英语角-圆桌会议RoundTable0725 - 今天你假装生活了吗？

 　　Topic1-Are 20 million people in Beijing pretending to have a life

　　An article with the title "There are 20 million people pretending that they have a life in Beijing" has gone viral on social media. It has received 5.28 million reads, nearly 20,000 comments until Monday morning. It also helped the Wechat public account attract more than 80 thousand new followers¹.

　　What's struck a chord with city dwellers² struggling with the day in and day out in big cities?

　　Topic2-JD.com blocks cooperation with TTK Express

　　Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com has put a halt to its cooperation with delivery company, TTK Express, by claiming the courier company's service quality fails to meet company standard.

　　Later, electronics retailer³ Suning has joined the ongoing⁴ row, as it's the biggest stakeholder of TTK Express.

　　Who's at bigger fault in the latest edition of internet feud⁵?

　　Topic3-Teleportation: photons now, humans next?

　　Chinese scientists published an article on open-access online e-print archive arXiv.org last week, announcing they successfully "teleported" information on a photon from the ground to a satellite.

　　Teleportation, the mysterious process of "beaming" a person or an object from one point to another, may no longer just be a Sci-fi movie trope.

　　How far away are we from beaming ourselves to work every morning? What does the breakthrough mean for humans?

1 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

2 dwellers   

n.居民，居住者( dweller的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes. 城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They have transformed themselves into permanent city dwellers. 他们已成为永久的城市居民。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 retailer   

n.零售商(人)

参考例句：

• What are the retailer requirements?零售商会有哪些要求呢？
• The retailer has assembled a team in Shanghai to examine the question.这家零售商在上海组建了一支团队研究这个问题。

4 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。

5 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。