英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1129 - 被逼跳水的“二师兄”

Topic 1-WeChat accounts are new channel for individual expression

 

Running an individual, official account, on social-networking app, WeChat, has become a new channel for Chinese people to express themselves, according to a survey. What is this all about? And what are the pros¹ and cons² of this trend? First can you guys tell survey?

 

Topic-2: Could College sports see a new focus here in China

 

Efforts are being made to train Chinese coaches in the US college sports college system following a basketball game between two American Universities, that took place in Shanghai. Is this the start to a future of college sports here in China? And would this be a good or bad thing? We wanna know, guys can you tell me what’s going on?

 

Topic 3-Farmer Trains Pigs to Dive to Keep Them Fit And 'Taste Better'

 

Would you like your bacon, to be even tastier? Maybe it’s time to tell your local farmers to give their pigs an exercise regiment³. According to one pig farmer in China, this will make that piggy taste even better and might earn you some extra cash. Guys what’s going on here?

1 pros   

abbr.prosecuting 起诉；prosecutor 起诉人；professionals 自由职业者；proscenium （舞台）前部n.赞成的意见( pro的名词复数 )；赞成的理由；抵偿物；交换物

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 cons   

n.欺骗，骗局( con的名词复数 )v.诈骗，哄骗( con的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The pros and cons cancel out. 正反两种意见抵消。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• We should hear all the pros and cons of the matter before we make a decision. 我们在对这事做出决定之前，应该先听取正反两方面的意见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 regiment   

n.团，多数，管理；v.组织，编成团，统制

参考例句：

• As he hated army life,he decide to desert his regiment.因为他嫌恶军队生活，所以他决心背弃自己所在的那个团。
• They reformed a division into a regiment.他们将一个师整编成为一个团。