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SBTG: Special Economic Zones

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ID: 0850 Upper Intermediate
You're traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound... but of a money-making free for all. A journey into a wondrous, though at times unsightly, land, whose boundaries are only those of the imagination... and foreign capital. You are entering... the Special Economic Zone... Learn about it here, in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
政治 zhèngzhì politics
经济特区 jīngjì tèqū special economic zone
外资 wàizī foreign capital
设立 shèlì to establish
陈磊这节是什么课
Chén Lěi 陈磊zhè 这jié 节shì 是shénme 什么kè 课
Chen Lei, what class is this?
不会吧你连这个都忘了政治课
bù huì 不会ba 吧nǐ 你lián 连zhège 这个dōu 都wàng 忘le 了zhèngzhì 政治kè 课
What the heck? You can't even remember that! It's politics.
今天我们说说中国的经济特区先问问大家什么是经济特区
jīntiān 今天wǒmen 我们shuō shuo 说说Zhōngguó 中国de 的jīngjì tèqū 经济特区xiān 先wèn wen 问问dàjiā 大家shénme 什么shì 是jīngjì tèqū 经济特区
Today we are going to talk about China's special economic zones. First let me ask everyone, what is a special economic zone?
是国家为了发展经济和吸引外资而设立的特别区域给它们各种优惠政策
shì 是guójiā 国家wèile 为了fāzhǎn 发展jīngjì 经济hé 和xīyǐn 吸引wàizī 外资ér 而shèlì 设立de 的tèbié 特别qūyù 区域gěi 给tāmen 它们gèzhǒng 各种yōuhuì 优惠zhèngcè 政策
In order for the nation to economically develop and attract foreign investment, they established special regions with favorable policies.
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