英语角-圆桌会议 RoundTable1009 -广场舞大妈“攻占”南京路

Topic1 Car rental business takes off as holiday travelers choose driving The Chinese National Day holiday has seen a boom in the car rental sector as more travelers preferred driving a car while sightseeing.

Leading car rental companies are also getting listed on Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges and a P2P car rental website, uuzuche.com, has secured a venture capital investment of more than 10 million US dollars.

Are all these a vote of confidence for the development of car rental business in China?

Topic2 Local specialties not special after all Chinese travelers have long before found that souvenirs and local special products sold at some tourist sites tend to be similar, and in certain cases, exactly the same.

They are caught in a dilemma of whether to buy them or not to give their dear ones as gifts after traveling to a place.

Is there a problem?

Topic3 Iphone 6 craze in the Chinese Mainland Since Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus were released globally and yet to be sold on the Chinese mainland, increasing number of Chinese people are seen at Apple stores in almost every big city abroad, Hong Kong, New York and Tokyo. The Chinese craze for new iPhone is still rising despite netizens' criticism of the new phones.

How big is the craze?

Topic4 Diabetic primate in Beijing zoo With so many tourists visiting Beijing zoo during the National Day holiday, animal feeding by visitors becomes quite common in these days. The food from tourists is not properly chosen and causes diabetes in many animals.

Should this have happened?

Topic5 Square dance on the Nanjing Road During the National Day holiday, even though there were thousands of tourists, Shanghai dama still did their routine square dance on the Nanjing Road. Some people think this is special scenery, but others question that public dance occupies too much public space and affects social order.

What do you think of the square dance on the busiest street in Shanghai?

Is it a problem?