英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable1030 - 麦当劳和金拱门之间隔了多少个乡村基？

Topic1-Why Are Online Education Institutions Not Making Profit?

Online education has become an increasingly common form of teaching and learning. The nascent¹ stage of online education was marked by free access and downloads, but now, many online classes are offered by special institutions, and subsequently come with a fee.

A 2016 survey done by the Business channel of China's Central Television suggested that 70% of all online education institutions are in fact, suffering from financial loss.

What's going on? Why aren't these industries as profitable as we thought they were?

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Topic2-Jingongmen, are you lovin' it?

McDonald's Chinese business has changed its company name from the phonetic² translation "mai dang lao" to Jingongmen which literally³ means golden arch in Chinese.

Internet users joke, overnight, an international food conglomerate⁴ turns into a domestic food joint⁵. Why is it?

Jin Gong Men, are you still lovin' it?                                   

1 nascent   

adj.初生的，发生中的

参考例句：

• That slim book showed the Chinese intelligentsia and the nascent working class.那本小册子讲述了中国的知识界和新兴的工人阶级。
• Despite a nascent democracy movement,there's little traction for direct suffrage.尽管有过一次新生的民主运动，但几乎不会带来直接选举。

2 phonetic   

adj.语言的，语言上的，表示语音的

参考例句：

• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
• English phonetic teaching is an important teaching step in elementary stages.语音教学是英语基础阶段重要的教学环节。

3 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

4 conglomerate   

n.综合商社，多元化集团公司

参考例句：

• The firm has been taken over by an American conglomerate.该公司已被美国一企业集团接管。
• An American conglomerate holds a major share in the company.一家美国的大联合企业持有该公司的大部分股份。

5 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。