英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0217 - 中外联姻数量10年间下降-英语课

时间：2019-01-21 作者：英语课 分类：英语角-圆桌会议

英语课

Topic1 Labor 1 Camp in New DisguiseOver the weekend, a 70-year-old woman who has been detained at a so-called reprimand center in Henan Province is released following a public outcry.

The local authorities now are investigating such centers in the province, which according to media reports, are actually continuing the abolished system of reeducation through labor.
Are they just a disguise for labor camps?
Topic2 China Unlikely to Reduce Coal Use in the Next DecadeChina has vowed 2 to reduce the use of coal to less than 65% of the country's total energy consumption in 2014. But experts say it is an arduous 3 task, and the country is unlikely to cut coal consumption to less than 60% of total during the next decade. Currently, coal accounts for 70% of China's total energy consumption.
Really? What are the forecasts?
Topic3 Judges on the runMost people would assume that being a judge trumps 4 being a lawyer. It is assumed that judges get more pay, more respect and better career prospects 5.
But often, this could not be further from the truth, in China.
As a result of the low pay and intense workloads 6, grass-roots courts nationwide are faced with an exodus 7 of judges.
How serious is the problem?
Topic4 China the leading place for counterfeit 8 goods?
The United States has named China the leading place for physical markets selling counterfeit goods, while websites in Europe, South America and Canada led in online sales of fakes.
US Trade Representative Michael Froman said the Notorious Markets List for 2013 was aimed at helping 9 the United States and foreign governments prioritize enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Is there a crisis in China?
Topic5 Fewer Chinese marrying foreignersThere has been a rather steep decline in the number of Chinese-foreign marriages in China in recent years.
The number of Chinese marrying foreigners reached its peak at the turn of the century.
There were 79,000 Chinese-foreign marriages in 2001.
53,000 such couples tied the knot in 2012.
You would assume with China opening up to the world, more international marriages will take place. Why is there a decline?
Topic6 Getting Reward for Returning MoneyRecently, an elder man in Wuhan goes to the bank to withdraw 3,000 yuan. The teller 10 makes a mistake and gives him 30,000 yuan. The elder returns the extra money right away. However, when he tells his friend about it, many call him stupid for not asking for any reward.
So the next day, the elder go to the bank again, demanding a reward. He gets a mug which is about 6.5 yuan.
As a result, a good deed that is supposed to make both sides happy leads to an awkward ending.
Whose fault is that? The bank's or the old man's?

1 labor

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

2 vowed

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 arduous

adj.艰苦的，费力的，陡峭的

We must have patience in doing arduous work.我们做艰苦的工作要有耐性。
The task was more arduous than he had calculated.这项任务比他所估计的要艰巨得多。

4 trumps

abbr.trumpets 喇叭；小号；喇叭形状的东西；喇叭筒v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去式 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造