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ID: 4038 Upper Intermediate
oBike is a Singapore-based stationless bicycle-sharing system with operations in several countries. The benefit of such bikes is that you don't need an existing infrastructure of docking stations, and anyone with a smartphone can go ahead and unlock a bike and park at their destination. However, there is a problem of how people park them and where. Without adequate parking spaces throughout the city, they can become a problem by being parked illegally, or taking up spaces reserved for cars or motorbikes. Who is responsible for this situation? The company, the government, or the people?
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
占用 zhànyòng to occupy
真是够了 zhēnshì gòule it really is too much
共享经济 gòngxiǎng jīngjì sharing economy
解决 jiějué to resolve
你知道吗我们公司附近出现很多O-bike呢
nǐ 你zhīdào 知道ma 吗wǒmen gōngsī 我们公司fùjìn 附近chūxiàn 出现hěn 很duō 多O-bike O-bikene 呢
Do you know? A lot of O-bikes have appeared near our office!
我家附近的公园也是占用停车格就算了有躺在人行道上的挂在树上的还有扔到河里的真是够了
wǒjiā 我家fùjìn 附近de 的gōngyuán 公园yě shì 也是zhàn 占yòng 用tíngchēgé 停车格jiù 就suànle 算了yǒu 有tǎng 躺zài 在rénxíngdào 人行道shàng 上de 的guà 挂zài 在shùshang 树上de 的háiyǒu 还有rēngdào 扔到hé 河lǐ 里de 的zhēn 真shì 是gòu le 够了
It's the same with the park by my home. It's not even just a matter of occupying the parking spaces, some are strewn across the sidewalk, some are hanging on trees, and some are even thrown in rivers. It's really too much!
可是我觉得O-bike这种共享经济很好啊完全解决我出地铁站之后到公司最后这一段路没有公交车又拦不到出租车的困境
kěshì 可是wǒ 我juéde 觉得O-bike O-bikezhèzhǒng 这种gòngxiǎng 共享jīngjì 经济hěn 很hǎo 好ā 啊wánquán 完全jiějué 解决wǒ 我chū 出dìtiě zhàn 地铁站zhīhòu 之后dào 到gōngsī 公司zuìhòu 最后zhè 这yī duàn 一段lù 路méiyǒu 没有gōngjiāochē 公交车yòu 又lán 拦bùdào 不到chūzūchē 出租车de 的kùnjìng 困境
But I think sharing economy initiatives like O-bike are great! It's completely resolved the problem I have when I come out of the subway station and there's still a distance to the company without any buses and being unable to catch a taxi.
问题是一些没公德心的人骑到目的地车一扔就不管了反正共享嘛又不是自己的
wèntí 问题shì 是yīxiē 一些méi 没gōngdéxīn 公德心de 的rén 人qí 骑dào 到mùdìdì 目的地chē 车yī 一rēng 扔jiù 就bù 不guǎn 管le 了fǎnzhèng 反正gòngxiǎng 共享ma 嘛yòu 又bù 不shì 是zìjǐ de 自己的
The problem is really with people with no sense of common decency, who just dump the bike when they reach their destination, because it's shared, right? It's not their own.
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