英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0509 - 你被开瓶费“宰”过吗？

 Topic 1-Shanghai’s Vocational Schools Open Doors for Rural Students

 

A charity that furthers educational purposes in Shanghai has been recruiting rural teenagers and offering them an opportunity to study in vocational schools in the city. After graduation, they will most likely take up jobs as manual labor¹.

 

Is it a once-in-a-life-time opportunity or a form of discrimination for rural students?

 

Topic 2-Corkage fee, reasonable or not

 

Bringing a specially² selected bottle of wine to a dinner party so that you can share your beloved drink with your friends can be such a delight, until you are charged with a ludicrously high corkage fee for it! What would you do? Pay the corkage fee? Or fight for your rights?

 

Topic 3-Why you shouldn't leave your pets with kids

 

We know that we shouldn’t leave our pets at home unattended. We also know that we shouldn’t leave our kids at home unattended. If we combine the two together, disaster is sure to come.

 

Why exactly shouldn’t we leave kids and our pets alone?     

1 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。