-Women Who Conforms to Their Gender² Roles

 

Now after Zhi Nan Ai, we have a similar new term named Zhi Nv Ai, or Straight Women Cancer, referring to women who deliberately³ conform to the traditional expectations of Chinese men--demure, domesticated⁴, and have no other goal in life other than to serve the needs of men.

 

Is it a problem?

 

Topic4 Can casual flirting⁵ help employees get ahead in the workplace?

 

Office flirting is a tricky⁶ thing. Done poorly, and you're seen as the office predator⁷ or b-i-t-c-h, but advocates of it say that platonic⁸ flirting can be an effective way of establishing rapport⁹ with colleagues.

 

Office flirting used to be frowned upon. Can it be a good thing?

1 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 domesticated   

adj.喜欢家庭生活的；（指动物）被驯养了的v.驯化( domesticate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole. 他精于家务，烹制的砂锅炖小鸡非常可口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass. 驴是非洲野驴的一种已驯化的品种。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 flirting   

v.调情，打情骂俏( flirt的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Don't take her too seriously; she's only flirting with you. 别把她太当真，她只不过是在和你调情罢了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• 'she's always flirting with that new fellow Tseng!" “她还同新来厂里那个姓曾的吊膀子！ 来自子夜部分

6 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

7 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。

8 platonic   

adj.精神的；柏拉图（哲学）的

参考例句：

• Their friendship is based on platonic love.他们的友情是基于柏拉图式的爱情。
• Can Platonic love really exist in real life?柏拉图式的爱情，在现实世界里到底可能吗？

9 rapport   

n.和睦，意见一致

参考例句：

• She has an excellent rapport with her staff.她跟她职员的关系非常融洽。
• We developed a high degree of trust and a considerable personal rapport.我们发展了高度的互相信任和不错的私人融洽关系。