my viewson the sharing economy

Thanks to the social web, you can now share anything with anyone anywhtere in the world. The sharing economy continues to gain popularity, with a flurry of startups growing rapidly to keep up with all of this “on-demand” demand.The Sharing Economy trend is presented on a global level. Although there are still a lot of opposition, I think the sharing economy has a bright future.

Fist of all, the sharing economy can help fill people’s holes in income by monetizing idle stuff and surplus labor in creative ways. In many cases, people join the sharing economy because they've recently lost a full-time job, including a few cases where the pricing structure of the sharing economy may have made their old jobs less profitable. And I think in almost every case, what compels people to open up their homes and cars to complete strangers is money.

Secondly, the benefits of sharing economy include reducing carbon foot print by sharing transportation and assets, and saving costs by borrowing and recycling items. The sharing economy allows people to take idle capital and turn them into revenue sources"."People are taking spare bedroom, cars, tools they are not using and becoming their own entrepreneurs.

Thirdly, the sharing economy have a positive impact on economic growth and welfare, by stimulating new consumption, by raising

productivity, and by catalyzing individual innovation and entrepreneurship. The sharing economy promotes and prioritizes cheap fares and low costs rather than personal relationships, which is tied to similar issues in crowdsourcing. The sharing economy has taught people to prioritize cheap and easy access over interpersonal communication.

What’s more,the sharing economy can promote the development of new-born things.The sharing economy model is used in marketplaces such as eBay, Taobao,and Jingdong, emerging sectors such as social lending, peer-to-peer accommodation, peer-to-peer travel experiences, peer-to-peer task assignments or travel advising, car sharingor commute-bus sharing.

Last but not least, this model is enabled by technology that makes connections between people, goods and services more efficient, resulting in new communities, organizations and business models for the public and private sector. Technologies such as mobile devices, social media, the Internet, networked communications, 3D printers and sensors allow individuals and organizations to directly share existing resources rather than wait for third-party businesses or governments to deliver the desired goods and services. These people-to-people or peer-to-peer models create a new opportunity for individuals, communities, governments and corporations to transact and collaborate.

In a word, the sharing economy is a socio-economic system built

around the sharing of human and physical resources. A consensus is that when information about goods is shared, the value of those goods may increase, for the business, for individuals, and for the community. So,I think the sharing economy has a bright future.

 

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Key to Unit 1-10 of MPA Textbook

Unit One Career Charisma

II Vocabulary

A. 1. D 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B

B. Group I

1. instill 2. harnessing 3. cultivate 4. reinforce

5. setback 6. virtue 7. perseveres 8. fantasize

Group II

1. reserved 2. intuitively 3. enthusiastic 4. superbly

5. dynamic 6. optimistic 7. pessimistic 8. ultimately

C. 1. confidently 2. winning 3. socialize 4. competitor

5. astonishingly 6. dramatically 7. rewarding 8. energetic

III Error Correction

1. sells (selling) 2. attributing (attributed) 3. on (for) 4. 在sharing前加the

5. However (Moreover) 6. two years (two-year) 7. awarded (rewarded)

8. paying (paid)

IV Translation

A.

1. Don’t talk like that to your mother, or to anyone else for that matter.

1. This young tennis player obviously has an/the edge over/on his older opponent in terms of strength.

3. Though we are faced with so many difficulties at present, I do believe our effort will pay off in the long run if we do not lose heart.

4. With the popular use of home computers in the last decade of the 20th century, their sales have taken off rapidly.

5. China is blessed with abundant natural resources, and it is now undergoing unprecedented changes in political, economic and cultural fields.

6. It is known to all that she’s put in a lot of effort on this piece of work, though the result is not very satisfactory..

7. If you set your mind to investigating the business environment of this region, you will find

your investment here will be profitable.

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8. He’s likely to become the table tennis world champion in the men’s singles once more, as

he has psyched himself (up) for the match.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A

Passage Two 1. D 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. B

Unit Two Turning Failure into Success

II Vocabulary

A. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. A

B. Group I

1. haunted 2. assurance 3. strain 4. audition

5. consolation 6. resurgence 7. observed 8. venture

Group II

1. prone 2. unevenly 3. promising 4. reassuring

5. bound 6. infinite 7. talented 8. Ideally

B. 1. destructive 2. disastrous 3. exemplified 4. warmth

5. disappointment 6. independently 7. uneven 8. response

III Error Correction

1. simple → simply 2. them → it 3. and →or 4. for → to

5. to make → making 6. will arrive → arrives 7. some → any 8. and → and since

IV Translation

A.

1. If all of us had pitched in, we would have accomplished the task one year ago.

2. Guang Ming Department Store started specializing in stationery, and branched out into

general merchandise two years later.

3. He passed the test required for government office work, but was turned down for physical

matters.

4. You ‘d better take stock of your ability thoroughly before you decide to do something. 2

5. Don’t be put off by what he said. He didn’t mean harm at all. He was just telling the truth.

6. They invited us to go for a picnic in the suburbs over the weekend, but we failed to make it

because of the bad weather.

7. Brown believed that establishing business relations with other nations would, in the long run,

provide a good opportunity for the United States to influence the economic policies of these nations.

8. Xiao Li is trustworthy, practical, and, above all, he is very hard-working.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. D 2. C 3. D 4. D 5. B

Passage Two 1. A 2. C 3. C 4. B 5. B

Unit Three Thank You

II Vocabulary

A. 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. B 6. D 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B

B. Group I

1. insights 2. reverse 3. assemble 4. reassurance

5. underwent 6. compose 7. gratitude 8. clustered

Group II

1. exceptional 2. alternately 3. genuine 4. sentimental

5. paramount 6. gloriously 7. verbal 8. successive

C. 1. ashamed 2. embarrassing 3. survival 4. appreciation

5. desirable 6. peerless 7. priority 8. sensitivity

III Error Correction

2. made feel (made to feel) 2. so (too) 3. frightened (frightening)

4. not to read (not reading) 5. which (what) 6. respectable (respectful)

7. to laugh and love (laughing and loving) 8. in (into)

IV Translation

A.

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1. Rather than John do it, I’d prefer to do the job myself.

2. His difficulty in walking results from a childhood illness.

3. Nowadays most young people in the city take central heating for granted because they’ve

never lived without it.

4. I blame myself—totally immersed in my latest project, I failed to notice that something was

wrong with him.

5. Because of arthritis the old man can only slowly make his way around the house in winter.

6. Unfortunately George cannot be present at the party tonight, and I am pleased to accept the

award on his behalf.

7. This photograph brought back her horrible memories of the night when her husband was

involved in the traffic accident.

8. In spite of last night’s terrorist attack most people seem to be going about their own business

as if nothing had happened.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. C

Passage Two 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. C

Unit Four How to Avoid Foolish Opinions

II Vocabulary

A. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. A 7. C 8. B 9. C 10. A

B.

Group I

1. conviction 2. conceal 3. esteem 4. retorted 5. intensity 6. warrant

7. flatters 8. cosmos

Group II

1. rational 2. cautious 3. inherent 4. passionate 5. savage 6. superior

7. insular 8. hypothetical

C. 1. reasonable 2. profitable 3. psychological 4. imaginary 5. appetizing

6. limitations 7. characteristic 8. prevailing

III Error Correction

1. For (To) 2. fewer (less) 3. born 后面加with 4. in (at) 5. this (which)

6. another (the other) 7. play (plays) 8. they (who)

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IV Translation

A.

1. We may as well go to the concert, seeing that we’ve already paid for the tickets.

2. Plants are prone to death in hot weather if we don’t water them.

3. I’m a little short of time over the next few days, but perhaps we could schedule an

appointment for next week.

4. You could be subject to many dangers by traveling alone in that area.

5. The British weather is not always as bad as it is made out (to be)

6. After Christmas I have to work hard to rid myself of all of the debts.

7. We don’t want to commit ourselves on a financial plan until more details are known.

8. For aught we know, there are creatures in this world which are as superior to our human

beings as we are to other animals.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. C 2. B 3. C 4. C 5. D

Passage Two 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B

Unit Five Personal Privacy in the Digital Age

II Vocabulary

A. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A 8. C 9. D 10. A

B. Group I

1. fraud 2. incorporating 3. incentive 4. implemented

5. manipulate 6. abuse 7. simulate 8. myriad

Group II

1. ongoing 2. incredibly 3. plausible 4. anonymous

5. manually 6. exotic 7. consistently 8. vulnerable

C. 1. endless 2. identifiable 3. scanner 4. unavoidable

5. illegal 6. workable 7. generalize 8. implications

III Error Correction

1. 在instead后面加of 2. for (of) 3. has released (released or had released)

4. the other (another) 5. in (into) 6. cut out (cut off) 7. equipments (equipment) 5

8. them (it)

IV Translation

A.

1. The BBC is hooked up with Australian television by satellite.

2. The mayors emphasized that economic problems must be put on the agenda of the

tomorrow’s meeting.

3. Confronted with the increasingly serious economic crisis, the government adhered to its

original plan in spite of the resistance.

4. He spent money like water, and ran up two thousand dollars worth of bills in less than a

month..

5. I don’t like this radio play—let’s switch (over) to other programmes.

6. Because there is an increasing number of graduates these years, a satisfying job is very

hard to come by now.

7. The polite and well-behaved people are, for the most part, well educated.

8. With spectacular advances in modern technologies, robots are taking the place of workers on

assembly lines.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A

Passage Two 1. D 2. B 3. B 4. A 5. C

Practice Test One

Section I Reading Comprehension

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. D

11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. C 18. C 19. B 20. D

Section II Vocabulary

21. B 22. C 23. D 24. A 25. D 26. B 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D

31. D 32. C 33. A 34. C 35. B 36. D 37. C 38. B 39. D 40. A

Section III Error Correction

41. D 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. C 46. A 47. B 48. B 49. C 50. A

Section IV Translation

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Part A

1. We have now accomplished the project at hand, and several others will be under way next

month.

2. He saved the drowning child from the river, but only at the cost of his own life.

3. We don’t want to have all our eggs in one basket as we are not sure if our investment in this

area is profitable.

4. This island is located in the middle of the ocean, so it is subject to frequent attacks of

hurricanes.

5. He is still a nobody after having worked with this company for ten years. He will go to great

lengths to get promotion this time.

Unit Eight Japanese Style in Decision-making

II Vocabulary

A. 1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. D 10. A

B. Group 1: 1. consensus 2. distinguish 3. agency 4. harmony 5. consult

6. turnover 7. measure 8. resisted

Group 2: 1. unilateral 2. leisurely 3.densely 4.homogeneous

5. predominantly 6. superior 7. aware 8. eventually

C. 1. bilateral 2. stability 3. interrelated / related 4. minimal 5. illiterate

6. unconscious 7. inflexible 8. loyalty

III Error Correction

1. to → on 2. come → coming 3. as → like 4. Similarly → Instead

5. that → what 6. sounds → sounds like 7. have to → had to 8. nor → or

IV Translation

1． It was during his study in Italy that he really came to grips with contemporary music.

2． At the least, you could tell me how many people there would like to learn Chinese.

3． They would like to set up a special school for the gifted young, but they are short of a large

sum of money at present.

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4． Our plan to travel abroad / Our overseas travel fell through at the last minute, for the travel

agency went out of business / went bankrupt.

5． A company’s primary competition is with itself / A company’s major competitor is itself,

which is true of individuals.

6． Where there is determination and diligence, there is a way for you to succeed in your career.

7． In contrast to school systems in America, countries like France, Germany, and Japan have

school systems that are financed and regulated on the national level.

8． Housing in developing countries is obviously inferior to that in developed nations.

Fast Reading

Passage One: 1. A 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. B

Passage Two: 1. C 2. D 3. D 4. C 5. B

Unit Seven Managing Conflict

II Vocabulary

A. 1. A 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.A 6. C 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.D

B. Group I 1. eliminated 2. subordinates 3. abound 4. compromises 5. overlap

6. division 7. proceed 8. suspect

GroupII 1. ambiguous 2. explicitly 3. cohesive 4. extensively 5. dramatically

6. scarce 7. neutral 8. ultimately

C. 1. occurrence 2. provision 3. distortions 4. likelihood 5. commitment

6. disputants 7. arbitrator 8. interdependent

III Error Correction

1. handling → handled 2. dealt → dealt with 3. and → or 4. fall → falling

5. wrongly → wrong 6. tripping → trip 7. have to → has to 8. of dealing → to deal

IV Translation

1. Up till now, the whole matter boiled down to a power struggle between the trade union and

the directors in the company.

2. In recent years local industry has developed rapidly, but at the expense of some historical and 8

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

Fast Reading

Passage One: 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. D

Passage Two: 1. C 2. D 3. B 4. D 5. A

cultural structures. Many problems discussed at the meeting arise from lack of communication. His conscientious attitude towards work stems from a strong sense of responsibility. Write the name down so that you remember or it’ll slip through the crack. It has been suggested by some experts that private schools should be integrated into the national educational system. The lose-lose strategy is a problem-solving technique that both sides have to adopt at great cost. We need help with research projects in exchange for free use of all the lab apparatus.. Unit Eight Global Trade: Consensus and Conflict in the WTO

II Vocabulary

A. 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. A 6. B 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. A

B. Group I

1. violation 2. enforce 3. collapse 4. modify 5. launched 6. disguised

7. subsidy 8. penalized

Group II

1. Minimum 2. long-standing 3. domestic 4. genetically 5. unilaterally 6. massive

7. multinational 8. restrictive

C. 1. expansion 2. influential 3. unfairly 4. negotiator 5. executive 6. Competition

7. repeatedly 8. recurring

III Error Correction

1. ranged (ranging) 2. includes (including) 3. who (which) 4. Alike (Like)

5. involved (involving) 6. for (to) 7. which前加上 under 8. the other (another)

IV Translation

A.

1. His remark contributed enormously to our understanding of why the WTO met with

opposition from developing nations.

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2. In the absence of any more suitable candidates, we decided to offer the job to Mr. Smith.

3. Some developing nations are struggling to keep out imports to protect their infant

industries from competition of foreign industries.

4. Trade negotiations encountered major obstacles because individual nations had interests

that clashed with those of other nations.

5. The IMF has scaled back its growth forecasts for the next decade.

6. Colonial settlers imposed their own culture and religion on the countries that they

conquered.

7. After several rounds of negotiations both sides hammered out a compromise settlement at

last.

8. The competition resulting from free trade helps to hold down the rate of inflation and increase

product quality around the world.

Fast Reading

Passage One 1. C 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. D

Passage Two 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B

Unit Eight Love and the Self

II Vocabulary

A. 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. A 7.D 8. C 9. A 10. D

B. Group 1

1. asserts 2. embody 3. conform 4. essence 5. dilemma

6. mutuality 7.commitment 8. harmony

Group 2

1. paradoxically 2.subtle 3. contemporary 4. ironic 5. dull

6. absolutely 7. absorbed 8. romantic

C. 1. fulfillment 2. expression 3. desirable 4. uncertain 5. preference

6. Unwilling 7. individuality 8. combination

III Error Correction

1. to the sake --- for the sake 2. must (omitted) 3. all things--- all the things

4. stop to give---stop giving5. to---with 6. which---that 7. build---building

8. something---anything

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IV Translation

A.

1. She will hold to her belief under whatever circumstances.

2. We were anxious/worried to find he felt at home in the lounge and showed no signs of

leaving.

3. With a bit of give and take, you both would not have suffered any loss then.

4. It’s high time for us to put aside our difference and work together for our common purpose.

5. I watched her walk down the road until she was swallowed (up) by the darkness.

6. They didn’t so much choose to be together as simply accept what already was.

7. Women assert themselves more strongly nowadays and do not tolerate unfair treatment from

men like/as they once did.

8. It is little /no wonder that John doesn’t have the slightest knowledge of the outstanding

pyramids in Egypt, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, as he is illiterate.

Fast Reading

Passage One: 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. C 5. D

Passage Two: 1. B 2.C 3.C 4. B 5. D

Unit Ten Bound to Bicker

II Vocabulary

A. 1. A 2.D 3. D 4.B 5.A 6. D 7. B 8.A 9.A 10. C

B.

Group I 1. triggered 2. revenge 3. counterparts 4. integrity 5. vestige

6. disrupting 7. reserves 8. emigration

Group II 1. impassioned 2. temporary 3. relentless 4. consistently 5. intertwined

6. evolutionarily 7. inhibitory 8. prolonged

C.

1. irreconcilable 2. clinicians 3. emergence 4. analogous 5. pervasive

6. continually 7. controversy 8. repeatedly

III Error Correction

1. at →from 2. that → when 3. occurred → occurring 4. moreover → however

5. with → as 6. an → a 7. develop → develops 8. for → of

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IV Translation

1. Our products compete well in terms of product quality, reliability and above all variety.

2. The opening ceremony of Ruili Company coincided with the worst snowstorm here in the past

two decades.

3. We used to be very friendly, but it seems now that our political disagreements have taken their

toll of our friendship.

4. One need only point to the great increase in violence in recent years as an example of the fall

in moral values in our time.

5. Many of our company’s financial problems he mentioned in the report are off the mark.

6. Your description of what could have been avoided last week should be brief and to the point.

7. This agreement calls for the industrialized nations to reduce emissions to about 5 percent

below 1990 emission levels on the average.

8. Pragmatism sought a middle ground between the two extremes, the nature of reality and that

of nihilism.

Fast Reading

Passage One: 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. B 5. C

Passage Two: 1.C 2.A 3.C 4.C 5.A

Practice Test Two

Section I Reading Comprehension

Passage One: 1. D 2. C 3. B 4. B 5. A

Passage Two: 6. B 7. A 8. A 9. B 10. B

Passage Three: 11. A 12. A 13. C 14. B 15. C

Passage Four: 16. D 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B

Section II Vocabulary

21.B 22.A 23.C 24.A 25. D 26. D 27. D 28.A 29.B 30.B

31.D 32.A 33.A 34.B 35. D 36. B 37. A 38.B 39.D 40.C

Section III Error Correction

41. C directing towards → directed 42. D these → those 43. A passive → passively

44. C which → where 45. C to examine → examining 46. A when → Where 12

47. C lifting → to lift/ lift 48. C whom → which 49. C all can → can all

50. C our parents → their parents

Section IV Translation

Part A

1. Phil was furious with the manager—I think he came close to blows.

2. In its real sense, the current debate boils down to a conflict between the leftists and rightists. *

3. Tailoring is a highly skilled handcraft that requires a knowledge of measuring, cutting, and

fitting garments to conform to a specific wearer's body.

4. We are expected to come to grips with the cultural and historical factors that have helped

bring about this advanced management style before we adopt it from another country.

5. Unsafe working conditions not only lead to illness, but also take a toll in reduced productivity.

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