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Buying a SIM card

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ID: 507 Elementary
  We hope that those who come to China have a good memory, seeing as mobile phone numbers are about 20 digits long here. In this podcast, experience a Mandarin Chinese lesson on getting something you can’t live without here—a mobile phone SIM card. (ChinesePod tip: don’t get tricked into taking the number 444-4444-4444 ‘cause it’s easy to remember…)
Sat May 05 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
卖 mài to sell
还是 háishi or
用 yòng to use
选 xuǎn to choose
这里有手机卡卖吗？
zhèli yǒu shǒujīkǎ mài ma ？
Do you have mobile phone SIM cards?
你要移动的还是联通的?
nǐ yào Yídòng de háishi Liántōng de ?
Yes, we do. Do you want China Mobile or China Unicom?
哪个好？
nǎge hǎo ？
Which is better?
用移动的人多。
yòng Yídòng de rén duō 。
More people use China Mobile.
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