英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0420 - 那些诡异的公共设施，真的便民吗？

 Topic 1-Undergraduate¹ students in 5 cities encouraged to pay housing² provident³ fund⁴

 

Five Chinese cities have announced that they will encourage undergraduate students to pay into the housing provident fund when they are still studying in universities without stable income.

 

Who's going to pay for it? Will it become much easier for students to buy property after graduation?

 

Topic 2-Three-meter-high bus stop signposts

 

Three-meter tall bus stop signposts are creating problems for passengers, in Jianyang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, to see and read.

 

Why are there such user-unfriendly facilities?

 

Topic 3- Interesting facts about anger

 

Even the happiest of people experience moments of anger from time to time. Anger is a natural emotion that helps us to defend ourselves.

 

Handled in a positive way, it can be a motivating factor. But everyone experiences anger in a different way and the resulting emotions are not always positive. However you respond or react to your own feelings, what are some facts that you probably didn't know about anger?    

1 undergraduate   

n.大学生，大学肆业生

参考例句：

• Mr. Stone spent his undergraduate days in Columbia University,majoring in economics.斯通先生在哥伦比亚大学度过了他四年的大学生活，主修经济学。
• During this time,they are called undergraduate students.在此期间，他们被称为大学本科生。

2 housing   

n.房屋，住宅；住房建筑；外壳，外罩

参考例句：

• Do you think our housing sales will turn around during this year?你认为今年我们的住宅销路会好转吗？
• The housing sales have been turning down since the summer.入夏以来，房屋的销售量日趋减少。

3 provident   

adj.为将来做准备的，有先见之明的

参考例句：

• A provident father plans for his children's education.有远见的父亲为自己孩子的教育做长远打算。
• They are provident statesmen.他们是有远见的政治家。

4 fund   

n.基金，资金，存款，财源，贮藏；vt.提供资金，积累

参考例句：

• They decided to set up a fund for this purpose.他们决定为此专立一项基金。
• This fund may not be drawn on without permission.这笔钱非经批准不得动用。