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A Phone Call to the Moving Company

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ID: 1292 Intermediate
Some people are minimalists, others are pack-rats. When it comes to moving house, you'd better hope your the former and not the latter! Join us today as we call up a moving company to find out just how to get stuff out of one apartment and into another!
Mon Nov 16 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
搬家 bānjiā to move house
订 dìng to reserve
吨 dūn ton
就 jiù only
你好，这里是搬家公司。
nǐhǎo ，zhèlǐ shì bānjiā gōngsī 。
Hello, this is, 'the moving company'.
你好，我要搬家。
nǐhǎo ，wǒ yào bānjiā 。
Hello. I'm going to be moving.
你要订多大的车？一吨的、两吨的、三吨的都有。
nǐ yào dìng duō dà de chē ？yī dūn de 、liǎng dūn de 、sān dūn de dōu yǒu 。
How big of a car would you like to reserve? We have 1, 2 and 3 ton capacity.
就两个人的东西。
jiù liǎng ge rén de dōngxi 。
It's only 2 people's things.
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