英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1116 - 裸贷这陷阱为啥那么多人跳？

Topic 1-Nude¹ pictures as IOU for online loan

 

According to media reports, female university students have undertook risky² loans via P2P platforms whereby they are required to submit nude photographs of themselves as collateral³ to loan sharks. If payment doesn't occur on time, the threat is borrowers' nude images will be made public.

 

Topic 2-Water bottles put missing kids' photos in public's hands

 

A bottled water company in Qingdao, eastern China's Shandong province has plastered pictures of missing children on its packaging in the hope of finding them. The good deed has aroused controversy⁴, as the water is more expensive than other similar products in the marketplace.

 

What needs to be done to bring the missing children home?

 

Topic 3-Eating in Space-Over 100 meal choices for Chinese astronauts

 

One hundred types of food. Seven dishes in breakfast and eight each in lunch and dinner. Is it a king's feast? No. A five-star hotel's spread? Wrong again. Here's a hint: It's literally⁵ out of this world.

 

China has sent two astronauts into space on a mission to dock with space lab Tiangong2 and remain aboard for 30 days.

 

Let's check out when astronauts are not busy conducting experiments, what are they eating in space?   

1 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

2 risky   

adj.有风险的，冒险的

参考例句：

• It may be risky but we will chance it anyhow.这可能有危险，但我们无论如何要冒一冒险。
• He is well aware how risky this investment is.他心里对这项投资的风险十分清楚。

3 collateral   

adj.平行的；旁系的；n.担保品

参考例句：

• Many people use personal assets as collateral for small business loans.很多人把个人财产用作小额商业贷款的抵押品。
• Most people here cannot borrow from banks because they lack collateral.由于拿不出东西作为抵押，这里大部分人无法从银行贷款。

4 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

5 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。