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A Tale of Two Labor Unions

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ID: 2310 Upper Intermediate
Workers of the world, unite! In this lesson, learn about labor unions in China and some of the differences between unions there and in the United States.
Fri Nov 01 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
工会 gōnghuì union
负责 fùzé to be responsible
场地 chǎngdì location, venue
福利 fúlì welfare, benefit
Tom，明天我们要去打羽毛球，一起去吗？
Tom ，míngtiān wǒmen yào qù dǎ yǔmáoqiú ，yīqǐ qù ma ？
Tom, tomorrow we're going to play badminton. Do you want to go?
好啊，在哪里？多少钱？
hǎo a ，zài nǎli ？duōshǎo qián ？
Okay. Where? How much does it cost?
不要钱，是工会订的。
bù yào qián ，shì gōnghuì dìng de 。
It doesn't cost anything. The labor union's reserved it.
工会还负责订羽毛球场地？
gōnghuì hái fùzé dìng yǔmáoqiú chǎngdì ？
The union also takes care of booking badminton courts?
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