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Leaving Europe: Brexit

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ID: 2959 Intermediate
Not long ago, Britain had a national referendum and voted to leave the European Union. This process was dubbed "Brexit". In today's lesson we hear how this had consequences across the globe, and how regular people living in other countries were affected by the news. Photo by Kim
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
伦敦 Lúndūn London
突然 tūrán suddenly
而且 érqiě moreover
年初 nián chū start of the year
我订好机票了下礼拜去伦敦
wǒ 我dìng 订hǎo 好jīpiào 机票le 了xià 下lǐbài 礼拜qù 去Lúndūn 伦敦
I've booked my plane tickets! I'm going to London next week.
啊怎么这么突然而且你不是年初才去了东京吗
ā 啊zěnme 怎么zhème 这么tūrán 突然érqiě 而且nǐ 你bùshì 不是nián chū 年初cái 才qù 去le 了Dōngjīng 东京ma 吗
Huh? Why so suddenly? And didn't you just go to Tokyo at the start of the year?
你不知道上个星期英国脱欧公投结束脱欧派赢了这几天英镑大跌人人都在买英镑这时候去英国旅游最划得来了
nǐ 你bù 不zhīdào 知道shàng ge xīngqī 上个星期Yīngguó 英国tuōōu 脱欧gōngtóu 公投jiéshù 结束tuōōu 脱欧pài 派yíng 赢le 了zhè jǐ tiān 这几天yīngbàng 英镑dà 大diē 跌rénrén 人人dōu 都zài 在mǎi 买yīngbàng 英镑zhèshíhòu 这时候qù 去Yīngguó 英国lǚyóu 旅游zuì 最huàdélái 划得来le 了
Don't you know, last week was the UK referendum on European Union membership and the Brexit camp won. The pound has fallen dramatically over the last few days, so everyone is buying up sterling. So it's really good value to travel in the UK now!
你还真乐观我看报纸上都在谈这件事对全球经济政治造成的影响都说情况很乱让人担心你都不担心
nǐ 你hái 还zhēn 真lèguān 乐观wǒ 我kàn 看bàozhǐ shàng 报纸上dōu 都zài 在tán 谈zhè 这jiàn 件shì 事duì 对quánqiújīngjì 全球经济zhèngzhì 政治zàochéng 造成de 的yǐngxiǎng 影响dōu 都shuō 说qíngkuàng 情况hěn 很luàn 乱ràngrén 让人dānxīn 担心nǐ 你dōu 都bù 不dānxīn 担心
You're really looking on the bright side there. In the paper I read that they said this would have an impact on the global economy and international politics. They said the situation is a bit of a mess and quite worrying. You're not worried?
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