英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0819 - 拒绝商业化的盘龙寺

 Topic1 Environmental Protection Tribunals Set up in ChinaIn April this year, the State Council adopted a revised environmental protection law, which will not take effect until the beginning of next year. And also, China's Supreme¹ People's Court has set up a tribunal specifically focused on environment cases. We're joined by Dimitri De Boer, Team Leader of EU – China Environmental Governance Program to talk about these developments. Do you think this new law will really help to improve the state of the environment?

Topic2 Weibo Tries to Rivive By Adding Tipping FunctionIf you like the performance of a street artist, you can put some change in his bowl. If you like the thread of a weibo user, now you can also give the person some incentive² via Alipay.

This is a new function on weibo called Dashang, or tipping in English.

Will you tip some weibo users?

Topic3 Temple closed to reject commercializationA temple in Southwest China's Yunnan province closed its door to tourists on Aug 15 because it rejected the local government's plan to commercialize it.

On Aug 17, local government announced that the temple was reopened after discussion.

Should the temple say no to commercialization?

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 incentive   

n.刺激；动力；鼓励；诱因；动机

参考例句：

• Money is still a major incentive in most occupations.在许多职业中，钱仍是主要的鼓励因素。
• He hasn't much incentive to work hard.他没有努力工作的动机。