英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0818 - “脸基尼”成时尚新宠

Topic1 Shrink-wrapped eating utensils not clean as you thinkDishes and utensils in shrink wrapped plastic packages are not as clean as you might think while eating at a restaurant.

Over the course of a month, two undercover reporters with the Wenzhou Evening Report looked at a lot of utensils in a lot of plastic wrap.

The results of their in-depth investigation are nothing short of horrifying.

What should be done?

Topic2 Drug-taking Actors Won't Be HiredBeijing's entertainer companies on Aug 13 signed an affirmation to promise that they will never use performers with a history of drug use in any performances. This was after another famous actor Gao Hu was caught for drug abuse.

Do you think this will be effective in combating drug abuse in entertainment industry?

Topic3 Job certifications canceledPeople who want to become real estate agents no longer need to get vocational qualifications.

The State Council has issued a policy canceling several vocational qualification certificates and business registration procedures including tax agents and in-house counselors.

What certifications are canceled? Should they?

Topic4 Driver Scared Girl into Jumping Out of CabRecently, 3 college female students took an illegal taxi in the suburb of Nanchang city. On the way, the driver jokes that he is a human trafficker. One of the girls panics, so she jumps out of the car and gets inured seriously.

However, the procuratorate doesn't arrest he driver since they see the case as an accident.

What exactly happened? Should the driver be partly responsible?

Topic5 Facekini Becomes Fashion TrendFacekini is becoming not only a new buzz word, but also a new fashion trend. So it seems.

The word "facekini" or "face bikini" was created not long ago as pictures of retired women in Qingdao wearing full-face masks at the beach went viral online. Now this bizarre trend is getting global attention because it recently got a high-fashion makeover.

What's your opinion about it?