英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0720 - 晚上回家吃饭，约吗？

 Topic1 Most Gaokao Top Scorers from Ordinary Primary Schools"One takes the behavior of one's company" is a creed¹ believed by most Chinese parents, leading them to send their kids into top primary schools, middle schools, and even kindergartens. However, a recent survey indicated that most top scorers in gaokao just received ordinary education from early age.

What does the survey indicate?

Topic2 Crowd Funding for Going to HarvardA graduate from Renmin University of China has launched a crowd funding project online, asking for financial support for graduate studies in Harvard University. He will share his experience in Harvard with those funding him in return. Some people criticized his behavior as a kind of begging. What do you think of it?

Topic3 Less People Return Home for DinnerLess than half of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou residents return home for dinner before 7 pm, according to recent polls by an online fresh-food supplier and taxi-hailing app. Why is that? Do you have dinner at home?

Topic4 Rural areas race to meet UN goal on clean toiletsToilets in rural areas of China have a bad reputation. Some say they are little more than pits next to pigsties².

But now a revolution is under way as the government scrambles³ to meet a United Nations health target that requires 75 percent of rural areas to have sanitary⁴ toilets by the end of this year.

How bad are rural toilets?

Topic5 Dangerous Monday, Why?

A big data analysis shows that the death rate in traffic accidents reaches the highest on Monday than other days. Why is Monday so dangerous?

1 creed   

n.信条；信念，纲领

参考例句：

• They offended against every article of his creed.他们触犯了他的每一条戒律。
• Our creed has always been that business is business.我们的信条一直是公私分明。

2 pigsties   

n.猪圈，脏房间( pigsty的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There are many pigs in the pigsties. 猪圈里有许多猪。 来自辞典例句
• The convector pits are covered with concrete grids that are prefabricatedbuilding pigsties. 供热器并被通常用在猪圈上的混凝土格栅覆盖。 来自互联网

3 scrambles   

n.抢夺( scramble的名词复数 )v.快速爬行( scramble的第三人称单数 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• The breaking of symmetry scrambles the underlying order of nature. 对称性的破坏会打乱自然界的根本秩序。 来自互联网
• The move comes as Japan scrambles for ways to persuade women to have more babies. 这一行动的出现正值日本政府想尽各种办法鼓励妇女多生育孩子。 来自互联网

4 sanitary   

adj.卫生方面的，卫生的，清洁的，卫生的

参考例句：

• It's not sanitary to let flies come near food.让苍蝇接近食物是不卫生的。
• The sanitary conditions in this restaurant are abominable.这家饭馆的卫生状况糟透了。