If you have spent any time visiting or living in a big city in China, you have most (probable) used the service that Didi (provide).
The ride－sharing company, now known Didi Chuxing, was praised last month by Fortune magazine. According to the magazine, the company is changing the world with an environmentally friendly (solve) to getting around in major cities.
is reported in the magazine that last year the service helped reduce total car trips in the country by 1 million a day, (cut) 13. 5 million tons of carbon emissions per day.
The transport service was the only Chinese company to make the important magazine's list, and its impact can (feel) in many parts of Chinese society.
Didi is just one example of is being called the "sharing economy". The "sharing economy" is one in regular people exchange goods and services, usually using an online market place. Other similar businesses include ones that allow people to rent out their homes to (strange) like Airbnb and Couchsurfing, and similar ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Last summer, I went the Three Gorges to spend my summer holiday. Although the weather was much hotter than that in my hometown, but I got used to it. Every morning, I got up early and go for breakfast ahead of time. Then I went to visit some interested places with Mary who was my new friend and I came across him on my first morning there. She seemed to be very familiarly with the places and acted for my guide (导游). During the trip, we had great fun and became very good friend. We have kept write to each other since then. How an unforgettable experience it was!
注意：词数100左右。
补充词汇：be addicted to沉迷于
Dear John,
Best wishes!
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
The athletes to win the glory.
His ________ to become a pilot was held back by his poor eyesight.
Anyone should be punished.
“Long time no see” is a very interesting sentence. When I first read this sentence from an American friend's email, I laughed. I thought it was a perfect example of Chinglish.
Obviously, it is a word-by-word literal translation of the Chinese greetings with a ruled English grammar and structure! Later on, my friend told me that it is a standard American greeting. I was too surprised to believe her. Her words could not convince me at all. So I did a research on google.com. To my surprise, there are over 60 thousand web pages containing “Long time no see.” This sentence has been widely used in emails, letters, newspapers, movies, books, or any other possible places. Though it is sort of informal, it is part of the language that Americans use daily. Ironically, if you type this phrase in Microsoft Word, the software will tell you that the grammar needs to be corrected.
Nobody knows the origin of this Chinglish sentence. Some people believe that it came from Charlie Chan's movies. In the 1930s, Hollywood moviemakers successfully created a world wide famous Chinese detective named “Charlie Chan” on wide screens. Detective Chan likes to teach Americans some Chinese wisdom by quoting Confucius. “Long time no see” was his trademark. Soon after Charlie Chan, “Long time no see” became a popular phrase in the real world with thanks to the popularity of these movies.
Some scholars refer to America as a huge pot of stew. All kinds of culture are mixed in the stew together, and they change the color and taste of each other. American Chinese, though a minority ethnic(少数民族的成员) group in the United States, is also contributing some changes to the stew! Language is usually the first thing to be influenced in the mixed stew.
You can have some other examples than adoptions（采用）from Chinese, such as pizza from Italian, susi from Japanese, and déjà vu from French etc. There is a long list! Americans do not just simply borrow something from others. They will modify it and make it their own, so you would not be surprised to find a tofu and peanut butter hamburger in a restaurant, or to buy a bottle of iced Chinese green tea with honey in a grocery store. Since Americans appreciate Chinese culture more and more nowadays, I believe more Chinese words will become American English in the future. In this way the American stew keeps adding richness and flavor.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：①每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
②只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
For 65 years, Mr Li has been walk around our neighborhood twice the day. It's a part of his daily exercise routine. He is a retiring biology teacher. As Mr Li gets older and older, he has to rest several times along his route. Therefore, he still gets up early and sticks his routine. The neighbors have noticed his stop. We place different chairs along our route and invite him to sit and took a rest. Now, the mile-long route is spotted with chairs. When we see Mr Li to go by, we realize we should also get out but have a walk.
Over the past months, dozens of carmakers have launched models online, and tens of thousands of dealerships across the country are selling cars via livestreaming (直播）.
As Chinese customers always have their smart phones at their side, they have been accustomed to shopping online. Moreover, the sales are made better received by virtual showrooms where customers can see the vehicles and interact (互动）in real-time about their prices and equipment.
To cater to the new trend,car salespeople need new skills in this world.Good product knowledge remains the basis,but if you want to be successful,you have to appear in livestreams like a type of TV presenter.
"Car salespeople are becoming entertainers, "said Michael Mayer, head of sales and marketing for Volkswagen brand in China. "The competition is tough, "he added. "Those who want to be found must always offer something new."
The contest soon escalated. In March, British brand Land Rover came up with a 30-hour livestreaming event, during which its new Discovery Sport was launched. GM' s Cadillac invited online celebrities (名人）to help sell vehicles in April.
In China, a young man named Li Jiaqi is believed to know lipstick better than anyone else. Almost every night, millions of girls and ladies wait for him to appear online and introduce new lipsticks. Li was invited in April to help market Cadillac's CT4. Despite the huge number of online viewers, none of them placed an order on the vehicle priced around 200,000 yuan.
Another online celebrity named Weiya helped attract orders for Roewe RX5 plus: 4,180 were sold in 30 seconds. The key, said industry insiders, was the discount. Christine, a marketing manager of an international carmaker tells China Daily that she believes livestreaming with online celebrities won't help sales. "In fact, if you give dealers the same discount, they may sell even faster," she said. "A lipstick is affordable for anyone, while a car is different. But bosses do not want their brands to remain silent, especially when others are seemingly having a good time."
Some bosses decided to try it themselves. Nio Chairman Li Bin explained products. The 40-minute live show on May 18 brought in a total of 320 orders, 5,288 test-drive appointments and sales valuing 128 million yuan. Orders continued to grow after the show and sales reached nearly 150 million yuan by the next day. WM President Shen Hui rapped (交谈) unskillfully. Its online launch on May 10 obtained 1,400 million views. In two days it received over 4,000 orders, and more than 30,000 people showed interest in the model.
He Xiaopeng, founder of Xpeng Motor, said "Many people ask me when Xpeng will do livestreaming. I am worried that it will become a data-falsifying (伪造数据) show. Everyone knows that the data is exaggerated (夸张). But if you do not do it, you will feel you fall behind."
Mayer said digitalization will continue, but that does not mean Volkswagen will make online sales the standard. He said it is more important to digitalize further process steps and thus work in a more customer-friendly and cost-effective manner.
There are some strange driving laws in different countries.
Countries | Laws |
Vietnam | If you're in Vietnam without a Vietnamese driver's license, you risk a prison sentence of up to three years. |
Russia | In Moscow, if your car is dirty enough to draw dust art, you will be fined about 2,000 rubles (about US 55 dollars). Worse yet, it's illegal to wash your car by hand in public places – forcing you to take it to one of the few car wash facilities. |
Thailand | Drivers – male or female – can't drive shirtless whether it's a car, bus, or a tuk-tuk cab. |
France | France requires its drivers to carry a portable breathalyzer(便携式酒精测量仪) at all times when driving a car. The one-time breathalyzer cost around US 5 dollars, and if you don't have one, you will be fined US 15 dollars. |
Cyprus | Raising your hands in the car can get you fined of US 35 dollars. The law states a driver can be fined if the person “is in an irregular position inside the car or raises his hand from the steering wheel unnecessarily.” |
Japan | Politeness isn't just the culture in Japan; it is part of driving laws. Splashing(飞溅) a person by driving through a puddle（水坑) with your car will cost you over US 60 dollars. The country is also strict with its DUI (酒驾) laws – riding with or lending your car to a driver who gets caught drinking and driving can lead to a fine costing thousands of dollars. |
What kind of music do you like 61. (good)? My 62. (favour ) is pop music. It really took off in the 1950s, when the electric guitar 63. (invent). When someone had the bright idea of putting a microphone inside the guitar, a whole new range 64. sounds became possible. The origins of pop music lie in jazz-a type of music which became 65. (increase)_____ popular among young people. The first real pop superstar is Elvis Presley, 66.___ king of rock music. He was 67. (follow) in the 1960s and 1970s by the rock super groups . And I was still a little child when the Beatles had the first hit of 68. (their). It was amazing. Suddenly , pop music came to life and everyone wanted to be part of it. After the Beatles came the heavy rock: the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Queen, and then rock music69. (spread) across the world. Young people 70. live in the countries as far apart as Canada and Japan have been influenced by American and British pop music for over 40 years now.
____ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.
A. To compare B. When comparing
C. While comparing D. When compared
It is high time that the child to the hospital.
A．is sent B．would be sent C．be sent D．were sent
I was very busy yesterday，otherwise I________ to the meeting.
A．came B．would have come
C．had come D．would come
61. Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity _________sight matters more than hearing.
62. It is obvious that shopping on the Internet will be __________(increase) popular in the future.
63. It was not until the teacher came in ________the students stopped talking.
64. It is high time that we _________(take) action to protect our environment.
65. ______is known to all is that theory is based on practice and in turn serves practice.
66. I hope you can accept my sincere _______(道歉) for any inconvenience caused.
67. I would appreciate it if you could take my _________(申请) into consideration.
68. You are expected to be active__________(participate) in the discussion.
69. David hesitated about whether to accept the invitation at first but _________(persuade) to join the club in the end.
70. I'll stay for four days in Nanyang to visit all the famous tourist ____________(attract).
71. Fresh air and nutritious food will contribute to his ____________.(recover)
72. It is amazing that such a little boy can swim across the river ___________(measure) 100 meters wide.
73. The thief ran very fast and escaped ____________(catch) by the policeman.
74. The town has changed beyond ____________(recognize) .
75. Like many graduates, my cousin applied for job after job but ended up in one_________ he wasn’t very interested in.
