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The Sharing Economy

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ID: 4026 Upper Intermediate
This lesson is about the new concept of the sharing economy. For example, leasing your house out on Airbnb, or Tesla's concept of sharing your car when you're not using it. Popular in a lot of big cities now is the idea of shared bicycles. The problem is that users do not park them in designated areas, and without proper management, it can cause public outcry and a lack of parking.
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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共享经济 gòngxiǎng jīngjì sharing economy
势不可挡 shì bùkě dǎng an irresistible force
脍炙人口 kuàizhìrénkǒu appealing to the masses
共享单车 gòngxiǎng dāngchē shared bicycles
下一则新闻带您来关心共享经济势不可挡已经成为新创公司间最脍炙人口的概念
xià 下yī 一zé 则xīnwén 新闻dài 带nín 您lái 来guānxīn 关心gòngxiǎng 共享jīngjì 经济shì bùkě dǎng 势不可挡yǐjīng 已经chéngwéi 成为xīnchuàng 新创gōngsī 公司jiān 间zuì 最kuàizhìrénkǒu 脍炙人口de 的gàiniàn 概念
News presenter: And coming up, how the sharing economy trend can't be held back, already becoming the hottest new concept for start-ups...
什么共享经济嘛我今天出门要停个机车停车格都被共享单车给占满了停车格规划得一塌糊涂现在又要开放共享单车
shénme 什么gòngxiǎng 共享jīngjì 经济ma 嘛wǒ 我jīntiān 今天chūmén 出门yào 要tíng 停gè 个jīchē 机车tíngchēgé 停车格dōu 都bèi 被gòngxiǎng 共享dānchē 单车gěi 给zhàn 占mǎn 满le 了tíngchēgé 停车格guīhuà 规划de 得yītāhútu 一塌糊涂xiànzài 现在yòu yào 又要kāifàng 开放gòngxiǎng 共享dānchē 单车
What's with that sharing economy! I went out today and needed to park my scooter, and all the parking spaces were occupied by shared bicycles. The parking spaces are all so muddled up, so now they want to launch shared bicycles?
我觉得共享单车没什么不妥呀你看用手机扫一扫二维码比公共单车方便多了只要大家能自觉一点把车停在划定的停车位就行了
wǒ 我juéde 觉得gòngxiǎng 共享dānchē 单车méi shénme 没什么bùtuǒ 不妥ya 呀nǐ 你kàn 看yòng 用shǒujī 手机sǎo 扫yī 一sǎo 扫èrwéimǎ 二维码bǐ 比gōnggòng 公共dānchē 单车fāngbiàn 方便duō 多le 了zhǐyào 只要dàjiā 大家néng 能zìjué 自觉yīdiǎn 一点bǎ 把chē 车tíng 停zài 在huà 划dìng 定de 的tíngchēwèi 停车位jiù 就xíng 行le 了
I think there's nothing wrong with shared bicycles! Look, you can scan the QR code with your phone, which is far more convenient than public bicycles. As long as everyone can be a little bit more conscientious, and park the bicycles in the properly delineated spaces.
方便是方便市政规划交通政策也得跟上脚步呀用户只知道骑却不知道停哪儿说只能临时停但是谁知道所谓临时是多久
fāngbiàn 方便shì 是fāngbiàn 方便shìzhèng 市政guīhuà 规划jiāotōng 交通zhèngcè 政策yě 也děi 得gēnshàng 跟上jiǎobù 脚步ya 呀yònghù 用户zhǐ 只zhīdào 知道qí 骑quèbù 却不zhīdào 知道tíng 停nar3 哪儿shuō 说zhǐnéng 只能línshí 临时tíng 停dànshì 但是shéizhīdào 谁知道suǒwèi 所谓línshí 临时shì 是duō jiǔ 多久
Convenience is convenience, but city planning and transport policy has to catch up! The users only concern themselves with cycling, but don't know where to park? They say they're only parking temporarily, but who knows how long "temporary" is supposed to be?
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