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It was a Friday morning, 7:30a.m. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked an uber. In five minutes, the uber reached at the entrance gate, waiting for my arrival. I just saw the cab number and entered inside the car. I was so busy that I di

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(232) / 评论(0) 分类 英语美文

Economists have always been fond of Uber. Its willingness to battle incumbents, use of technology to match buyers and sellers, 经济学家一直都钟爱优步。优步乐意与在位者竞争、利用科技将买家和卖家进行匹配, and embr

发表于:2018-12-29 / 阅读(117) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人财经系列

AS IT IS 2015-07-06 Uber Making a Big Push to Win Over Chinese Consumers Uber 下大决心赢得中国消费者 The car-sharing service Uber reported in June it is receiving one million requests for rides every day in China. The American-based compan

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(125) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(七)月

AS IT IS 2016-08-25 Driverless Cars to Carry Uber Passengers in Pittsburgh To many people, it is still just a dream to use a driverless car. But this dream is now becoming a reality for people in the American state of Pennsylvania. The ride-sharing s

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AS IT IS 2014-12-15 Concerns Raised for Uber, Ride-Sharing Services The Indian government this week called for all unregistered taxi services to halt operations. The order came after the reported rape of a woman by a driver for the company Uber in th

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(279) / 评论(0) 分类 2014年VOA慢速英语(十二)月

Uber应用给聋人提供收入机会 NAIROBI, KENYA The taxi-like online company Uber has begun a first-of-its-kind African pilot project where deaf drivers in Nairobi use its app. Driver Benard Mulama intently goes through his phone. For the past w

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(118) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2015年(十二月)

New Abidjan Car Services Inspired by Uber ABDIJAN, IVORY COAST Uber, the U.S.-based online taxi company, operates a mobile app that allows consumers with smartphones to book cab service from Uber drivers who use their own cars. As the company makes i

发表于:2019-01-14 / 阅读(146) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2016年(四月)

Kenya's Deaf Cabbies Use Uber App to Compete NAIROBI, KENYA The taxi-like online company Uber has begun a first-of-its-kind African pilot project where deaf drivers in Nairobi use its app. Driver Benard Mulama intently goes through his phone. For the

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RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Uber is in a crisis. This week, the ride-sharing company's president resigned after just six months on the job. Morale has been shaken following a damning account of sexual harassment. The board is so concerned about the CEO's ab

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The CEO of Uber has resigned from President Trump's economic council. Travis Kalanick says people misinterpreted his presence on that council as an endorsement of the president, and he's quitting amid a consumer boycott. NPR's La

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(123) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台2月

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Uber, the ride-hailing app, is in business with hundreds of virtual restaurants. These are restaurants that exist mainly online delivering food to your house via a service called Uber Eats. Uber says it is helping restaurants gro

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(130) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台10月

滴滴和Uber中国合并了。今天分享几个英语说法,聊聊这件影响我们每天出行的大事。 关键词: 首先,搞清Uber发音 Uber发wu的音,不是you的音。 它是个德语词,意思是超级好、极致的。 不过这

发表于:2019-01-18 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 美国文化脱口秀

受Uber致死事件影响 丰田叫停所有自动驾驶路测 Next story today, the Toyota Motor Company says it's temporarily stopping its test of self driving cars. The Boston Department of Transportation has asked autonomous car companies to paus

发表于:2019-01-19 / 阅读(186) / 评论(0) 分类 CNN美国有线新闻2018年5月

GWEN IFILL: Now: the backlash against Uber. The ride-sharing company exploded onto the tech scene with outposts in cities around the world. But, lately, it's been getting attention for how it's built its business and the manner in which it competes.

发表于:2019-01-27 / 阅读(291) / 评论(0) 分类 PBS访谈商业系列

Uber president Jeff Jones is leaving the company after less than six months. 工作还未满6个月的Uber总裁杰夫琼斯将要离开这家公司了。 A source at the taxi booking app told the BBC the resignation was completely unexpected. 来自这

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

SAN FRANCISCO Uber CEO Travis Kalanick honored his controversial ride-sharing service at an event on Wednesday with surprisingly humble words to celebrate its five year anniversary. 三藩市报道:在上周三(6月3日)的一次公开活动,

发表于:2019-02-02 / 阅读(131) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Two years ago, a fateful meeting between Cheng Wei, who today is chairman of Chinas car-hailing hegemon Didi Chuxing, and Travis Kalanick, chief executive of San Francisco-based Uber, set the tone for a rivalry that would shake Chinas internet indust

发表于:2019-02-05 / 阅读(155) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

BEIJING, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Tencent, the operator of the popular messaging app WeChat, has shut down dozens of WeChat accounts for promoting the services of Uber, a ride-sharing app. The move came after Uber's rivals, including Lyft in the United Sta

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(159) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

本期内容: In an email to drivers, Uber said adding tipping was the first announcement in its 180 days of change, a program that the company hopes will help it improve its relationship with drivers. Driver pressure will have played a significant

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(132) / 评论(0) 分类 夏说英语新闻晨读

Burning cash has become alarmingly fashionable among Chinese internet companies, many of whom have taken to paying customers massive subsidies to use their services in hopes that their competitors go out of business before they run out of money. 中国

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