英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 汗蒸

Topic1 Anti-drowning lessons
A primary school in central China's Henan Province has started an 'anti-drowning class' head of their upcoming summer holidays.

Young students are supposed to experience the feeling of suffocation during this lesson.

What is the lesson for?

Topic2 Too Many Wedding Expo
In recent years, wedding expos have been held frequently in many cities. Some cities have wedding expos four times a year. Between this February and March, 13 wedding expos have been held in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangzhou, Suzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Zhengzhou and Wuhan.

Do we need this many wedding expos?

Topic3 Fire therapy
Imagine yourself at a spa. Everything looks nice, there's relaxing music and seductive aromas waft towards you while your masseuse sets your back on fire.

Sound extreme? You wouldn't be the first to be taken aback at a form of TCM that has surprised many people online.

What is it?

Topic4 Old Manners
Earlier in the week, we talked about the composition topics for this year's gaokao with Beijing's being considered one of the best. It asked students to write about old rules of etiquette, for example, speaking in a gentle voice or greeting elderly people when you see them.

These manners have influenced generations of people in Beijing, but gradually have been forgotten.

What are they rules? Should we keep them?

Topic5 Do Chinese women pursue lighter skin?

While women in Europe and North America want a tan, in China, women want a clear and bright complexion with the ideal being skin as white as the egg white of a boiled egg.

Skin whitening masks and brightening lotions always fill the aisles of Chinese cosmetic stores but they're even more apparent in the summer when the sun's darkening power gets stronger.

Why the preference?

Topic6 Shanghai park signwriters flunk English test
Many public venues in China are kind enough to provide English versions of signs to help the millions of overseas tourists and an increasing number of expats living in the Middle Kingdom.

Well, some of these venues should have been more thoughtful and dedicated in providing the information in English.

Recently a number of English-language signs in Shanghai's Zhongshan Park have been taken down after being described as gibberish by Internet users.

Is there a serious problem of bad English translations in China?

1 suffocation

n.窒息

參考例句：

The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是熾熱和窒息作用。 來自辭典例句

The room was hot to suffocation. 房間熱得悶人。 來自辭典例句

2 aromas

n.芳香( aroma的名詞復數(shù) );氣味;風味;韻味

參考例句：

Intoxicating earth aromas induced lassitude and ethereal calm. 泥土的醉人的芳香叫人懶洋洋的，感到一種遠離塵世的寧靜。 來自辭典例句

Nose and elegant nose with attractive fruity, floral and citrus fruit aromas. 芳香：優(yōu)雅、馥郁、迷人的柑橘屬水果的果香及花的清香。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

3 waft

v.飄浮，飄蕩;n.一股;一陣微風;飄蕩

參考例句：

The bubble maker is like a sword that you waft in the air.吹出泡泡的東西就像你在空中揮舞的一把劍。

When she just about fall over,a waft of fragrance makes her stop.在她差點跌倒時，一股幽香讓她停下腳步。

4 etiquette

n.禮儀，禮節(jié);規(guī)矩

參考例句：

The rules of etiquette are not so strict nowadays.如今的禮儀規(guī)則已不那么嚴格了。

According to etiquette,you should stand up to meet a guest.按照禮節(jié)你應該站起來接待客人。

5 lighter

n.打火機，點火器;駁船;v.用駁船運送;light的比較級

參考例句：

The portrait was touched up so as to make it lighter.這張畫經(jīng)過潤色，色調(diào)明朗了一些。

The lighter works off the car battery.引燃器利用汽車蓄電池打火。

6 complexion

n.膚色;情況，局面;氣質(zhì)，性格

參考例句：

Red does not suit with her complexion.紅色與她的膚色不協(xié)調(diào)。

Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辭職局面就全變了。

7 lotions

n.洗液，洗劑，護膚液( lotion的名詞復數(shù) )

參考例句：

Do not use lotions or oils to lubricate the skin. 不要用潤膚劑或油類來潤滑皮膚。 來自辭典例句

They were experts at preserving the bodies of the dead by embalming them with special lotions. 他們具有采用特種藥物洗劑防止尸體腐爛的專門知識。 來自辭典例句

8 aisles

n. (席位間的)通道, 側廊

參考例句：

Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在諾曼時期，原來的薩克森風格的建筑物都增添了走廊。

They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他們走到大教堂的走廊附近，并且很快就坐了下來。

9 cosmetic

n.化妝品;adj.化妝用的;裝門面的;裝飾性的

參考例句：

These changes are purely cosmetic.這些改變純粹是裝飾門面。

Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妝品，所以請盡情微笑吧!

10 flunk

v.(考試)不及格(=fail)

參考例句：

I will flunk him if my student doesn't learn the material in the course.如果我的學生沒有掌握課程的內(nèi)容，我就會讓他不及格。

If you flunk finals,you don't get the chance to do them again.如果你沒通過期末考試，就沒有機會再考一次了。

11 venues

n.聚集地點( venue的名詞復數(shù) );會場;(尤指)體育比賽場所;犯罪地點

參考例句：

The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 這個樂隊在英國巡回演出期間將在20個不同的地點演出。

Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 農(nóng)牧市場東北角，有長800米，寬60米的牲畜交易場地。 來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

12 dedicated

adj.一心一意的;獻身的;熱誠的

參考例句：

He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他獻身于教育事業(yè)。

His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改進這項設計上了。