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River Town Tourism

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ID: 1567 Upper Intermediate
For all those tourists who have showed up in China dismayed at the modern economies and booming metropolises, the tourism industry has an answer, and that answer is the Chinese river towns. The old-style housing, traditional eats, and arts and crafts will charm Chinese and foreigners alike.
Jenny,John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老板娘 lǎobǎnniáng female boss
家庭旅馆 jiātíng lǚguǎn guesthouse
条件 tiáojiàn condition
设施 shèshī facilities
老板娘早
lǎobǎnniáng 老板娘zǎo 早
Good morning, ma'am!
早昨晚睡得好吧
zǎo 早zuówǎn 昨晚shuì 睡de 得hǎo 好ba 吧
Morning! Did you sleep well last night?
挺好的我原来还以为家庭旅馆的条件比较差没想到这么舒服
tǐng 挺hǎo 好de 的wǒ 我yuánlái 原来hái 还yǐwéi 以为jiātíng 家庭lǚguǎn 旅馆de 的tiáojiàn 条件bǐjiào 比较chà 差méixiǎngdào 没想到zhème 这么shūfu 舒服
Really well. I always thought that the conditions in guesthouses were quite poor. I didn't realize it would be so comfortable.
这几年镇上的游客越来越多了我们的服务和设施也得跟上去
zhèjǐnián 这几年zhèn 镇shàng 上de 的yóukè 游客yuèláiyuè 越来越duō 多le 了wǒmen 我们de 的fúwù 服务hé 和shèshī 设施yě 也děi 得gēn shàngqu 跟上去
There have been more and more tourists these past few years. Our services and facilities have to keep up.
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