英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0213 - 女大学生专场招聘

 Topic1 When will 4G bring profit to China Mobile?

You may or may not be a 4G user, but you must have heard of this: China Mobile will take your house away if you forget to turn off your 4G service for a night. Of course it is a rumour¹ because China Mobile sets 500 yuan ceiling per month for each 4G user, but still, the rumour truly expresses users' concern and complaint about the high 4G service fee.

Is it expensive?

Topic2 Workers wanted!

A shortage of workers, which has happened almost every year after Spring Festival for the past several years, is hitting China's big cities and coastal² provinces again and this time the problem is especially serious.

It is predictable that the challenge might not ease in the short term.

How serious is it?

Topic3 Security Guards on StrikeBanking services are disrupted in Guangzhou earlier this week when about 100 cash delivery guards go on strike, following the accidental shooting death of a colleague last weekend.

The strike reveals their long-standing labor³ dispute with their employer.

What happened? Why were the guards dissatisfied?

Topic4 Girls Only Job Fair, Is it Fair?

After the traditional Chinese Spring Festival break, it's a new job hunting season for this year's graduates-to-be.

A girls-only job fair is going to be held early next month in Beijing where recruiters are not allowed to include any men-related information in their ads.

The truth is female only job fairs are becoming a regular scene every year in recent years in order to help more women find jobs in a highly competitive and sometimes discriminative⁴ employment market.

But is it fair to hold female only job fairs?

Topic5 Communities Cultural FacilitiesIn Beijing, most of the communities have various recreational facilities, such as fitness apparatus⁵, reading rooms, as well as chess & cards rooms. However, according to a recent survey, not many residents in the capital know of these facilities, not to mention using them.

Really? Is it true that such facilities are underused?

Topic6 Should we tell children dark side of the society?

Famous crosstalk actor Guo Degang wrote a letter to his son on the boy's 18th birthday. In the letter, Guo warns his son how evil and dark the world is. The letter says: "Asking for help is more difficult than touching⁶ the sky; Human hearts are more dangerous than jungle; friendship is more fragile than melting ice. Once you enter the wild world, forget about integrity and morality. Don't believe people who praise you; Don't listen to people who swear at you."Since Guo posted the letter on his official microblog, many web users criticized that Guo shouldn't reveal too much dark side of adult world to young children.

Do you think Guo is doing the right thing? Do we need to tell kids the darker side of society?

1 rumour   

n.谣言，谣传，传闻

参考例句：

• I should like to know who put that rumour about.我想知道是谁散布了那谣言。
• There has been a rumour mill on him for years.几年来，一直有谣言产生，对他进行中伤。

2 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 discriminative   

有判别力

参考例句：

• The measures are non-discriminative and not targeted at Mexican citizens. 有关措施并非针对墨西哥公民，没有歧视性。
• The Discriminative Common Vector (DCV) successfully overcomes this problem for FLDA. 近年来针对此问题提出了不同的解决方法，其中基于共同鉴别矢量(DCV)的方法成功克服了已有各种方法存在的缺点，有较好的数值稳定性和较低的计算复杂度。

5 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

6 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。