英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0514 - 治霾神器遭遇吐槽

 Topic1 How to attract basic and mid¹ level talentsIn recent years, Shenzhen has done a good job of attracting high-end talents, however, at the same time, the city continued to lose basic and mid-level talents.

Between 2010 and 2013, over 65,000 people gave up their Shenzhen Hukou, and 40% of them are considered to be talents. In the worst year, over 10,000 talents moved out of Shenzhen.

Is Shenzhen facing a talent crisis?

Topic2 Smog Cannon² in Xi'anIn an effort to reduce air pollution, Xi'an recently bought a "Smog Cannon", an air-assisted machine that sprays fine water drops to over 70 meters high. The 900,000 yuan machine was installed on a truck so it can move around in the city from 8:30 am to 6pm every day.

The local government says it reduces smog in the city. Does it really work?

Topic3 Panda MasterChinese Net users are going wild over what they're calling the most enviable job in the country: panda master.

Basically, it is a position to take care of giant pandas in Ya'an, Sichuan province. The pay is as high as 200,000 yuan a year.

Are you interested?

Topic4 International Classes Aren't That GoodIn recent years, more and more schools set up international classes or international departments. Students in these classes follow the same curriculum of developed countries and may even be directly recruited by foreign universities.

However, there're also doubts that international classes aren't as attractive as they sound.

Are international classes growing in size and popularity?

Topic5 Campus Internet Receives ComplaintsIn our common sense, the commodity prices in universities are lower than average. For eg, a meal in the canteen is just a couple of yuan and the dormitory fees are also much lower than average rent in cities. However, when it comes to the internet, it is a totally different story.

Recently, CCTV discloses that students in the same dorm in a university in Sichuan have to pay 5,000 yuan a year for internet access.

Is it too high? Why is that?

Topic6 100 million Chinese are Addicted³ GamersA study jointly⁴ conducted by Chinese market research firm Eguan and game company Giant Interactive⁵ shows an estimated 100 million people in China have suffered brain damage as a result of video games.

The report defines these people as players who have lost self control and developed an irrational⁶ dependence⁷ on games. While the report rather harshly refers to these players as "braindead" or "brain damaged," this could more appropriately be inferred as someone showing signs of gaming addiction⁸.

Enfodesk and Eguan gathered data using a combination of questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and field testing.

100 million is a surprisingly large figure. Are so many people in China addicted gamers?

1 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

2 cannon   

n.大炮，火炮；飞机上的机关炮

参考例句：

• The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵们开炮。
• The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山间轰鸣。

3 addicted   

adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的

参考例句：

• He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。
• She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

4 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

5 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

6 irrational   

adj.无理性的，失去理性的

参考例句：

• After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后变得完全失去了理性。
• There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投资者中是存在非理性繁荣的征象的。

7 dependence   

n.依靠，依赖；信任，信赖；隶属

参考例句：

• Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.医生们尽力使她戒除毒瘾。
• He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在经济上摆脱了对父母的依赖。

8 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。