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 Topic 1-Alipay to Charge Service Fee from Oct 2016

 

Alipay, China's biggest third-party online payment service own by Alibaba Group, has announced it will start charging a service fee for transferring more than 20,000 Yuan ($3,000) to bank accounts.

 

This move on the heels of Wechat Wallet which have done the same since this March will affect users in multiple ways. What is the money saving tactics?

 

Topic 2-Bike-Share Schemes Test Ethics¹ of Beijing and Shanghai

 

The latest bike-sharing program called Mobike in Beijing and Shanghai starts from a smartphone app.

 

The user scans a QR code for a ride on publicly available bikes, it's cheap, convenient and green. But not everyone is cycling according to the rules.

 

Topic 3-Majority Disagree Their Parents in Saying "I Did This for Your Own Good"

 

When parents try to get their point across to kids, they often blurt² out this line "it is for your own good".

 

Most respondents to a new survey say they hate it when parents say this. What's more, most respondents say their parents' approach in family education have casted a negative effect on their psychological wellbeing. Why is that? 

1 ethics   

n.伦理学；伦理观，道德标准

参考例句：

• The ethics of his profession don't permit him to do that.他的职业道德不允许他那样做。
• Personal ethics and professional ethics sometimes conflict.个人道德和职业道德有时会相互抵触。

2 blurt   

vt.突然说出，脱口说出

参考例句：

• If you can blurt out 300 sentences,you can make a living in America.如果你能脱口而出300句英语，你可以在美国工作。
• I will blurt out one passage every week.我每星期要脱口而出一篇短文！