英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0606 - 上班摸鱼，谁损失最大？

 　　Topic1-Being a slacker at work get you nowhere

　　Are you a veteran in your company and just feel like coasting through your working hours? Some people think it's easy being a slacker at work, only doing whatever the boss asks, but never anything more. But another perspective would say, being a slacker, is a waste of one's life.

　　Topic2-Neighborhood business in the internet era

　　Business in residential¹ neighborhoods with the help of internet technology can improve the convenience of our daily lives to a large extent. Experts see this as an inevitable² trend in urban development in Chinese cities for the next decade.

　　What is the concept of "neighborhood business"? How will it shape our communities in the near future?

　　Topic3-The differences between friends and best friends

　　Best friends are in a special category in our lives. They did not earn the accolade³ 'best' for nothing. That joint⁴ prize was won after lots of joy, effort, hardship, companionship and affection.

　　With best friends, you make an investment for life and the dividends⁵ are priceless. Here are 20 differences which illustrate⁶ the differences between friends and best friends.

1 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

2 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

3 accolade   

n.推崇备至，赞扬

参考例句：

• Four restaurants have been awarded the highest accolade of a three-star rating.四家餐馆获授予三星级餐馆的最高荣誉称号。
• The Nobel prize has become the ultimate accolade in the sciences.诺贝尔奖已成为科学界的最高荣誉。

4 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

5 dividends   

红利( dividend的名词复数 )； 股息； 被除数； （足球彩票的）彩金

参考例句：

• Nothing pays richer dividends than magnanimity. 没有什么比宽宏大量更能得到厚报。
• Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends. 五年前他们作出的使公司电脑化的决定现在正产生出效益。

6 illustrate   

v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图

参考例句：

• The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
• This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。