英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0629 - 高中生开微店学校为其定制课程

 Topic1 UCAR and Uber in Ad WarUCAR, the domestic¹ car-on-demand service provider, satirized² Uber, an American car-on-demand company, on Weibo by presenting nine posters targeting Uber. However, the advertisement seems to have not only offended³ netizens, but also worked in Uber's favor.

What did UCAR do?

Topic2 Chinese Poverty LineRecently, many netizens are discussing about the latest figures of average salary in different cities. Some feel that they are poor as their income is much less than the "average salary". However, according to Chinese poverty line, if you earn more than 6.3 yuan per day, you are not poor. Is the poverty line reasonable?

What's the poverty line?

Topic3 Personal Tailored Class Schedule for Student Doing WeChat BusinessA Chinese high school student has got a personal tailored class schedule after he skipped many classes for his WeChat business and got complaints from many of his teachers.

Should the trend of starting a business be encouraged by the school even it has already influenced studies? How should we balance studies and doing business?

Topic4 Airlines to provide in flight Wi-Fi servicesA recent report says that 3 major Chinese airlines, including China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Air China, have been approved to provide in flight Wi-Fi services.

Can we expect to enjoy very in-flight Wi-Fi service very soon?

Topic5 Dog Owner Asks Woman to Apologize to DogClaimed that her pet dog was scared by a pram⁴, a woman in Chengdu asked for an apology from the baby's grandparent, causing serious conflict and again disputes⁵ about the relation between human beings and dogs.

What happened?

1 domestic   

adj.家里的，国内的，本国的；n.家仆，佣人

参考例句：

• This is domestic news.这是国内新闻。
• She does the domestic affairs every day.她每天都忙家务。

2 satirized   

v.讽刺，讥讽( satirize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• How could he stand being satirized by you like this? 你这么讽刺他，他怎么能搁得住。 来自互联网
• The essay bitterly satirized some unhealthy tendencies in society. 这篇杂文辛辣地讽刺了社会上的一些不良现象。 来自互联网

3 offended   

v.触怒( offend的过去式和过去分词 )；得罪；冒犯；使反感令人不适

参考例句：

• They'll be offended if you don't go to their wedding. 你若不参加他们的婚礼，他们会生气的。
• She was offended by the vulgarity of their jokes. 他们那些粗俗的笑话使她大为不快。

4 pram   

n.婴儿车，童车

参考例句：

• She sat the baby up in the pram. 她把孩子放在婴儿车里坐着。
• She ran in chase of the pram. 她跑着追那婴儿车。

5 disputes   

n.辩论( dispute的名词复数 )；争端；（劳资）纠纷；罢工v.辩论，争论( dispute的第三人称单数 )；争夺；阻止；就…进行辩论

参考例句：

• a legalistic approach to family disputes 死抠法律条文解决家庭纠纷的方法
• a party riven by internal disputes 由于内部分歧而四分五裂的政党