英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0515 - 减肥1斤奖100，这么好的公司哪里找？

 Topic 1-Domestic violence case ranking in China

 

After analyzing¹ data on court cases of domestic abuse in the last 3 years, a lawyer has devised a ranking of domestic abuse cases according to locality. Shandong Province tops the list of having the biggest number of domestic violence cases in the whole of China.

 

Is it fair to say people from a certain province are more violent in the household? Can advanced data collection methods help to curtail² cases of domestic violence?

 

Topic 2-Boss rewards employees for losing weight

 

A company in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, is rewarding its employees not in productivity or creativity, but in shedding a few extra pounds.

 

Why is the boss interested in the weight of employees?

 

Topic 3-Meals cooked by moms

 

It doesn't matter whether your mom worked daily magic in the kitchen or saw a kindred spirit in ready-made meals. What you take away - the part that stays with you longer than the taste of days old braised pork chops - is that her efforts nourished your spirit as much as they filled your stomach. It was love, through food, expressed in ways great and small.

 

Sorry, mom. But what if her cooking really isn't tasty at all?

 

On the heels of Mother's Day, here's to the memories shared by Chinese internet users that ring true.        

1 analyzing   

v.分析；分析( analyze的现在分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析n.分析

参考例句：

• Analyzing the date of some socialist countries presents even greater problem s. 分析某些社会主义国家的统计数据，暴露出的问题甚至更大。 来自辞典例句
• He undoubtedly was not far off the mark in analyzing its predictions. 当然，他对其预测所作的分析倒也八九不离十。 来自辞典例句

2 curtail   

vt.截短，缩短；削减

参考例句：

• The government hopes to curtail public spending.政府希望缩减公共事业开支。
• The minister had to curtail his visit.部长不得不缩短访问日期。