英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 禁煙令

Topic1 Security Staff on Public Transportation
On Wednesday, the Ministry of Public Security holds an emergency national meeting, calling for better security on subways, buses and other public transportation.

The ministry also requires that security staff should be present on every subway train and every bus with necessary protection and safety gear.

Will the method better protected the public?

Topic2 Anti-smoking rules should be more specific
Beijing is making a law on smoking control in public places, which is under review and expected to take effect next year.

While the public has shown big support for the effort, activists say the law needs to be more specific.

What does it take this time for the smoking ban to really work?

Topic3 Butler academy opens in China
So many people are becoming millionaires in China that a butler academy has opened to churn out the staff to wait on them.

International Butler Academy, the world's leading butler service training institute, has just opened its first branch in China in southwestern China's Chengdu.

The International Butler Academy China's inaugural class starts in July and is already full with 24 students. All of them are staff from 12 different five-star hotels in Chengdu.

Do you want to be a butler, or do you want to hire one?

Topic4 Are Shy Kids Being Marginalized
In the admission interview of the famous foreign universities, as well as in the independent enrollment of some domestic elite universities, the examiners increasingly value "leadership" and "communication skills" a lot.

However, are we marginalizing the shy kids by valuing extroverted personality traits?

Topic5 Internet changes people's view of choosing partners
The internet really has changed everything – maybe even what we find sexy.

A new study carried out by British researchers shows a link between internet access and the potential mates we find most attractive.

Has the internet changed your aesthetics standard?

What does the report say?

1 ministry

n.(政府的)部;牧師

參考例句：

They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他們派了一個代表團到部里投訴。

We probed the Air Ministry statements.我們調(diào)查了空軍部的記錄。

2 activists

n.(政治活動的)積極分子，活動家( activist的名詞復數(shù) )

參考例句：

His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了動物權(quán)益維護者的抨擊。

Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 黨的激進分子中有很多出身于中產(chǎn)階級下層。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 inaugural

adj.就職的;n.就職典禮

參考例句：

We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我們通過無線電聽了總統(tǒng)的就職演說。

Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮爾遜教授在新的階梯講堂發(fā)表了啟用演說。

4 enrollment

n.注冊或登記的人數(shù);登記

參考例句：

You will be given a reading list at enrollment.注冊時你會收到一份閱讀書目。

I just got the enrollment notice from Fudan University.我剛剛接到復旦大學的入學通知書。

5 elite

n.精英階層;實力集團;adj.杰出的，卓越的

參考例句：

The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府內(nèi)部的一群握有實權(quán)的精英控制著對外政策。

We have a political elite in this country.我們國家有一群政治精英。

6 extroverted

a.性格外向的

參考例句：

Do you think you are introverted or extroverted? 你認為你性格內(nèi)向還是外向?

Are you introverted or extroverted? 你個性內(nèi)向還是外向? 來自輕松英語會話---聯(lián)想2000詞(上)

7 aesthetics

n.(尤指藝術(shù)方面之)美學，審美學

參考例句：

Sometimes, of course, our markings may be simply a matter of aesthetics. 當然，有時我們的標點符號也許只是個審美的問題。 來自名作英譯部分

The field of aesthetics presents an especially difficult problem to the historian. 美學領(lǐng)域向歷史學家提出了一個格外困難的問題。