英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0227 - Apple Pay在中国行不通？

Topic 1-Apple Pay's one year in China-Will it ever match Alipay or Wechat Wallet’s popularity?

 

This month (Feb.18th) marks the first anniversary of Apply Pay’s entry into the Chinese market. Despite being the most popular third-party payment service in the US, Apply Pay is currently under-performing its expectations in China. Homegrown giants such as WeChat wallet and Alipay, are not leaving much breathing room for Apple Pay.

 

How fierce is the competition from Alipay and Wechat Wallet (TenPay)? What problems are holding back Apple Pay’s development in China?

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of NFC-based Apple Pay and QR code scanning based Alipay and Wechat Wallet?

 

Topic 2-Software helps plagiarize¹ online novels

 

Chinese internet novels have been plagued with the problem of plagiarism². A media report has revealed that some authors on the Internet are using writing software to produce Web fiction and stories, a 1,000 Chinese-word depiction³ can be churned out in 10 minutes by the programs.

 

So now there’s a software that can help intellectual property thieves commit the crime? How can we deal with plagiarism?                                        

1 plagiarize   

v.剽窃，抄袭（别人学说、著作）

参考例句：

• Never plagiarize your paper.课程论文千万不要抄袭。
• It's not a viable option to plagiarize someone else's work.剽窃他人作品的行为是不可取的。

2 plagiarism   

n.剽窃，抄袭

参考例句：

• Teachers in America fight to control cheating and plagiarism.美国老师们努力对付欺骗和剽窃的问题。
• Now he's in real trouble.He's accused of plagiarism.现在他是真遇到麻烦了。他被指控剽窃。

3 depiction   

n.描述

参考例句：

• Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
• A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。