英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0608 - 好学生坏学生，谁更容易成功？

 　　Topic1-Data standoff between SF Express and Cainiao

　　A two-day standoff between Cainiao Network, Alibaba's logistics affiliate¹, and SF Express, China's leading courier delivery company, over data sharing has finally reached a truce².

　　What started off the war? Can consumers have a say in deciding how to deal with their data?

　　Topic2-Good student vs. Bad student

　　In Chinese classrooms, the good student who always does well in exams claims all glory. The bad student who performs poorly in exams often feels like a social pariah³. But is it possible after graduation, the bad student becomes the winner in life. And what the good student achieves in life? It pales in comparison.

　　Who would be more successful in the later life, the good student or the bad student?

　　Topic3-Security guards in Peking University pursue higher degrees

　　During the past two decades, more than 500 security guards who worked at Peking University went on pursuing higher degrees. Some of them went to graduate schools and some of them even became college teachers.

　　Inspiring China, it’s never too late to learn.

1 affiliate   

vt.使隶(附)属于；n.附属机构，分公司

参考例句：

• Our New York company has an affiliate in Los Angeles.我们的纽约公司在洛杉矶有一个下属企业。
• What is the difference between affiliate and regular membership?固定会员和附属会员之间的区别是什么？

2 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

3 pariah   

n.被社会抛弃者

参考例句：

• Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.不一会儿，汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿。
• His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal,a pariah.房东太太对待他就像对待危险的罪犯、对待社会弃儿一样。