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SBTG: Special Economic Zones

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ID: 0850 Upper Intermediate
You're traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound... but of a money-making free for all. A journey into a wondrous, though at times unsightly, land, whose boundaries are only those of the imagination... and foreign capital. You are entering... the Special Economic Zone... Learn about it here, in Mandarin Chinese.
Sun Apr 13 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
政治 zhèngzhì politics
经济特区 jīngjì tèqū special economic zone
外资 wàizī foreign capital
设立 shèlì to establish
陈磊，这节是什么课？
Chén Lěi ，zhè jié shì shénme kè ？
Chen Lei, what class is this?
不会吧？你连这个都忘了！政治课。
bù huì ba ？nǐ lián zhège dōu wàng le ！zhèngzhì kè 。
What the heck? You can't even remember that! It's politics.
今天我们说说中国的经济特区。先问问大家，什么是经济特区？
jīntiān wǒmen shuō shuo Zhōngguó de jīngjì tèqū 。xiān wèn wen dàjiā ，shénme shì jīngjì tèqū ？
Today we are going to talk about China's special economic zones. First let me ask everyone, what is a special economic zone?
是国家为了发展经济和吸引外资而设立的特别区域，给它们各种优惠政策。
shì guójiā wèile fāzhǎn jīngjì hé xīyǐn wàizī ér shèlì de tèbié qūyù ，gěi tāmen gèzhǒng yōuhuì zhèngcè 。
In order for the nation to economically develop and attract foreign investment, they established special regions with favorable policies.
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