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Making the Move from China

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ID: 2377 Upper Intermediate
Traffic, smog, rising labor costs - they're all reasons why many companies have left China recently, looking to relocate to the United States or elsewhere. In this lesson, two coworkers talk about how the company next door has set its sights on the US.
Wed Feb 12 2014 | Greg, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
隔壁 gébì next door
动静 dòngjìng to make noise
搬走 bānzǒu to move away
办事处 bànshìchù office
隔壁公司这两天动静挺大的，他们要搬走了？
gébì gōngsī zhèliǎngtiān dòngjìng tǐng dà de ，tāmen yào bānzǒu le ？
There's been a lot of talk about the company next door recently. Are they moving?
我听隔壁的小张说他们的老总要把公司搬回美国了，这里只留一个小办事处。
wǒ tīng gébì de Xiǎo Zhāng shuō tāmen de lǎozǒng yào bǎ gōngsī bān huí Měiguó le ，zhèlǐ zhǐ liú yī gè xiǎo bànshìchù 。
I heard from Xiao Zhang next door that their boss is going to move the company to America, and there's only going to be a small office left here.
听说他们老总一直怀着中国梦的，现在怎么说走就走啊？
tīngshuō tāmen lǎozǒng yīzhí huái zhe Zhōngguó mèng de ，xiànzài zěnme shuō zǒu jiù zǒu ā ？
I've heard that their boss is always praising the Chinese Dream. How can he just move now?
谁知道？不过话又说回来，我觉得他们现在离开中国也是可以理解的。
shéi zhīdào ？bùguò huà yòu shuō huílai ，wǒ juéde tāmen xiànzài líkāi Zhōngguó yě shì kěyǐ lǐjiě de 。
Who knows? But on the other hand, I think it's understandable that they are going to leave China now.
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