英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1230 - 爱狗可以，请不要用餐厅勺子喂狗好吗？

 Topic1 Government officials-unpopular occupation?

With increasing government officials resigning, People's Daily said people should treat it as a normal thing. Under the great pressure of the anti-corruption campaign, Chinese officials are gradually becoming a vulnerable¹ group with low salary and high risks.

Do you think government officials have become members of a vulnerable group?

Topic2 Children with HIV/AIDS meet schooling² challengesAn 8-year-old boy with HIV/AIDS in Sichuan has finally been admitted by a local primary school.

However, the boy, recently in the news for being banished³ by more than 200 villagers, has to deal with a new challenge—the parents of his fellow school mates are worried that he might be a health threat to their children.

What's the problem?

Topic3 Post-90s graduates might be 1st generation to not buy housesA recent survey shows college graduates born after 1990 may well become a generation of non-home owners.

According to survey by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, about 20 percent of post-90s college students continued to live with their relatives or friends one year after graduation.

Is it really happening? Why?

Topic4 Did you have a pay raise in 2014?

2014 is coming to an end. And it's probably a good time to look back at our salary levels during the year. Statistics⁴ show that 19 provinces and municipalities have raised the minimum wage standard. The average growth is 14.1%. Did you have a pay raise?

Topic5 Should dogs be allowed in restaurants and eat with a spoon?

Chinese people love their pet dogs, so much so that some of them would take their fluffy⁵ friends to restaurants for a meal out.

An extreme case would be a recent one in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, in which the dog lady used the restaurant spoon to feed her pet dog.

It got people talking. Is it ok to do so really?

1 vulnerable   

adj.易受伤的，脆弱的，易受攻击的

参考例句：

• He volunteered to protect her as she looked so vulnerable.她看上去很脆弱，他就主动去保护她。
• The company is in an economically vulnerable position.该公司目前经济状况不稳定。

2 schooling   

n.教育；正规学校教育

参考例句：

• A child's access to schooling varies greatly from area to area.孩子获得学校教育的机会因地区不同而大相径庭。
• Backward children need a special kind of schooling.天赋差的孩子需要特殊的教育。

3 banished   

v.放逐，驱逐( banish的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was banished to Australia, where he died five years later. 他被流放到澳大利亚，五年后在那里去世。
• He was banished to an uninhabited island for a year. 他被放逐到一个无人居住的荒岛一年。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
• Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。

5 fluffy   

adj.有绒毛的，空洞的

参考例句：

• Newly hatched chicks are like fluffy balls.刚孵出的小鸡像绒毛球。
• The steamed bread is very fluffy.馒头很暄。