英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0506 - 主持人用how-old亲测颜龄！

 Topic1 Medicine Price Determined¹ by MarketStarting from next month, the government will lift price ceilings on most medical drugs, with the intention of creating a more market-driven pricing system that will help keep medical costs in check, according to the country's economic planning agency.

Will the medicine price jump or drop?

Topic2 Road RageA 35-second video clip has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times in 2 hours Sunday afternoon. It showed a Chinese road rage driver dragged a female driver out of her car and gave her a savage² beating. He claims it was reaction to the appalling³ driving behavior on the woman's part. At first netizens were siding with the female driver. But after dashboard camera recordings⁴ show the entire incident, many turned to agree with the attacker.

What happened?

Topic3 Why Do People Care How Old They LookEver worried that people will think you look older than your actual age? Now you can live in your worst nightmare by going on to how-old.net and invite new technology to judge you.

Developed by Microsoft, the website saw an upload of over 210,000 photos within hours of launch. And it seems people are having fun.

How does it work? Can it really tell your age with certain accuracy?

Topic4 260 pages of homework and countingA high school in northwest China's Shaanxi Province has caught public attention for some of its junior students have been assigned with too much homework during the May Day holiday.

What happened?

1 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

2 savage   

adj.野蛮的；凶恶的，残暴的；n.未开化的人

参考例句：

• The poor man received a savage beating from the thugs.那可怜的人遭到暴徒的痛打。
• He has a savage temper.他脾气粗暴。

3 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

4 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐