英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0212 - 裸体浴场之辩

 Topic1 Malnutrition¹ of Rural KidsIn China, kids in rural areas are more likely to suffer malnutrition than children in urban areas. The situation in impoverished² regions is even worse, according to the country's health authorities.

How serious is the problem?

Topic2 Will Joint³ Ownership Housing Help the Less Well-off?

As real estate prices keep rising, local governments across China have made it a priority to address the housing difficulty of middle- and low-income families.

One of the innovative⁴ localized approaches is shared ownership between the government and buyers, where the government pays part of housing costs for individuals and both own the apartment together according to their contribution.

Such government-subsidized homes are being encouraged nationwide.

What are joint ownerships? What does it entail⁵?

Topic3 Museum collections are in poor preservationThe State Cultural Relic⁷ Bureau has carried out a 3-year-long campaign to investigate the conservation of cultural relics⁸ stored in state-owned entities⁹.

According to the investigation¹⁰, more than half of the relics in China's cultural institutions are not being well preserved, yet only five percent of the funding for museums has been used for relic preservation⁶ work.

We would think that museums and cultural entities are the best examples of relics protection. Why is this investigation pointing otherwise?

Topic4 Should China Offer More Training Institutions for Actors-to-be?

Each February, China witnesses a rush of applications for performing arts schools, with tens of thousands of students taking exams and demonstrating their performance skills in a process known in Chinese as yikao.

Some of them might become the country's future Robert De Niro or Natalie Portman.

But competition is really tough for prospective¹¹ performing arts students, and applications far exceed available places. In some cases, one out of every 170 applicants¹² can get the spot.

Do the wannabe stars have to go through such a fierce battle?

How hard it is to be enrolled¹³ by a performing arts school?

Topic5 Tomb Raiders in ChinaTomb raider in many Chinese people's eyes is a both mysterious and familiar profession. Thanks to popular online novels, millions of readers in the country have the general idea of how these people do their job. However, tomb raiders not only exist in books or ancient times, but also in real life.

According to archeologists, there are more than 100 thousand tomb raiders in China.

How serious is the problem of tomb robbing?

Topic6 Nude¹⁴ Beach in SanyaSanya city management workers began to persuade nudists to leave the Dadonghai public beach and a 58 years old male nudist was sentenced to five days of custody¹⁵ after refusing to leave, fuelling an already ongoing¹⁶ discussion of whether nudists should have their way.

Is there a problem with people displaying naked bodies in public, both socially and legally?

1 malnutrition   

n.营养不良

参考例句：

• In Africa, there are a lot of children suffering from severe malnutrition.在非洲有大批严重营养不良的孩子。
• It is a classic case of malnutrition. 这是营养不良的典型病例。

2 impoverished   

adj.穷困的，无力的，用尽了的v.使（某人）贫穷( impoverish的过去式和过去分词 )；使（某物）贫瘠或恶化

参考例句：

• the impoverished areas of the city 这个城市的贫民区
• They were impoverished by a prolonged spell of unemployment. 他们因长期失业而一贫如洗。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

4 innovative   

adj.革新的，新颖的，富有革新精神的

参考例句：

• Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
• He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。

5 entail   

vt.使承担，使成为必要，需要

参考例句：

• Such a decision would entail a huge political risk.这样的决定势必带来巨大的政治风险。
• This job would entail your learning how to use a computer.这工作将需要你学会怎样用计算机。

6 preservation   

n.保护，维护，保存，保留，保持

参考例句：

• The police are responsible for the preservation of law and order.警察负责维持法律与秩序。
• The picture is in an excellent state of preservation.这幅画保存得极为完好。

7 relic   

n.神圣的遗物，遗迹，纪念物

参考例句：

• This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.这石斧是古代的遗物。
• He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把这个男人看成是过去时代的人物。

8 relics   

[pl.］n.遗物，遗迹，遗产；遗体，尸骸

参考例句：

• The area is a treasure house of archaeological relics. 这个地区是古文物遗迹的宝库。
• Xi'an is an ancient city full of treasures and saintly relics. 西安是一个有很多宝藏和神圣的遗物的古老城市。

9 entities   

实体对像； 实体，独立存在体，实际存在物( entity的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Our newspaper and our printing business form separate corporate entities. 我们的报纸和印刷业形成相对独立的企业实体。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities. 北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

10 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

11 prospective   

adj.预期的，未来的，前瞻性的

参考例句：

• The story should act as a warning to other prospective buyers.这篇报道应该对其他潜在的购买者起到警示作用。
• They have all these great activities for prospective freshmen.这会举办各种各样的活动来招待未来的新人。

12 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

13 enrolled   

adj.入学登记了的v.[亦作enrol]( enroll的过去式和过去分词 )；登记，招收，使入伍（或入会、入学等），参加，成为成员；记入名册；卷起，包起

参考例句：

• They have been studying hard from the moment they enrolled. 从入学时起，他们就一直努力学习。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He enrolled with an employment agency for a teaching position. 他在职业介绍所登了记以谋求一个教师的职位。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 nude   

adj.裸体的；n.裸体者，裸体艺术品

参考例句：

• It's a painting of the Duchess of Alba in the nude.这是一幅阿尔巴公爵夫人的裸体肖像画。
• She doesn't like nude swimming.她不喜欢裸泳。

15 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

16 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。