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角色1:早上好,我是百胜公司的李小姐。 角色2:早上好,李小姐。我能为你做些什么吗? 角色1:我打电话来是为了我们上一张发货单的事情。 角色2:知道了。是1月2日的那张,对吗? 角色1:没错,我们没收到你们的付款。 角色2:我刚收到银行关于那张发货单的通知书。 角色1:我知道了,是什么原因造成了推迟呢? 角色2:银行找不到你帐户的任何信息。 角色1:那可太奇怪了。 角色2:你的开户行是中国银行,对吗? 角色1:其实是中国工商银行。 角色2:非常抱歉,我们会立刻付款。 角色1:好的。非常感谢。 A:Good morning. I am Less from Baisheng

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Extensive Reading 2010年中国社会五大矛盾 Five problems of Chinese society in 2010

2010年中国社会五大矛盾《环球时报》消息,中国社科院发布的社会蓝皮书指出,中国社会的贫富差距持续增长,今 年达到警戒高位。中国的基尼指数是0.5,超过了国际公认的0.4警戒线,基尼指数是收入平衡的指向标。报告同时指出,过去一年来,百姓的不满意程度显著 上升。由于通货膨胀、高房价、高物价,就业机会少、社会治安差以及缺少休闲生活,城市、小城镇和农村地区居民总的生活满意度下降了6个百分点。报告还指 出,中国正迅速从农业社会转向工业社会,越来越多的农民涌向城市。

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第十九课:参加中国人的婚礼 Lesson Nineteen: Attending to a Chinese Wedding Ceremony

Duggy: Hi there, I’m Duggy Day and I’d like to 欢迎你, that’s welcome you to Living Chinese. As you can see I’m all dressed up with somewher to go, and I’ve actually been invited to my good friends Nick & Na’s wedding ceremony or 婚礼. Traditional Han Chinese weddings are normally filled with procedures and customs, and the groom normally sits on a piece of chiffon as the wedding progresses. Nowadays more and more Chinese couples are preferring to have western style weddings, while the groom has a nice tuxedo and the bride has a nice beautiful white wedding dress. Weddings around China happen at different times of the day, and there are also different customs depending on wher you live. For example, here in Beijing, couples normally get married in the morning and wedding usually lasts for about 3 hours. In Tianjin, a coastal city not far from Beijing, couples normally get married in the afternoon. In Scotland, it’s normal for couples to get married in the mid-afternoon with the celebrations continuing to the late afternoon and in the evening. Well, it’s time to go to the wedding. Let’s go.

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第十八课 逛798艺术区 Lesson Eighteen: Visiting 798 Art District

When most people think of Beijing, they might envision China’s ancient sites like the Forbidden City or even the Summer Palace. But what most people don’t realize is that modern Beijing has a thriving contemporary art scene with local Chinese artists. Today, we’re here in 798 Art District, or Dashanzi in Chinese. It’s one of Beijing’s lesser known hangouts and a great place to spend a day. It’s full of cafes and art galleries with both international and Chinese artists and it definitely has a totally different feel to it than the rest of Beijing.

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