英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable1109 - 连番茄炒蛋都不会做还敢出国？

Topic1-Ctrip apologizes for child abuse in day care center

Surveillance video footage of child abuse in an in-house day care center of Ctrip, an online provider of travel services, has gone viral.

Who is at fault? How can we ensure children be protected and cared for when parents are not watching?

Topic2-Tomato Omelet and a Real International Student Experience

Recently, a commercial has made the tomato and fried egg dish a buzz word on Chinese social media. The ad portrayed¹ a "tear jerking" story of parents getting up at the middle of the night, and demonstrating how to cook the dish to their child who's studying abroad.

Are the parents going too far in cuddling children? Are Chinese students studying abroad too reliant on mommy and daddy? What's made this commercial controversial?

Topic3-Popularity at work still matters whether we like it or not

If your workplace sometimes feels frustratingly² like re-living high school all over again, that may not be a coincidence.

Psychological research suggests that the same popularity dynamics³ that we remember from adolescence⁴ are not altogether different from the social rules that continue to govern our lives as adults.

Of course, we don't often talk about our professional relationships in terms of "popularity", but just like in high school, in most workplaces there are those who are most accepted, rejected, neglected, and controversial. And remarkably⁵, our positions within this social hierarchy⁶ still matter more than we may ever have thought.     

1 portrayed   

v.画像( portray的过去式和过去分词 )；描述；描绘；描画

参考例句：

• Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中，他始终把自己说成是受害者。
• The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 frustratingly   

参考例句：

• Some programs set this limit too close, resulting in frustratingly temperamental scroll behavior. 一些程序将这种限制设置得太窄，导致滚屏的行为变幻无常，令人沮丧。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
• But the process is frustratingly slow. 但这过程慢得让人郁闷。 来自互联网

3 dynamics   

n.力学，动力学，动力，原动力；动态

参考例句：

• In order to succeed,you must master complicated knowledge of dynamics.要取得胜利，你必须掌握很复杂的动力学知识。
• Dynamics is a discipline that cannot be mastered without extensive practice.动力学是一门不做大量习题就不能掌握的学科。

4 adolescence   

n.青春期，青少年

参考例句：

• Adolescence is the process of going from childhood to maturity.青春期是从少年到成年的过渡期。
• The film is about the trials and tribulations of adolescence.这部电影讲述了青春期的麻烦和苦恼。

5 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

6 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。