英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable0921 - 高空抛物责任连坐合理吗？

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Topic 1-Baby Hit by Falling Cement, Proprietors¹ Take Collective Responsibility

 

A baby girl hit by a piece of falling cement has been compensated² over 360 thousand Yuan or about 54 thousand USD. Because the perpetrator was nowhere to be found, the judge ruled that most of home owners in that apartment building must compensate³ the victim collectively.

 

Is it fair?

 

Topic 2-'Ghost Drivers' Plague online car-hailing platform in China

 

What we are going to talk about maybe a bit spooky for listeners. Listener discretion⁴ is advised.

 

Over the holiday period, various customer complaints have surfaced regarding some ghost drivers on car hailing apps. What's going on?

 

Topic 3-Professor Invents Facial Recognition System to Monitor Students, Optimize⁵ Teaching

 

Facial-recognition technology can read your face, and it's no longer a new thing. But let me blow your mind with a new invention that is facial expression recognition technology that can read your emotion?

 

A Chinese university lecturer has applied⁶ this technology on his students to gauge⁷ involvement and engagement of interest in the classroom.    

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