英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 該不該吃狗肉

Topic1 Pilot Projects of Judicial Reform
China will launch pilot programs to overhaul its judicial system and curb abuses of power by local governments. The pilot programs will run in six places, including Shanghai, Guangdong and Qinghai.

How big of a change will it bring?

Topic2 Foreigners Find it Hard to Adapt to Chinese Work Culture
More Chinese companies are hiring foreigners as part of their workforce. Decades ago only a handful of companies and public institutions had the need and permission to hire "foreign experts", but now overseas talents can be seen in private enterprises, SOEs, and even government offices.

But surviving in a Chinese workplace may not be easy, as some complain that they're treated politely but not seriously.

How big of a problem is it? What are the difficulties they encounter?

Topic3 How Eating Broccoli Can Help Your Body Cope With Air Pollution?

According to a study published this week by the journal Cancer Prevention Research, eating broccoli is good for you. More specifically—and not incidentally if you live in China—it can apparently help your body better deal with air pollution.

Can a different diet really help us better cope with air pollution?

Topic4 Is Cable TV Dying
Recently, Beijing Gehua CATV Network signs an agreement with China Mobile on 4G development. This is the first time in the country that a cable TV company cooperates with a telecom provider in such a way. Some people say this demonstrates cable TV is dieing.

Is it true? Is cable TV in such a desperate situation now?

Topic5 Dog meat festival controversy
A local Chinese government has denied involvement in organizing a dog meat festival amid an increasing chorus of protests from animal rights activists, legal professionals, celebrities and safety experts.

However, the festival, starting every year June 21 on the summer solstice Yulin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, will seemingly still go ahead, though perhaps a little bit quietly this year.

Why is dog meat festival a problem?

Topic6 World Cup Madness
The 2014 FIFA World Cup has kicked off, making soccer-crazy China even crazier.

Despite the national team failing to qualify, Chinese are pumped up for soccer.

How crazy can they be?

1 judicial

adj.司法的，法庭的，審判的，明斷的，公正的

參考例句：

He is a man with a judicial mind.他是個公正的人。

Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.湯姆對他的父親正式提出訴訟。

2 overhaul

v./n.大修，仔細(xì)檢查

參考例句：

Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王師傅主修這臺磨床。

It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.眾所周知，鐵路系統(tǒng)需要大檢修。

3 curb

n.場外證券市場，場外交易;vt.制止，抑制

參考例句：

I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的憤怒。

You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂時必須管住你的女兒。

4 workforce

n.勞動大軍，勞動力

參考例句：

A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.勞動人口中一大部分受雇于農(nóng)業(yè)。

A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地勞動力中有四分之一失業(yè)。

5 broccoli

n.綠菜花，花椰菜

參考例句：

She grew all the broccoli plants from seed.這些花椰菜都是她用種子培育出來的。

They think broccoli is only green and cauliflower is only white.他們認(rèn)為西蘭花只有綠色的，而菜花都是白色的。

6 apparently

adv.顯然地;表面上，似乎

參考例句：

An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山窮水盡，豁然開朗。

He was apparently much surprised at the news.他對那個消息顯然感到十分驚異。

7 activists

n.(政治活動的)積極分子，活動家( activist的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了動物權(quán)益維護(hù)者的抨擊。

Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 黨的激進(jìn)分子中有很多出身于中產(chǎn)階級下層。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

8 celebrities

n.(尤指娛樂界的)名人( celebrity的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );名流;名聲;名譽

參考例句：

He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀請頭等名流參加他的聚會。

a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由眾多二流人物參加的電視訪談節(jié)目

9 autonomous

adj.自治的;獨立的

參考例句：

They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他們自豪地宣布成為新自治省的一部分。

This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.這件事是屬于自治區(qū)權(quán)限以內(nèi)的事務(wù)。