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Have you been to Beijing?

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ID: 0156 Elementary
Know the difference between “Wang Fu Jing” and “Nan Jing Lu”? In one place you can find “The Bund”, in the other you’ll eat a “bun”…know the towns we’re talkin’ bout (Willis)? The two centers of the middle country, of course! In this podcast, Ken and Jenny referee the Beijing VS. Shanghai rumble. You will learn to talk about China’s two most famous cities using Mandarin Chinese.
Thu Jun 08 2006 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
去过 qù guo to have been to
首都 shǒudū capital
中心 zhōngxīn center
有什么不一样 yǒushénme bù yīyàng to have what differences
你去过北京吗？
nǐ qù guo Běijīng ma ？
Have you ever been to Beijing?
当然，北京是中国的首都，也是中国的政治中心。
dāngrán ，Běijīng shì Zhōngguó de shǒudū ，yě shì Zhōngguó de zhèngzhì zhōngxīn 。
Of course. Beijing is the Capital of China, and the political center of China.
那北京和上海有什么不一样？
nà Běijīng hé Shànghǎi yǒu shénme bù yīyàng ？
Then, what’s the difference between Beijing and Shanghai?
上海是一个经济中心。
Shànghǎi shì yī ge jīngjì zhōngxīn 。
Shanghai is an economic center.
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