英語(yǔ)角-圓桌會(huì)議 RoundTable - 知名網(wǎng)購(gòu)平臺(tái)售假？

Topic1 Online Shopping Platforms Sell Fake Products
Recently, a counterfeit manufacturer named Xiangpeng Hengye drags almost all the online retailers into the mire, including JD.com, Jumei, Amazon China, yhd.com and Gome.

What is worse, according to media report, there are more than 10 thousand counterfeit manufacturers in the country that operate online shops on these well-known platforms.

How big is this problem?

Topic2 China airline tests in-flight WiFi
A Chinese airline has tested a program to allow passengers to use in-flight Wi-Fi, paving the way for the technology's application in China's booming aviation market.

The satellite-based Wi-Fi service was made available on a flight operated by China Eastern Airlines, the first test of the service on a Chinese commercial flight.

The test service was launched on an Airbus A330 servicing the Shanghai-Beijing route, and the first trial flight took off on last Wednesday morning.

Is it a big step forward? What does it mean?

Topic3 Baoyan Summer Camps
Recently, third-year college students across China are swarmingto participate in baoyan xia ling ying, or graduate recommendation summer camps, held by universities where they wish to pursue a further education. Many of them are even going to multiple camps to increase their chance of getting an offer.

So what is a baoyan summer camp? Why are students throwing themselves into these camps?

1 counterfeit

vt.偽造，仿造;adj.偽造的，假冒的

參考例句：

It is a crime to counterfeit money.偽造貨幣是犯罪行為。

The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.這幅畫(huà)看上去年代久遠(yuǎn)，實(shí)際是最近的一幅贗品。

2 retailers

零售商，零售店( retailer的名詞復(fù)數(shù) )

參考例句：

High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商業(yè)街的零售商報(bào)告說(shuō)圣誕節(jié)前銷(xiāo)售量顯著提高。

Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有為他們提供符合要求的貨品的法定義務(wù)。

3 mire

n.泥沼，泥濘;v.使...陷于泥濘，使...陷入困境

參考例句：

I don't want my son's good name dragged through the mire.我不想使我兒子的名譽(yù)掃地。

He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我從苦海里救了出來(lái)。

4 swarming

密集( swarm的現(xiàn)在分詞 ); 云集; 成群地移動(dòng); 蜜蜂或其他飛行昆蟲(chóng)成群地飛來(lái)飛去

參考例句：

The sacks of rice were swarming with bugs. 一袋袋的米里長(zhǎng)滿(mǎn)了蟲(chóng)子。

The beach is swarming with bathers. 海灘滿(mǎn)是海水浴的人。