英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable1025 - 成品房，想说爱你并不是很容易的事

Topic1-Chengdu plans to sell decorated homes only 5 years later

According to a report on National Business Daily, a newspaper on economic and financial news, the Chengdu Municipal¹ People's Government in Sichuan Province published a guideline² on promoting the development of finished houses on its official website on October 17, 2017.

The city of Chengdu plans to sell only decorated houses by the end of 2022. Does is mean the home decoration will become a thing of the past in the city? Decorated or not, which home do you prefer?

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Topic2-Hardship education

As the living standards of Chinese people improve, the older generation tends to think that today's kids grow up in abundance⁴; therefore they need to be educated on how to face and overcome the adversities in life.

Now middle school students in Hubei Province have been asked to sleep in a warehouse⁵ and take cold showers as a form of training to toughen them up.

Will the students come out of this training unscathed? And more importantly, be equipped with the mind and body of conquering⁶ the hardships in life?                                         

1 municipal   

adj.市的，市政的；n.政府证券

参考例句：

• The municipal authorities have kept the roads up well.市政当局把道路保养得不错。
• The city is planning to build a municipal library.该市正计划建一座市立图书馆。

2 guideline   

n.指导原则，指导方针，准则

参考例句：

• They see the law only as a general guideline.他们视法律为一般的准则。
• This is probably the most important interaction design guideline.这基本上是最重要的交互设计指导准则。

3 segment   

n.切片，部分，段，节

参考例句：

• The company dominates this segment of the market.这家公司控制着这一部分市场。
• Give me a segment of a tangerine to taste.给我一瓣柑橘尝一尝。

4 abundance   

n.大量，丰富，充足

参考例句：

• At the feast there was food and drink in abundance.宴会上有丰富的饮食。
• There is an abundance of commodity supplies on the markets.商品供应充足。

5 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

6 conquering   

攻克( conquer的现在分词 )； 征服； 破除； 克服

参考例句：

• At last the climbers succeeded in conquering the difficult mountain. 登山队员们终于成功地征服了这座难以攀登的山峰。
• The long-cherished dream of conquering the Huanghe River will become a reality. 征服黄河的梦想将会成为现实。