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Opening a Factory

Opening a Factory
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ID: 1137 Upper Intermediate
Companies live and die by their middle management. Today, let's follow the adventures of a company deciding where in China to set up its newest factory, all in Mandarin. For learning business Chinese, there's no better place than CPod!
Jenny , John
Opening a Factory
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
吩咐 fēnfù to instruct
实地 shídì on-the-spot
考察 kǎochá to investigate
各有利弊 gè yǒu lìbì advantages and disadvantages
今天就到这里散会小董你留一下
jīntiān 今天jiù 就dào 到zhèlǐ 这里sànhuì 散会Xiǎo Dǒng 小董nǐ 你liú 留yīxià 一下
That's it for today. Meeting dismissed. Xiao Dong, please stay for a bit.
叶总有什么事吩咐吗
Yè Zǒng 叶总yǒu 有shénme 什么shì 事fēnfù 吩咐ma 吗
Manager Ye, do you have any instructions for me?
新工厂的事怎么样了
xīn 新gōngchǎng 工厂de 的shì 事zěnmeyàng 怎么样le 了
What's going on with the new factory?
几处位置我都做了实地考察各有利弊洋山深水港科技园是保税港地理位置好而且对高科技产业有政策支持不过周边行业配套还不健全我们的生产成本会很高
jǐ 几chù 处wèizhi 位置wǒ 我dōu 都zuò 做le 了shídì 实地kǎochá 考察gè yǒu lìbì 各有利弊Yángshān 洋山shēnshuǐgǎng 深水港kējìyuán 科技园shì 是bǎoshuì 保税gǎng 港dìlǐ 地理wèizhì 位置hǎo 好érqiě 而且duì 对gāokējì 高科技chǎnyè 产业yǒu 有zhèngcè 政策zhīchí 支持bùguò 不过zhōubiān 周边hángyè 行业pèitào 配套hái 还bù 不jiànquán 健全wǒmen 我们de 的shēngchǎn 生产chéngběn 成本huì 会hěn 很gāo 高
I've done on-the-spot inspections of a couple of locations. Each has advantages and disadvantages. The Yangshan Deep-water Harbor Technology Park is a bonded port. Its geographic location is good, and it has policies that support the hi-tech industry. But the nearby infrastructure isn't really complete. Our production costs will be really high.
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