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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?
Thu Sep 21 2017 | 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 zhīdào ma ？wǒmen gōngsī fùjìn chūxiàn hěn duō O-bike ne ！
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 fùjìn de gōngyuán yě shì ，zhàn yòng tíngchēgé jiù suànle ，yǒu tǎng zài rénxíngdào shàng de ，guà zài shùshang de ，háiyǒu rēngdào hé lǐ de ，zhēn shì gòu le ！
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 wǒ juéde O-bike zhèzhǒng gòngxiǎng jīngjì hěn hǎo ā ！wánquán jiějué wǒ chū dìtiě zhàn zhīhòu ，dào gōngsī zuìhòu zhè yī duàn lù ，méiyǒu gōngjiāochē yòu lán bùdào chūzūchē de kùnjìng 。
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 shì yīxiē méi gōngdéxīn de rén ，qí dào mùdìdì ，chē yī rēng jiù bù guǎn le ，fǎnzhèng gòngxiǎng ma ！yòu bù shì zìjǐ de 。
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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