英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0227 - 怎样给朋友做媒不会友尽

 Topic1 Spring Festival Spending 2015China retail¹ sales for the week-long Spring Festival holiday has grown steadily² this year as businesses rushed to take advantage of the nationwide shopping spree.

Shops and restaurants across the country hit 678 billion yuan in sales or about 111 billion US dollars, up 11 percent from last year's holiday period.

Does it make sense?

Topic2 Foreign manufacturer exodus³ from ChinaChina's manufacturing industry is seeing an explosion in factory closings this year and the first wave is hitting now.

A recent case in point is the decision of Citizen China, which produces Japanese Citizen watches, to fold its production base in Guangzhou, affecting 1,000 workers.

Is it a challenge or an opportunity?

Topic3 Etiquettes on Wechat Friend's CircleWeChat's Friend's Circle (official name Moments), which is supposed to be a place for bonding, is now filled with trash posts, rumors⁴ and advertisements.

Recently, a thread called the Etiquettes on Friends' Circle becomes popular online. Will it put this social network app back to normal?

Is there a problem? What bothers you most on Friend's Circle?

Topic4 How to Match-make for your FriendsYour friend's not dating anyone and you think you have a guy for her. It seems that setting them up should be easy, but the truth is that getting involved in other people's relationships is extremely tricky⁵, according to the American website Women's Day.

Is it hard to match-make for friends? Are there rules to follow?

Topic5 Can Wishing Coins Bring You Good LuckDuring the Spring Festival holiday, groups of worshippers arrived at Guiyuan Temple in Wuhan, throwing coins on at the main shrine⁶ for good luck. Temple workers have to wear helmets to protect themselves from the shower of coins when cleaning the doorway⁷.

How common is this tossing-coin-for-luck thing? Have you ever done it?

1 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

2 steadily   

adv.稳定地；不变地；持续地

参考例句：

• The scope of man's use of natural resources will steadily grow.人类利用自然资源的广度将日益扩大。
• Our educational reform was steadily led onto the correct path.我们的教学改革慢慢上轨道了。

3 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

4 rumors   

n.传闻( rumor的名词复数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷v.传闻( rumor的第三人称单数 )；[古]名誉；咕哝；[古]喧嚷

参考例句：

• Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有谣言说学校给烧掉了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛变的谣言四起。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 tricky   

adj.狡猾的，奸诈的；(工作等)棘手的，微妙的

参考例句：

• I'm in a rather tricky position.Can you help me out?我的处境很棘手，你能帮我吗？
• He avoided this tricky question and talked in generalities.他回避了这个非常微妙的问题，只做了个笼统的表述。

6 shrine   

n.圣地，神龛，庙；v.将...置于神龛内，把...奉为神圣

参考例句：

• The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
• They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。

7 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。