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Touring a Factory

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ID: 0566 Intermediate
We now join our Canadian businessman, Peter, as he goes on a tour of a local factory in China. Will he be faced with startling revelations of sweatshop conditions, child-labor violations and 20 hour workdays--leading to troublesome moral dilemmas? In this podcast, learn as Peter goes to the source and discovers what "Made in China" really means, in Mandarin Chinese.
Wed Jul 04 2007 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
厂房 chǎngfáng factory building
气派 qìpài imposing
投资 tóuzī to invest
设备 shèbèi facilities; equipment
欢迎参观我们工厂！
huānyíng cānguān wǒmen gōngchǎng ！
Peter, welcome to our factory for a tour.
李总，谢谢你的招待。厂房真气派啊！
Lǐ Zǒng ，xièxie nǐ de zhāodài 。chǎngfáng zhēn qìpài a ！
Mr. Li, thank you for your reception. The factory buildings are very imposing!
不错吧！这是我们去年投资八千万造的。
bùcuò ba ！zhè shì wǒmen qùnián tóuzī bāqiānwàn zào de 。
Not bad, hey! This is what we invested 80,000,000 in last year to build.
你们的设备在国外也不多见。
nǐmen de shèbèi zài guówài yě bù duōjiàn 。
Even overseas you don't often see facilities like yours.
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