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ID: 2297 Elementary
If you're staying in China for a while, it's best to get a local cell phone. Even if you can manage to get your foreign cell phone to work, it will be very expensive. In this lesson, someone's company provides them with a cell phone while they are doing work in China.
Tue Oct 15 2013 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
手机 shǒujī cell phone
给 gěi to give
不用 bùyòng need not
号码 hàomǎ number
小李，这个手机给你。
Xiǎo Lǐ ，zhè gè shǒujī gěi nǐ 。
Xiao Li, this is cell phone is for you.
不用，我有手机。
bùyòng ，wǒ yǒu shǒujī 。
I don't need it. I have a cell phone.
你的号码是美国的，在上海不能用。
nǐ de hàomǎ shì Měiguó de ，zài Shànghǎi bùnéng yòng 。
Your phone number is an American number. You can't use it in Shanghai.
哦。
ò 。
Oh.
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