英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 治霾神器？

Topic1 How to attract basic and mid1 level talents. In recent years, Shenzhen has done a good job of attracting high-end talents, however, at the same time, the city continued to lose basic and mid-level talents.

Between 2010 and 2013, over 65,000 people gave up their Shenzhen Hukou, and 40% of them are considered to be talents. In the worst year, over 10,000 talents moved out of Shenzhen.

Is Shenzhen facing a talent crisis?

Topic2 Smog Cannon in Xi'anIn an effort to reduce air pollution, Xi'an recently bought a "Smog Cannon", an air-assisted machine that sprays fine water drops to over 70 meters high. The 900,000 yuan machine was installed on a truck so it can move around in the city from 8:30 am to 6pm every day.

The local government says it reduces smog in the city. Does it really work?

Topic3 Panda Master. Chinese Net users are going wild over what they're calling the most enviable job in the country: panda master.

Basically, it is a position to take care of giant pandas in Ya'an, Sichuan province. The pay is as high as 200,000 yuan a year.

Are you interested?

Topic4 International Classes Aren't That Good. In recent years, more and more schools set up international classes or international departments. Students in these classes follow the same curriculum of developed countries and may even be directly recruited by foreign universities.

However, there're also doubts that international classes aren't as attractive as they sound.

Are international classes growing in size and popularity?

Topic5 Campus Internet Receives Complaints. In our common sense, the commodity prices in universities are lower than average. For eg, a meal in the canteen is just a couple of yuan and the dormitory fees are also much lower than average rent in cities. However, when it comes to the internet, it is a totally different story.

Recently, CCTV discloses that students in the same dorm in a university in Sichuan have to pay 5,000 yuan a year for internet access.

Is it too high? Why is that?

Topic6 100 million Chinese are Addicted Gamers. A study jointly conducted by Chinese market research firm Eguan and game company Giant Interactive shows an estimated 100 million people in China have suffered brain damage as a result of video games.

The report defines these people as players who have lost self control and developed an irrational dependence on games. While the report rather harshly refers to these players as "braindead" or "brain damaged," this could more appropriately be inferred as someone showing signs of gaming addiction.

Enfodesk and Eguan gathered data using a combination of questionnaires, face-to-face interviews, and field testing. 100 million is a surprisingly large figure. Are so many people in China addicted gamers?

1 mid

adj.中央的，中間的

參考例句：

Our mid-term exam is pending.我們就要期中考試了。

He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年轉(zhuǎn)入教學工作。

2 cannon

n.大炮，火炮;飛機上的機關(guān)炮

參考例句：

The soldiers fired the cannon.士兵們開炮。

The cannon thundered in the hills.大炮在山間轟鳴。

3 addicted

adj.沉溺于....的，對...上癮的

參考例句：

He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17歲的時候?qū)Ｂ逡蛏狭税a。

She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了愛情小說。

4 jointly

ad.聯(lián)合地，共同地

參考例句：

Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分別承擔。

She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同擁有這所房子。

5 interactive

adj.相互作用的，互相影響的，(電腦)交互的

參考例句：

The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.這種心理治療是在互動的小組之間進行的。

This will make videogames more interactive than ever.這將使電子游戲的互動性更勝以往。

6 irrational

adj.無理性的，失去理性的

參考例句：

After taking the drug she became completely irrational.她在吸毒后變得完全失去了理性。

There are also signs of irrational exuberance among some investors.在某些投資者中是存在非理性繁榮的征象的。

7 dependence

n.依靠，依賴;信任，信賴;隸屬

參考例句：

Doctors keep trying to break her dependence of the drug.醫(yī)生們盡力使她戒除毒癮。

He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.他在經(jīng)濟上擺脫了對父母的依賴。

8 addiction

n.上癮入迷，嗜好

參考例句：

He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他從父母那兒偷錢以滿足自己的嗜好。

Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.販賣毒品的地區(qū)往往是吸毒上癮、貧困和發(fā)生謀殺的地方。