英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable -最適合人類居住的城市之成都

Topic1 Blue Collar Workers Paid Better
Making Ramen in Beijing is now a profession with a monthly salary of 12,000 yuan, which outnumbers a large proportion of the office workers in the capital.

It is not a unique instance. The salary of a Beijing blue collar worker is reportedly higher than that of a white collar counterpart in many sectors, according to a new investigation conducted by Beijing Youth Daily.

Really? Can we make such a conclusion?

Topic2 Slow internet worries German firms in China
Slow internet has become the biggest non-HR (human resources) obstacle for German companies in China.

According to the Business Confidence Survey 2014, conducted by the German Chamber of Commerce in China, about 49 percent of companies described slow connections as "a problem" in 2013, and 59 percent are "worried" in 2014.

Is internet in China really slow? In your opinion?

Topic3 Sex Education in China
Many Chinese kids used to grow up with the knowledge that they come from their moms' armpits, or that they were picked up from garbage bins. This situation is slowly changing as more parents and educators realize the importance of sex education. But is the current education satisfying?

How lacking is sex ed in China?

Topic4 E-Reading Report
The most popular digital reading time slots are 1 pm and from 9 pm until midnight. The majority of all readers spent more than 30 minutes reading each session, according to Tianyi Reading, China Telecom's e-reading department.

Are you one of these e-readers? What can we tell from this report?

Topic5 Chengdu rated most livable city in China
Increasing attention is being given to the "livability" Chinese cities as their environment becomes less polluted.

An Asian Development Bank study has ranked 33 cities in China according to their environmental livability through a pioneering series of indexes.

And the most livable city on the Chinese mainland goes to……Chengdu.

Does it surprise you?

1 sectors

n.部門( sector的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );領(lǐng)域;防御地區(qū);扇形

參考例句：

Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 戰(zhàn)后柏林分成了4 個(gè)區(qū)。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工業(yè)和農(nóng)業(yè)是國民經(jīng)濟(jì)的兩個(gè)重要部門。 來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

2 investigation

n.調(diào)查，調(diào)查研究

參考例句：

In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在調(diào)查中新發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件對他不利的事實(shí)。

He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根據(jù)自己的調(diào)查研究作出結(jié)論。

3 chamber

n.房間，寢室;會議廳;議院;會所

參考例句：

For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.對許多人來說，牙醫(yī)的治療室一直是間受刑室。

The chamber was ablaze with light.會議廳里燈火輝煌。

4 bins

n.大儲藏箱( bin的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );寬口箱(如面包箱，垃圾箱等)v.扔掉，丟棄( bin的第三人稱單數(shù) )

參考例句：

Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 來自各方的垃圾是裝在手推車上的垃圾箱里的。 來自辭典例句

Would you be pleased at the prospect of its being on sale in dump bins? 對于它將被陳列在傾銷箱中拋售這件事，你能欣然接受嗎? 來自辭典例句