英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - 校車安全

Topic1 World Cup Roundup
Today we are joined by Scott Tu, FIFA and AFC Match Commissioner1 and our sports editor, Michael Fox, to talk about the just finished 2014 World Cup. Just this morning, Beijing time, Germany beat Argentina in extra time 1-0. What do you guys think of the outcome? Were you surprised?

Topic2 BOC Money Laundering Allegations
The People's Bank of China has now said that they are looking into allegations by China Central Television that the Bank of China, China's 4th largest lender, has been laundering money offshore for their clients.

What exactly are CCTV's allegations?

Topic3 Is there a way to prevent school bus accidents in China?

An initial investigation has suggested that overloading and use of an unauthorized route are the likely causes of a fatal kindergarten bus accident in central China's Hunan Province on Thursday.

Eight kindergarten students, as well as the driver and two teachers, were killed. Raising the question, why is this happening again?

Is history repeating?

Topic4 Celebrites as visiting professors in college classroom
Guo Jingming, the famous Chinese young-adult fiction writer and businessperson, has been appointed visiting professor at Shanghai University, making headline news about this controversial figure, again.

Why so much controversy?

1 commissioner

n.(政府廳、局、處等部門)專員，長官，委員

參考例句：

The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.專員發(fā)出了對她的逮捕令。

He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命為警務(wù)處長。

2 laundering

n.洗滌(衣等)，洗燙(衣等);洗(錢)v.洗(衣服等)，洗燙(衣服等)( launder的現(xiàn)在分詞 );洗(黑錢)(把非法收入改頭換面，變?yōu)槊菜坪戏ǖ氖杖?

參考例句：

Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前應(yīng)當(dāng)把淺色衣服和深色衣服分開。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗錢。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3 offshore

adj.海面的，吹向海面的;adv.向海面

參考例句：

A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一個大規(guī)模的石油勘探計劃正在近海展開。

A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和緩的潮流慢慢地把他們帶離了海岸。

4 investigation

n.調(diào)查，調(diào)查研究

參考例句：

In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在調(diào)查中新發(fā)現(xiàn)了一件對他不利的事實。

He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根據(jù)自己的調(diào)查研究作出結(jié)論。

5 overloading

過載，超載，過負載

參考例句：

Enables multiple users to search the site without overloading the server. 使多個用戶搜索網(wǎng)站，而無需超載的服務(wù)器上。

The driver got stripped down again for overloading his trunk. 那位卡車司機因為超載又受到責(zé)備。

6 controversy

n.爭論，辯論，爭吵

參考例句：

That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一個無可爭論的事實。

We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我們要冒使自己在所有的紛爭中都成為眾矢之的的風(fēng)險。