英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0428 - 女生该不该倒追男神？
时间：2018-12-25 作者：英语课 分类：英语角-圆桌会议
英语课
Topic 1-Migrant worker wins readers' hearts with her article
An article written by a migrant worker called Fan Yusu about her family life has gone viral on Chinese social media.
Internet users are stunned 1 and impressed by the amount of literary talent displayed by a migrant worker. How can an ordinary migrant worker without much education write so well? Do you get a sense of arrogance 2 here?
Topic 2-Telemarketing scams in China
According to the Ministry 3 of Public Security (MPS), China solved about 83,000 telecom fraud cases in 2016.
It has become a daily ritual for some of us to receive a barrage 4 of unsolicited calls, some of which are nuisance calls from property agents or telemarketing sales people for financial institutions. But many calls are of a sinister 5 nature, offering unsecured loans or fake invoices 6 as bait. Some callers even impersonate law enforcement officers or government officials.
Topic 3-Student Creates Hilarious 7 PowerPoint to Ask Crush On a Date
Love will make people do crazy things—but who would have known those things could also be so professional?
A student at the University of Minnesota has gone viral for creating a detailed 8 PowerPoint presentation to convince her crush to date her. Lizzy Fenton—who must have picked up some skills while studying genetics, cell biology, and development—took to Twitter to share the six-slide argument she prepared for her crush Carter.
1 stunned
n.傲慢，自大
- His arrogance comes out in every speech he makes.他每次讲话都表现得骄傲自大。
- Arrogance arrested his progress.骄傲阻碍了他的进步。
2 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
- They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
- We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
3 barrage
n.火力网，弹幕
- The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。
- The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。
4 sinister
adj.不吉利的，凶恶的，左边的
- There is something sinister at the back of that series of crimes.在这一系列罪行背后有险恶的阴谋。
- Their proposals are all worthless and designed out of sinister motives.他们的建议不仅一钱不值，而且包藏祸心。
5 invoices
发票( invoice的名词复数 )； （发货或服务）费用清单； 清单上货物的装运； 货物的托运
- Take the example of a purchasing clerk keying invoices into a system. 继续说录入员输入发票的例子，这个录入员是一个全职的数据输入人员。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- Consular invoices are declarations made at the consulate of the importing country. 领事发票是进口国领事馆签发的一种申报书。