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China Drive, 2010-11-14
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2010-11-14 14:46:52
CRIENGLISH.com Web Editor: Zhang Lin |
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China Drive, Broadcast Time: 17:00-19:00, 2010-11-14
HOUR 1
OPINIONS
- Chatterbox
When prices go up for every item at the grocery store, it's time to think of ways to save every penny. Beware! Big shopping malls may be the last to help you achieve this goal. What do you do if you are a fashion-minded person who wants to save some money? Time to check out what people have to say!
- Round Table Discussion
When you read headlines about a certain city bidding or winning a bid to host a major international sporting event or conference, the host city may be getting much more than good media exposure. It may also raise a question in your mind. There may be as many people who are against such a move as for it. So what are the pros and cons of hosting a mega event in town? What do these events mean for the host city and its residents?
- Viva the Voice
?CCTV received pledges from advertisers for a record total of 1.86 billion US dollars next year in its annual up-front ad sales auction.
?Instead of hearing the sound of squeaking trains, the 3.5 million people who ride the subway every day in Brazil's business capital Sao Paulo have been listening to buskers from all over the world performing in the city's stations.
?A Chinese fast food joint is hoping that safer, healthier dumplings can give it an advantage over its increasingly popular Western competitors.
?Malaysia's first "gay" themed film is expected to raise eyebrows in this conservative mainly Muslim Southeast Asian country where homosexuality remains a taboo subject.
?The fall art auctions wrapped up on Wednesday (November 10) as Christie's contemporary and post-war sale achieved the highest one-night total of two weeks of critical sales, led by a record-smashing Roy Lichtenstein which soared to $42.6 million USD.
WEIRD NEWS
- A woman buying fruit and vegetables was overcharged - because the shop assistant's breasts were resting on the scales.
- Rapper and anti-knife campaigner DJ Ironik has been stabbed in the bottom by muggers who robbed him of his jewellery.
- A shop assistant refused to let a six-year-old girl help her mum buy Christmas fire crackers - because it's illegal to sell 'explosives' to children.
- About 30,000 Dutch households are to receive marijuana scratch cards to help them tell if their neighbours are growing the drug.
HOUR 2
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