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Arriving in China on Business

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ID: 0404 Intermediate
Ride along with our Canadian businessman as he arrives in China on a business trip to source some products, and chats with the taxi driver about his plans. In this podcast, you will learn how to chat in Mandarin Chinese about some Canadian clichés and the quality, price and selection of goods manufactured in China. Stay tuned for more!
Tue Jan 23 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
光 guāng only
以为 yǐwéi to think mistakenly
赖 lài bad
出差 chūchāi to go on a business trip
师傅，你好。去展览馆。
shīfu ，nǐhǎo 。qù zhǎnlǎnguǎn 。
Hello, driver. Take me to the Exhibition Center.
好的。咦，你的中文怎么说得这么标准？如果光听你说话，我还真以为你是中国人呢。你这是在哪儿学的？
hǎo de 。yí ，nǐ de Zhōngwén zěnme shuō de zhème biāozhǔn ？rúguǒ guāng tīng nǐ shuōhuà ，wǒ hái zhēn yǐwéi nǐ shì Zhōngguórén ne 。nǐ zhè shì zài nǎr5 xué de ？
All right. Wow, how come you speak Chinese so well? If I had just heard you speaking, I really would have thought you were Chinese! Where did you learn?
加拿大。我是加拿大人。
Jiānádà 。wǒ shì Jiānádàrén 。
In Canada. I am Canadian.
噢！那你可是第二个大山了。对了，大山你听说过吗？是你的老乡。
ō ！nà nǐ kě shì dì èr ge Dàshān le 。duìle ，Dàshān nǐ tīngshuō guo ma ？shì nǐ de lǎoxiāng 。
Whoa! Well, then you must be the second Dashan! Oh right, have you heard of Dashan before? He is your fellow countryman.
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