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Getting Internet at your Apartment

Getting Internet at your Apartment
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ID: 0957 Upper Intermediate
It may not quite be the internet as you knew it, but something is better than nothing, right? Learn here how to get yourself wired and online in China. Learn in this podcast how to get internet installed, and how to get which connection speed you want, in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny , John
Getting Internet at your Apartment
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安装 ānzhuāng to install
宽带 kuāndài broadband
套餐 tàocān package deal
512K wǔbǎi yīshí èr K 512K
我们要装宽带
wǒmen 我们yào 要zhuāng 装kuāndài 宽带
We want to install broadband internet.
哦这张纸拿去看一下有很多套餐速度不一样价钱不一样
o 哦zhè 这zhāng 张zhǐ 纸náqù 拿去kàn yīxià 看一下yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多tàocān 套餐sùdù 速度bù yīyàng 不一样jiàqian 价钱bù yīyàng 不一样
OK, take a look at this paper. There are a lot of packages. Different speeds are different prices.
这么多头都要看晕了你给我们简单地介绍一下吧
zhème 这么duō 多tóu 头dōu 都yào 要kàn 看yūn 晕le 了nǐ 你gěi 给wǒmen 我们jiǎndān 简单de 地jièshào 介绍yīxià 一下ba 吧
So many! Looking at it makes my head spin. Can you give us a simple explanation of each?
这个512K的你们肯定不会选速度太慢了现在1M和2M装的人最多包月的话一个是140一个是150包年的话一个是1680一个是1800
zhè ge 这个wǔbǎi yīshí èr K 512Kde 的nǐmen 你们kěndìng 肯定bùhuì 不会xuǎn 选sùdù 速度tài 太màn 慢le 了xiànzài 现在yī zhào 1Mhé 和liǎng zhào 2Mzhuāng 装de 的rén 人zuì duō 最多bāoyuè 包月dehuà 的话yī 一ge 个shì 是yībǎi sì 140yī 一ge 个shì 是yībǎi wǔ 150bāonián 包年dehuà 的话yī 一ge 个shì 是yīqiān liùbǎi bā 1680yī 一ge 个shì 是yīqiān bā 1800
This 512K one you definitely won't want. The speed is too slow. Right now, most people install the 1 MB or 2 MB. If you pay by the month, one is 140, and the other is 150. If you go for the yearly package they are 1680 and 1800, respectively.
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