英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0902 - 食堂没肉菜,问题多严重?
时间:2019-02-22 作者:英语课 分类:英语角-圆桌会议
英语课
Topic 1: School TragedyOn the first day of the new semester, a man wielding 1 a knife killed three students and one teacher. He also managed to injure 5 other students before jumping to his death from the fifth floor of the school.
What happened? Why did he do it?
Topic 2: Flight crew turn blind eye to smoking passengersChina's civil aviation authority is investigating two smoking incidents on board a recent domestic flight that caused passengers to complain about their safety.
Passengers on a China United Airlines flight from Chengdu to Beijing on Sunday lodged 2 a protest, after discovering other passengers smoking on the plane.
Crew members on the plane were criticized for turning a blind eye to passengers smoking in the lavatory 3 and outside the cabin door.
China United Airlines has agreed to apologize and compensate 4.
What happened?
Topic 3: Unqualified foreign teachers in ChinaOn Aug 29, the head of two foreign language training agencies in the city of Harbin were been questioned by police for allegedly allowing foreign teachers without proper qualification on their payroll 5. This revealed a current situation that some foreign teachers in China have no qualification to teach in school.
Is there a problem with foreign teachers not having proper qualification/documentation?
Topic 4: China allows foreign-owned hospitals in more citiesPeople in China will soon have another option when they need to go to the hospital.
China has relaxed its limits on foreign investment in hospitals on the mainland allowing hospitals in 7 cities and provinces to be wholly foreign owned.
Is it big news?
Topic 5: Official canteen has not meatFor some, if only one meal is not satisfying, it can be cause for hot tempers. It seems that some officials in Jiangxi province are these type of people. They even went so far as to release an official document criticizing a canteen for not having enough meat for lunch.
Is this a reasonable thing to do?
手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的现在分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响)
- The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite. 叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
- He is wielding a knife. 他在挥舞着一把刀。
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属
- The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.盥洗室,厕所
- Is there any lavatory in this building?这座楼里有厕所吗?
- The use of the lavatory has been suspended during take-off.在飞机起飞期间,盥洗室暂停使用。
vt.补偿,赔偿;酬报 vi.弥补;补偿;抵消
- She used her good looks to compensate her lack of intelligence. 她利用她漂亮的外表来弥补智力的不足。
- Nothing can compensate for the loss of one's health. 一个人失去了键康是不可弥补的。