英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0710 - 你有本事晒填色，你有本事晒画画啊！

 Topic1 Apple Watch Sales PlungeApple Watch was predicted to be another magical product because of its integration¹ of timing², monitoring health condition and many other useful functions. However, the sales of Apple Watch plummeted³ by 90% in American market, according to a new market research.

How bad is the situation?

Topic2 Coloring Book Becomes Popular among AdultsRecently, a coloring book has gained great popularity among adults. It has been sold out on many e-commerce websites.

Coloring books used to be regarded as for children to learn drawing. Why is the book so popular among adults? What's the magic of it?

Topic3 Husband and Wife, Who Benefits More from Marriage?

Next time someone says marriage is the tomb of love, argue back with scientific proof. Sociologists have found many positive benefits for married couples. But the next question is, who benefits more from marriage? Husband or wife?

Topic4 Chinese families of Yale students grow a gardenAt the northern edge of Yale University in the US, a vacant piece of land has been turned into a garden with exotic herbs and vegetables.

They are planted and tended by senior people from China whose children are Yale students.

It has a name—"New Haven⁴".

How and why?

1 integration   

n.一体化，联合，结合

参考例句：

• We are working to bring about closer political integration in the EU.我们正在努力实现欧盟內部更加紧密的政治一体化。
• This was the greatest event in the annals of European integration.这是欧洲统一史上最重大的事件。

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。

3 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。