英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0719 - 你会在逛逛逛时寄存老公或男友吗？

 　　Topic1-Volvo Vows¹ End of Combustion² Cars with New Electric Push

　　Volvo is the first major car company to announce when it will stop developing cars that run on good ol' internal combustion engines. Starting in 2019, all of Volvo's new models will be hybrids³ or electric vehicles.

　　Does it mean we are going into an era of electric powered vehicles?

　　Round Table, Heart to Heart

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　　Topic2-Husband/Boyfriend gaming pods at shopping malls

　　The "husband storage room" first appeared as WIFI and charger-offering bench in Fuzhou last year, it's now upgraded to a one-man video gaming retreat. A shopping mall in Shanghai has introduced glass pods where husbands and boyfriends can spend some time video gaming while their significant other spends money.

　　Would you drop off your man at the gaming pods? Is it myth or science that men hate shopping?

1 vows   

誓言( vow的名词复数 )； 郑重宣布，许愿

参考例句：

• Matrimonial vows are to show the faithfulness of the new couple. 婚誓体现了新婚夫妇对婚姻的忠诚。
• The nun took strait vows. 那位修女立下严格的誓愿。

2 combustion   

n.燃烧；氧化；骚动

参考例句：

• We might be tempted to think of combustion.我们也许会联想到氧化。
• The smoke formed by their combustion is negligible.由它燃烧所生成的烟是可忽略的。

3 hybrids   

n.杂交生成的生物体( hybrid的名词复数 )；杂交植物（或动物）；杂种；（不同事物的）混合物

参考例句：

• All these brightly coloured hybrids are so lovely in the garden. 花园里所有这些色彩鲜艳的杂交花真美丽。 来自辞典例句
• The notion that interspecific hybrids are rare is ill-founded. 有一种看法认为种间杂种是罕见的，这种看法是无根据的。 来自辞典例句