Extensive Reading Lesson 123

海关税务公务员最受青睐今年国家公务员报考数据显示，在报考的140万人当中，有43.4万人报考税务部 门，22.2万人报考海关部门。据《中国青年报》消息，一项对2312人的在线调查发现，95%的受访者表示税务和海关是他们最渴望的任职单位。"待遇 好"(86.3%)、"权力大"(72.5%)、"社会地位高"(64.8%) 成为了税务、海关等部门受追捧的原因。

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第三课 秀水街购物 Lesson Three Shopping at Silk Street (3)

Stephy: Let’ s put our tips and phrases to the text. Here we have Julianna and Toby. Anyone here a first-time silk market shopper? 

Julianna: I am. 

Stephy: You are? Any particular strategies you are going to try out? 

Julianna: I think if I speak a little Chinese, I can get a good price. 

Stephy: OK. And you?

Toby: Just gonna bargain hard and use a lot of patience.

Stephy: Ah, lots of patience. Well right now we have a little bit of bargaining competition. I’ m going to give you each 500 kuai, that’ s equivalent to about 75 US dollars. With this, you are going to try to bargain for this Qipao (旗袍).

Toby: For me?

Stephy to Toby: Yes, well, for your girlfriend maybe.

Stephy: The rules, one, bargain for the lowest price possible. Two, use the Chinese phrases we’ve learned today. And three, you have ten minutes. Beginning now! Ready? Set? Go!

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Extensive Reading Lesson 122

Diving queen Guo to retireChinese diving queen Guo Jingjing is retiring, Xinhua reports. National diving team leader Zhou Jihong confirmed Sunday that Guo had submitted her application for retirement. Guo’s retirement marked the end of an era during which she set an almost unbeatable record of four Olympic gold medals and five consecutive victories in both the individual and synchronized 3-meter springboard at the world championships.

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