英語角-圓桌會議 RoundTable - P過的畢業(yè)照

Topic1 Forbidden City management problems
Recent rumors that the Imperial Palace in central Beijing caught fire have been dismissed.

The white smoke upon the royal relic shown in photos circulated online turned out to be a fire that started meters away from the cultural heritage, where a wanderer put his garbage.

Good news is it was not the Imperial Palace that caught fire. But should we just put the false alarm behind us now?

Should we just relax?

Topic2 Bullet trains sell naming rights in market reform
A high-speed train from Fuzhou to Longyan in Fujian province has been named "China Unicom", sparking discussion among netizens. The Nanchang Railway Bureau said selling trains' naming rights is a great step in China's rail reform. Other bureaus, such as those in Beijing, Shenyang and Chengdu, also have seen commercially named high-speed trains.

What do think? Is it a good thing?

Topic3 School leaders were photoshopped into the graduation photo
Lately a graduation photo was found to be photoshopped because a teacher appeared twice in the photo with exactly the same pose and facial expression.

It's funny in a way that it's such a silly mistake to make. But then it's kind of sad that the school treat their graduation photo in this way.

Is this ridiculous?

1 rumors

n.傳聞( rumor的名詞復(fù)數(shù) );[古]名譽(yù);咕噥;[古]喧嚷v.傳聞( rumor的第三人稱單數(shù) );[古]名譽(yù);咕噥;[古]喧嚷

參考例句：

Rumors have it that the school was burned down. 有謠言說學(xué)校給燒掉了。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

Rumors of a revolt were afloat. 叛變的謠言四起。 來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2 relic

n.神圣的遺物，遺跡，紀(jì)念物

參考例句：

This stone axe is a relic of ancient times.這石斧是古代的遺物。

He found himself thinking of the man as a relic from the past.他把這個男人看成是過去時代的人物。