英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0907 - 因“蹭饭门”被开除的员工冤么？

 Topic1 New Semester PhobiaAs the new semester starts, many students, who are still indulging in a happy vacation mood, have felt uncontrollable panic. This phenomenon is dubbed¹ "new semester phobia". Why is that? How can we relieve from the situation?

Topic2 Silicon² Valley "Cengfan" GateFacebook recently fired several Chinese employees for making money by bringing visitors to enjoy free meals in the company via a tourism platform named "Chummy". Is it OK to charge people for that? Is it a kind of sharing economy?

Topic3 2nd Generations of Family Business Reluctant to be SuccessorsA recent report revealed that nearly 80 percent of the second generations of Chinese family business do not want to take over their parents' jobs. Instead they want to start their own business. Why don't they want to be family successors?

Topic4 Castle-like Primary SchoolA group of photos depicting³ the new campus of a primary school have been praised by netizens for its dreamlike style. Why did the school decorate the campus in such a style? Is it a distraction⁴ to students or just a waste of money?

1 dubbed   

v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 )；把…称为；配音；复制

参考例句：

• Mathematics was once dubbed the handmaiden of the sciences. 数学曾一度被视为各门科学的基础。
• Is the movie dubbed or does it have subtitles? 这部电影是配音的还是打字幕的？ 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 silicon   

n.硅(旧名矽)

参考例句：

• This company pioneered the use of silicon chip.这家公司开创了使用硅片的方法。
• A chip is a piece of silicon about the size of a postage stamp.芯片就是一枚邮票大小的硅片。

3 depicting   

描绘，描画( depict的现在分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• a painting depicting the Virgin and Child 一幅描绘童贞马利亚和圣子耶稣的画
• The movie depicting the battles and bloodshed is bound to strike home. 这部描写战斗和流血牺牲的影片一定会取得预期效果。

4 distraction   

n.精神涣散，精神不集中，消遣，娱乐

参考例句：

• Total concentration is required with no distractions.要全神贯注，不能有丝毫分神。
• Their national distraction is going to the disco.他们的全民消遣就是去蹦迪。