英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0623 - 没有好刀工的主厨当不了合格的网红！

 　　Topic1-Fake Medical Experts on TV Commercials

　　There's a fat chance you'd recognize this older lady on TV. She has been seen on TV posing as the only living practitioner¹ of traditional Tibetan medicine, an experienced and renowned² nutritionist, a retired³ president of a top hospital, to name a few. Now she has been busted⁴ as total fake.

　　How did she get on TV in the first place? More importantly how could fake health and medical information be broadcasted on TV?

　　RT's Happy Place

　　Topic2-Michelin star chef's knife skills mocked by Chinese netizens

　　A video showing the knife skills of a Michelin star chef has become the subject of mockery and ridicule⁵. As Chinese internet users claim their moms can easily beat the chef in a slicing and dicing⁶ competition.

　　What qualifies a top chef?

1 practitioner   

n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者

参考例句：

• He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
• She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。

2 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

3 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

4 busted   

adj. 破产了的，失败了的，被降级的，被逮捕的，被抓到的 动词bust的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• You are so busted! 你被当场逮住了！
• It was money troubles that busted up their marriage. 是金钱纠纷使他们的婚姻破裂了。

5 ridicule   

v.讥讽，挖苦；n.嘲弄

参考例句：

• You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
• Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。

6 dicing   

n.掷骰子，（皮革上的）菱形装饰v.将…切成小方块，切成丁（ dice的现在分词 ）

参考例句：

• We are dicing for drinks. 我们在掷骰子赌喝酒。 来自辞典例句
• A lady doesn't crawl around on the decks dicing with the crew. 高贵女士可不会和船员们在船的甲板上来回爬。 来自电影对白