应用型大学英语视听说教程发展篇2 第四版 Unit 2 Green Business.pptVIP

返回 Key Words footpath [?f?tpɑ?θ] n. 步行道，人行道，小路，小径 Ⅱ . Watch the video again and decide whether the following statements are T (true) or F (false). ( 　　) 1. There is no bike line in Beijing so people don’t buy bikes themselves. ( 　　) 2. We can find a Mobike through an integrated GPS tracking system. (　　 ) 3. Ofo has drawn huge investments from Tencent. F T F 视频原文 视频 返回 When the bike lines are still here, what about a push-bike? Now I can go to a phone app and find hire bikes,which have been left in the streets around me. You choose a bike. You scan it. It unlocks. And you ride o?. Eachof these so-called “Mobikes” has an integrated GPS tracking system. When I am finished with it, I will just leaveit on the footpath, for example. The next person comes along, scans it, and they are away. But Mobike is not the only smart new bike hire company. This is the Ofo bike. It’s tracked by following therider’s smartphone. Both of these startups have drawn huge investments from China’s tech giants. In the case ofMobike it’s Tencent, which runs the social media app “Wechat”. And Ofo has received a massive cash injectionfrom taxi hiring app “Didichuxing”. If I can hire and ride this bike for only 30 cents an hour, you’d imaginethere is an awful lot of rentals for these companies to make their money back. We’ve arrived now at Mobike Beijing headquarters; speak to the company’s founder about their plans. (Thismarket is huge. We have statistics. The demand for bikes is there. Many want to ride bikes. Maybe they justcan’t find one easily.) For these companies to succeed, they’re counting on their cool looking steeds making push-bike riding hipamongst China’s younger generation.  Have you ever heard or used a shared bike? If yes, how do you feel about it? If no, would you like to have a try? Do you think this new type of sharing economy will boom in the future? Why or why not? You can use the expressions below. Task 2 Oral Practice How much do you