英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0926 - 工作和iPhone7你选谁？

Topic 1-Sponge City Program to Continue Despite Waterlogging

 

Recent media reports have revealed that 19 of 30 so-called "sponge cities" in a pilot program have delivered poorly in the water resilient function in the past flood season.

 

China's cities used to rely on drainage systems to remove rainwater. But as extreme weather events increase, city planners have begun to give equal attention to new climate-resilient urban designs.

 

These cities were supposed to undertake the duty to improve the anti-waterlogging function of cities. Does that mean the pilot program have failed?

 

Topic 2-Company Fires Employees for iPhone 7

 

For those who worship in the Apple Chapel¹, the iPhone 7 the item of ultimate desire. But a company policy in central China's Henan province goes as this: any employee who buys an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus gets the boot. Why is the company sticking its nose in the employee's phone-purchasing decision?

 

Topic 3-Crazy Foods

 

As the old saying goes: One man's meat is another man's poison.

 

Round Table has listed 5 exhibits of Chinese cuisines² for you to determine are they truly delicious or disgusting?      

1 chapel   

n.小教堂，殡仪馆

参考例句：

• The nimble hero,skipped into a chapel that stood near.敏捷的英雄跳进近旁的一座小教堂里。
• She was on the peak that Sunday afternoon when she played in chapel.那个星期天的下午，她在小教堂的演出，可以说是登峰造极。

2 cuisines   

n.烹饪( cuisine的名词复数 )；菜肴；（通常指昂贵的饭店中的）饭菜；烹饪艺术

参考例句：

• Could you tell me the different features of these cuisines? 能不能告诉我这些不同的烹调流派各自有哪些特点？ 来自地道口语脱口SHOW 高中超越版
• Ice sculptures are used as decorations in some cuisines, especially in Asia. 冰雕在某些菜肴中被当作装饰品，尤其在亚洲。 来自互联网