英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0310 - 男人赚钱多才幸福？

 Toipc 1-Chinese TV stars being dubbed¹ The corrupting² entertainment industry

 

It's common to see in today's Chinese TV drama series that key actors have been dubbed. A team of voice actors read out the lines in the studio after the filming process ends.

 

Are the actors we see on screen too incompetent³? Why is this behavior accepted in showbiz?

 

Topic 2-When a woman earns more than her husband

 

As your grandma might have said, there are some unspoken rules in a relationship that will secure a happy marriage. The top one being, a woman should never marry a man who earns less than her.

 

Topic 3-Taobao online shop sells curse magic

 

Do you want to restore order in your life, find love and happiness, change your luck, or get the ultimate revenge on someone you hate? There are online shops that claim you can achieve all that by casting a curse spell. The price tag for such services ranges from 20 to 2000 Yuan.             

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 corrupting   

（使）败坏( corrupt的现在分词 )； （使）腐化； 引起（计算机文件等的）错误； 破坏

参考例句：

• It would be corrupting discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏风纪。
• It would be corrupting military discipline to leave him unpunished. 不惩治他会败坏军纪。

3 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。