英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0617 - 中国人的咖啡情结
时间：2019-02-15 作者：英语课 分类：英语角-圆桌会议
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Topic1 Girl Dies in Internet Addiction 1 Rehab CenterRecently, a 19-year-old female student's death at a private school in Zhengzhou has aroused debate on the role of the privately-owned Internet-addiction schools in China.
What happened? Was the school responsible for the girl's death?
Topic2 Coffee market in China taking time to brewChina might be known for its tea traditions, but today, it's brewing 2 an increasingly sophisticated coffee culture.
A growing number of Chinese develop a taste for the traditionally Western beverage 3 and café chains have grown very rapidly in number during the past several years.
Is coffee the new tea in China?
Topic3 Academicians could lose status for ethics 4 lapsesA change in China's academician system will allow one's title to be revoked 6 in cases of severe ethical 7 lapses 5.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences released the amendment 8 to its academician regulation last week.
The amended 9 regulation seeks to address public concerns over high-profile scandals involving academicians.
How big is the change?
Topic4 One child might be enoughA Shanghai court has recently denied a husband's request for divorce after his wife refused to have a second child because she said she was too busy taking care of their 10-year-old daughter.
The case sheds some light on one of the paradoxes 10 of the local government's recent efforts to encourage more couples to have a second child.
Why do eligible 11 Chinese prefer not to have a second child?
Do eligible Chinese prefer not to have a second child?
Topic5 Regional DiscriminationRecently, People's Daily publishes an editorial, criticizing the regional discrimination phenomenon in the country.
Along with technological 12 improvement, people have more opportunities to travel around and get to know each other. However, the regional discrimination problem still exists. Why is that?
Is it a serious problem in China?
n.上瘾入迷，嗜好
- He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
- Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。
n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料
- The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。
- Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。
n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准
- The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
- Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。
n.失误，过失( lapse的名词复数 )；小毛病；行为失检；偏离正道v.退步( lapse的第三人称单数 )；陷入；倒退；丧失
- He sometimes lapses from good behavior. 他有时行为失检。 来自辞典例句
- He could forgive attacks of nerves, panic, bad unexplainable actions, all sorts of lapses. 他可以宽恕突然发作的歇斯底里，惊慌失措，恶劣的莫名其妙的动作，各种各样的失误。 来自辞典例句
adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )
- It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
- A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句
adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的
- It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
- It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
n.改正，修正，改善，修正案
- The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
- The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。
n.似非而是的隽语，看似矛盾而实际却可能正确的说法( paradox的名词复数 )；用于语言文学中的上述隽语；有矛盾特点的人[事物，情况]
- Contradictions and paradoxes arose in increasing numbers. 矛盾和悖论越来越多。 来自辞典例句
- As far as these paradoxes are concerned, the garden definitely a heterotopia. 就这些吊诡性而言，花园无疑地是个异质空间。 来自互联网
adj.有条件被选中的；(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的
- He is an eligible young man.他是一个合格的年轻人。
- Helen married an eligible bachelor.海伦嫁给了一个中意的单身汉。
adj.技术的；工艺的
- A successful company must keep up with the pace of technological change.一家成功的公司必须得跟上技术变革的步伐。
- Today,the pace of life is increasing with technological advancements.当今， 随着科技进步，生活节奏不断增快。