英语角-圆桌会议 Round Table：这样给娃起名，是亲生的么？

Topic 1 China Makes Progress in Innovation, But Not Enough In traditional views, with its high economic development speed, China has strong innovative capacity to raise productivity, create more high value-added jobs and achieve its economic aspirations.

However, a report from Mckinsey indicates that low achievements with high investment is still a big problem for China.

What does the report say? Is it true?

Topic 2 Foreign Mosquito Killer Can't Kill Chinese Mosquitoes?

Many people love to buy things from abroad on e-commerce websites. And mosquito killer is one of the hottest sellers in summer. But customers have found that it's difficult for those foreign products to take effects in China.

Why can't foreign mosquito killer kill Chinese mosquitoes?

Topic 3 TV Host Launches Dialect Preservation Project An investigation project of the Hunan dialect has been launched by a famous TV host in Changsha, capital of the province. The host himself has also contributed 4.65 million yuan to the project. There will be a data base storing audios, videos and written materials to preserve the local dialect. Why should we protect dialects?

What happened? Are dialects being lost?

Topic 4 Amusing Chinese Names As a Chinese saying goes, "You are what your name is(人如其名rén rú qí míng)". Chinese parents always rack their brains when trying to come up with a baby name, in order to make it more distinctive. But some may have tried too hard.

How far have parents gone in giving their kids unique names?