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Getting Internet at your Apartment

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ID: 0957 Upper Intermediate
It may not quite be the internet as you knew it, but something is better than nothing, right? Learn here how to get yourself wired and online in China. Learn in this podcast how to get internet installed, and how to get which connection speed you want, in Mandarin Chinese.
Mon Aug 04 2008 | Jenny , John
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安装 ānzhuāng to install
宽带 kuāndài broadband
套餐 tàocān package deal
512K wǔbǎi yīshí èr K 512K
我们要装宽带。
wǒmen yào zhuāng kuāndài 。
We want to install broadband internet.
哦，这张纸拿去看一下，有很多套餐。速度不一样，价钱不一样。
o ，zhè zhāng zhǐ náqù kàn yīxià ，yǒu hěn duō tàocān 。sùdù bù yīyàng ，jiàqian bù yīyàng 。
OK, take a look at this paper. There are a lot of packages. Different speeds are different prices.
这么多，头都要看晕了。你给我们简单地介绍一下吧。
zhème duō ，tóu dōu yào kàn yūn le 。nǐ gěi wǒmen jiǎndān de jièshào yīxià ba 。
So many! Looking at it makes my head spin. Can you give us a simple explanation of each?
这个512K的你们肯定不会选，速度太慢了。现在1M和2M装的人最多。包月的话，一个是140，一个是150。包年的话，一个是1680，一个是1800。
zhè ge wǔbǎi yīshí èr K de nǐmen kěndìng bùhuì xuǎn ，sùdù tài màn le 。xiànzài yī zhào hé liǎng zhào zhuāng de rén zuì duō 。bāoyuè dehuà ，yī ge shì yībǎi sì ，yī ge shì yībǎi wǔ 。bāonián dehuà ，yī ge shì yīqiān liùbǎi bā ，yī ge shì yīqiān bā 。
This 512K one you definitely won't want. The speed is too slow. Right now, most people install the 1 MB or 2 MB. If you pay by the month, one is 140, and the other is 150. If you go for the yearly package they are 1680 and 1800, respectively.
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