英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1120 - 中国人为啥这么拼？

 Topic1: Tighter regulations on Internet TV set top boxes

 

China's State Administration of Press and Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) has tightened¹ its regulations on over the top (OTT) Internet TV set top boxes (STB). What’s the purpose of this new regulation and how will it affect the set top box market and people’s lives?

 

Topic2:  Shortage of elevators in students’ dorm buildings

 

A serious strife² happened between two students of Beijing Forestry³ University when they are taking an elevator in the dorm building. Quarrels are not uncommon⁴ in elevators in many universities. Students often fight for taking elevators. What caused the problem?

 

Topic3: Why do Chinese work so hard?

 

British Health secretary, Jeremy Hunt has suggested Britons need to pull up their socks and work hard “in the way that Asian economies are prepared to work hard”. As one of the hardest working people in the world, the average Chinese worker puts in somewhere between 2,000 and 2,200 hours each year. So why do the Chinese people work so hard?

 

Topic4: Men eat more when dining with women

 

The more a man eats when dining with you, the more he likes you. Do you believe that? Is that the true reason that men are fatter after getting married?

1 tightened   

收紧( tighten的过去式和过去分词 )； （使）变紧； （使）绷紧； 加紧

参考例句：

• The rope holding the boat suddenly tightened and broke. 系船的绳子突然绷断了。
• His index finger tightened on the trigger but then relaxed again. 他的食指扣住扳机，然后又松开了。

2 strife   

n.争吵，冲突，倾轧，竞争

参考例句：

• We do not intend to be drawn into the internal strife.我们不想卷入内乱之中。
• Money is a major cause of strife in many marriages.金钱是造成很多婚姻不和的一个主要原因。

3 forestry   

n.森林学；林业

参考例句：

• At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
• Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。

4 uncommon   

adj.罕见的，非凡的，不平常的

参考例句：

• Such attitudes were not at all uncommon thirty years ago.这些看法在30年前很常见。
• Phil has uncommon intelligence.菲尔智力超群。