Making the Move from China
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ID: 2377
Upper Intermediate
Traffic, smog, rising labor costs - they're all reasons why many companies have left China recently, looking to relocate to the United States or elsewhere. In this lesson, two coworkers talk about how the company next door has set its sights on the US.
Greg,Dilu
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 隔壁 | gébì | next door | |
| 动静 | dòngjìng | to make noise | |
| 搬走 | bānzǒu | to move away | |
| 办事处 | bànshìchù | office |
隔壁公司这两天动静挺大的他们要搬走了
gébì 隔壁gōngsī 公司zhèliǎngtiān 这两天dòngjìng 动静tǐng 挺dà 大de 的tāmen 他们yào 要bānzǒu 搬走le 了
There's been a lot of talk about the company next door recently. Are they moving?
我听隔壁的小张说他们的老总要把公司搬回美国了这里只留一个小办事处
wǒ 我tīng 听gébì 隔壁de 的Xiǎo Zhāng 小张shuō 说tāmen de 他们的lǎozǒng 老总yào 要bǎ 把gōngsī 公司bān 搬huí 回Měiguó 美国le 了zhèlǐ 这里zhǐ 只liú 留yī 一gè 个xiǎo 小bànshìchù 办事处
I heard from Xiao Zhang next door that their boss is going to move the company to America, and there's only going to be a small office left here.
听说他们老总一直怀着中国梦的现在怎么说走就走啊
tīngshuō 听说tāmen 他们lǎozǒng 老总yīzhí 一直huái zhe 怀着Zhōngguó 中国mèng 梦de 的xiànzài 现在zěnme 怎么shuō 说zǒu 走jiù 就zǒu 走ā 啊
I've heard that their boss is always praising the Chinese Dream. How can he just move now?
谁知道不过话又说回来我觉得他们现在离开中国也是可以理解的
shéi 谁zhīdào 知道bùguò 不过huà 话yòu 又shuō 说huílai 回来wǒ 我juéde 觉得tāmen 他们xiànzài 现在líkāi 离开Zhōngguó 中国yě shì 也是kěyǐ 可以lǐjiě 理解de 的
Who knows? But on the other hand, I think it's understandable that they are going to leave China now.
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