英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0413 - 学霸专属自习室

 Topic1 Old-Age Care for Single-Child FamiliesChina will explore a new method to share the responsibility of elderly care for single-child families as it seeks to tackle the swelling¹ senior population, according to a Health News report.

In attempt to ease the high pressure faced by the single-child generation, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) will launch a pilot program that seeks to pool trained personnel who can provide community health services.

Nursing, health care, companion and first-aid services will be provided with a priority for single-child families with financial difficulties and bed-bound seniors.

Do we have a big problem of old-age care for people with single children?

Topic2 Special classrooms for outstanding studentsStudents at Central China Normal University have recently found that two self-study rooms that used to open for everybody now are only available for top notch² students.

Why does the university do this?

Topic3 Chinese more rational toward Olympic golds: surveyAn online survey conducted by the newspaper China Youth Daily has found Chinese are less fanatical about Olympic gold medals, with nearly 95 percent of respondents saying it would be OK for China to get fewer golds or fall in the medal tally³ during future Olympic Games.

What does the survey tell us? Are people's attitudes changing?

Topic4 Unrecognizable WritingRecently, 7 doctors in Ningbo got their salaries deducted⁴ because of their unclear writing on prescriptions⁵.

It is a common problem in China or even around the world that doctors' writings are Greek to its patients.

So is it a good thing that Ningbo hospitals start to fix the problem?

Topic5 Is a child's intelligence inherited primarily from his or her mother?

Apparently⁶, how smart you are is inherited. And we get it from our moms.

Many in China are pondering this statement after a short Sina Weibo article went viral. It asserts that a mother's genetic⁷ makeup⁸ had three times as much influence in determining a child's intelligence as a father's.

Is it true?

1 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

2 notch   

n.(V字形)槽口，缺口，等级

参考例句：

• The peanuts they grow are top-notch.他们种的花生是拔尖的。
• He cut a notch in the stick with a sharp knife.他用利刃在棒上刻了一个凹痕。

3 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

4 deducted   

v.扣除，减去( deduct的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The cost of your uniform will be deducted from your wages. 制服费将从你的工资中扣除。
• The cost of the breakages will be deducted from your pay. 损坏东西的费用将从你的工资中扣除。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 prescriptions   

药( prescription的名词复数 )； 处方； 开处方； 计划

参考例句：

• The hospital of traditional Chinese medicine installed a computer to fill prescriptions. 中医医院装上了电子计算机来抓药。
• Her main job was filling the doctor's prescriptions. 她的主要工作就是给大夫开的药方配药。

6 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

7 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

8 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？